P004691
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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Person
created
2006-05-18
human
Annette Alafaci
updated
2019-12-13
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004691b.htm
person
Bradley
William Albert
AACR2
Bradley, Bert
29 August 1880
c. 9 January 1956
Place of Birth
Stafford, United Kingdom
Place of Death
Australia
Manufacturer
William Albert (Bert) Bradley has been described as a wizard with rubber. He spent his entire working life (1895-1945) with Perdriau Rubber which was the predecessor of Dunlop Rubber Australia Limited. Bradley joined the company at the age of fourteen and advanced through to foreman then manager of the Surgical Department. During his time there he produced Australia's first hot water bottle approved for hospital use and a portable rubber bath to treat burns victims during World War I. Bradley also developed ways of bonding rubber and canvas to produce tennis shoes -the forerunner of the highly successful Dunlop Volley tennis shoes.
1887
1887
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney?) with family
January 1895
August 1945
Career position - Worker, then Foreman and Manager of the Surgical Department at Perdriau Rubber, Sydney
Bradley, William Albert (18800829-19560109)
Trove
'Bradley, William Albert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Bradley, William Albert
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation