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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-02-25 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006818b.htm person Hoskins Charles Henry AACR2 26 March 1851 14 February 1926 Place of Birth London, Middlesex, England Place of Death Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia Charles Hoskins, with his brother George Hoskins,were successful iron and steel manufacturers at Lithgow in New South Wales, from 1876 until 1924. They took over William Sandford's ironworks in 1907, and acquired a blast furnace, iron and steel works, colliery and iron ore leases at Cadia and Carcoar, and land at Lithow, Eskroy Park and Bowenfels. His son Cecil Harold Hoskins became chairman from 1925 and built an integrated steelworks at Port Kembla and formed a new company, Australian Iron and Steel Limited. Hoskins, Cecil Harold (1889 - 1971)

Chairman of Hoskins Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. from 1925

 Sandford, William (1841 - 1932)

Charles and George Hoskins took over the William Sandford Ltd, Lithgow ironworks after 1907.

 'Hoskins, Charles Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hoskins, Charles Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hoskins, Charles Henry (1851-1926) and Sir Cecil Harold (1889-1971), iron and steel manufacturers Parsons, George Hoskins, Charles Henry (1851-1926) and Sir Cecil Harold (1889-1971), iron and steel manufacturers Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 371-373 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019