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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-01-21 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007951b.htm person Newton Roy William AACR2 Newton, William Roy 1900 2 July 1951 Place of Birth Newport, Victoria, Australia Place of Death At sea Engineer Inventor Roy William Newton was a founding director and managing director of Die Casters Pty. Ltd. that designed, patented and manufactured a wide range of hardware, including automobile hardware. During the war Newton was instrumental in the company's conversion to war production, and was the inventor of the Austen sub-machine gun, the Australian version of the British Sten gun. After the war the company commenced production of overhead spray irrigation systems. He was also a founding director of D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. (1939 -) 1951 1951 Buried - Cremated: Springvale Botanical Cemetery Die Casters Pty Ltd (1926 - ?)

Founder and Managing Director, 1926 - 1951.

 'Newton, Roy William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Newton, Roy William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Newspaper Article: Die Caster's inventive leader dies at sea Die Caster's inventive leader dies at sea 1951 The Herald (Melbourne) 6 Newspaper Article: Obituary: Mr. R. W. Newton Obituary: Mr. R. W. Newton 1951 The Age 2 Newspaper Article: Die Casters Subsidiary [D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. registered] Die Casters Subsidiary [D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. registered] 1939 The Herald (Melbourne) 9 Newspaper Article: Costly fire at factory. Machinery lost Costly fire at factory. Machinery lost 1944 The Age 3