Phoenix Foundry

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Phoenix Foundry. Courtesy Federation University Australia Historical Collection [Cat. No. 6599.2].

The Phoenix Foundry (1857-1906) fabricated iron and brass products - including engines and pumping gear for the mining industry, locomotives, steam rollers, water pipes, water gauges and diverse small items. Throughout its operation the business was located at premises on Armstrong Street, Ballarat (where Central Square now stands).


History

Background

In 1852, at the age of thirty-three and after a year of operating his own engineering business at Williamstown[1], Lancashire-born blacksmith and engineer George Threlfall (1819-1897) arrived on the Sebastopol gold plain and immediately undertook blacksmith work repairing picks and tools for the miners. Little did he know that this fledgling business would be the genesis of the most iconic business of nineteenth-century Ballarat.


At approximately thirty-nine years of age, English mechanical engineer Richard Carter (c1814-1883) came to Australia on board the Arrogant - arriving in Melbourne on 19 April 1853. He soon travelled to the Ballarat goldfields.


Born in the year 1830 in Belfast (Ireland), mechanical engineer William Henry Shaw (1830-1896) arrived in Australia in October 1853. He worked briefly with George Threlfall at Sebastopol, then moved to Geelong to manage the small foundry of Frederick Moore.[2]


Twenty-four year old English-born iron moulder Robert Holden (c1831-1911) left his home in Belfast (Ireland) in late 1854 and travelled from Liverpool to Melbourne on board the James Baines - arriving in February 1855. Afterwards he joined his brother-in-law William Henry Shaw in Ballarat.


The Partnership Years

In March 1857 George Threlfall joined in business with Richard Carter, William Henry Shaw and Robert Holden. They relocated Threlfall's successful engineering enterprise from Sebastopol to new premises in Armstrong Street, Ballarat.[3] This business was then known variously as the Phoenix Iron Works Company, Phoenix Foundry or Messrs Carter and Co. By 15 April 1857 they were advertising that they were open for business as engineers, millwrights, boiler makers, smiths, iron founders and brass founders.[4]


Less than a year later a major period of change began. In January 1858 George Threlfall left the partnership.[5] Then, between February 1858 and February 1861, a number of qualified fitters, turners, moulders, smiths and patternmakers were hired into the Foundry.[6] Also, a sizeable moulding and pattern shop was added, Victoria's largest foundry engine installed, and a tall brick chimney erected for diverting the furnace fumes.[7] In a highly-competitive, rapidly-growing local industry, the Phoenix Foundry emerged as the premiere engineering works.


Starting and building engineering works of this nature and size in a new colony required forging new supply chains. Customers were almost certainly assured, through the settlement of a population that would demand the modern conveniences to which they were accustomed. The relative remoteness of Ballarat, though, made the Foundry's supplies more difficult to secure. Depending upon the workload, furnace fires could be required to burn at full capacity for up to 24 hours of the day. Coal was the fuel most commonly used for the task, but coal was expensive to import. To keep the furnaces burning, the Foundry relied on local wood cutters for a sizeable and consistent supply of fuel.[8] Pig iron and other metals had to be of a particular type and were largely imported.[9] When it came to sand required for the moulding process, however, the Foundry was fortunate in its location. In nearby Mount Pleasant, the same sort of geological profile that favoured gold mining also provided a place for securing a supply of the necessary sand.[10]


Throughout the 1860s, and into the start of the 1870s, gold mining provided the bulk of work for the men of the Foundry. They constructed, repaired and re-sold steam engines, boilers, stamp heads, quartz crushing machinery and pumping machinery of ever-increasing size and complexity.[11] In servicing the needs of the miners, the Foundry regularly called for the tenders of carters, carpenters, masons and machinery erectors to assist them in fulfilling their contracts.[12] Relying so heavily upon the mining industry was not without its risks, though. Between September 1863 and February 1870 the Foundry was forced to make use the local court system time and again to enforce payment for services rendered.[13] Still, significant work came from other sources, and products of the Foundry became part of the local scenery. Pipes, valves and various other pieces were placed in the water works infrastructure of Ballarat and Clunes, and a tall crane was erected at the site of Ballarat's Town Hall.[14] The partnership further entrenched itself within the community, subscribing to the Ballarat Fire Brigade and the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society.[15]


In slightly more than a decade of operations, the Phoenix Foundry became an integral part of the local social and economic structures. In that time, though, the local metalworking industry had developed so fully that competition was making it harder for the business to continue to run in the same way. Although the partnership of Carter, Shaw and Holden was not officially dissolved until 5 June 1873 the main business was restructured and registered as The Phoenix Foundry Company (Limited) on 25 November 1870.[16]

The Company Years

Phoenix Foundry machine shop. Courtesy Federation University Australia Historical Collection [Cat. No. 6599].
Phoenix Company's foundry, Ballarat, 1882. Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat [Purchased with funds from the L.J. Wilson Bequest].


Innovations

Works Produced

Works produced by the Phoenix Foundry for the mining industry

Civil engineering works by the Phoenix Foundry

Locomotives produced by the Phoenix Foundry

Miscellaneous works produced by the Phoenix Foundry

The People

Members of the Phoenix Foundry Smith's Shop, 1884. Courtesy private collection of Paul Chandler.

Two plus signs (++) following a name indicates an individual who died in the Foundry (or as a result of events in the Foundry).

  1. Charles Abbott (c1845-1901)
  2. E. Abbott
  3. John Nicholas Goodman Ackerly (1857-1892)
  4. R. Ackersley
  5. Phillip Francis Acott (1869-1940)
  6. Joseph William Aird (1882-1945)
  7. John Aitcheson
  8. John Stewart Algie (c1865-1891)
  9. A. Allen
  10. W. Allen
  11. John Anderson
  12. T. Andrews
  13. J. Ardie
  14. C. Armstrong
  15. George Armstrong
  16. James Armstrong
  17. John Armstrong (c1851-1914)
  18. Joseph Armstrong (c1849-1929)
  19. Walter Armstrong (c1825-1889)
  20. Walter Armstrong (1861-1943)
  21. W. Arthur
  22. William Hurley Askwith (1830-1887)
  23. Thomas Richard Atkinson (1856-1930)
  24. Thomas Henry Avison (c1820-1868)
  25. T. Bacon
  26. Arthur Alfred Bade (1868-?)
  27. Samuel L. Bailey (1843-1920)
  28. Thomas Sleight Bailey (1856-1932)
  29. Louis Ludwig Ballhausen (1857-1912)
  30. M. Banks
  31. P. Banks
  32. Felix Edward Barbat (1858-1928)
  33. Thomas Barlow
  34. George Barnett
  35. J. Barnett
  36. A. Barr
  37. James Barr
  38. R. Barr
  39. James Barratt
  40. J. Bartes
  41. G. Bartlett
  42. James W. Batie (1823-1907)
  43. James William Batie (1856-1937)
  44. William Batie (1861-?)
  45. J. Baxindale
  46. J. Bayard
  47. Walter Reed Bechervaise (1861-1927)
  48. George Belcher (c1853-1887)
  49. Alexander Bell (c1851-1931)
  50. F. Bell
  51. T. Bell
  52. W. Bell
  53. John Bennett
  54. R. Bennett
  55. W. M. Bennett
  56. William Henry Benoit (1861-1938)
  57. Harold John Thomas Berryman (1884-1951)
  58. Henry William Martin Binder (1867-1910)
  59. Robert Jeffrey Binder (1831-1906)
  60. James Binnie (1854-1898)
  61. --- Birch
  62. C. Bishop
  63. Peter Black (c1835-1911)
  64. William Blair (c1834-1876)
  65. Alfred Ernest Blee (1871-1910)
  66. William George Blee (1875-1929)
  67. George Henry Blight (1854-1937)
  68. George Blomeley (1851-1898)
  69. Albert William Bodycomb (1863-1945)
  70. Alfred Bodycomb
  71. Bedlington Bodycomb (1855-1919)
  72. J. H. Bodycomb
  73. John Rhys Bodycomb (1861-1897)
  74. Robert Bodycomb (1857-?)
  75. Thomas C. Bodycomb (1829-1919)
  76. James Bohan (1868-1892)
  77. Jacob Boller (1871-1886)
  78. George William Bollom (1859-1935)
  79. John Robert Borch (c1835-1900)
  80. Alfred Bothroyd (1872-1936)
  81. Phillip Bowen (1882-1927)
  82. R. Bowen
  83. W. Bowen
  84. Jes Boyson (c1868-1940)
  85. Benjamin Bradbury (c1846-1882)
  86. Henry Bradbury (c1842-1917)
  87. H. Bradley
  88. George Bray
  89. William Bray (1856-1932)
  90. P. Brewer
  91. Joseph Edward Brindle (c1866-1949)
  92. William Brindle (c1838-1901)
  93. William Brodie (1861-?)
  94. J. Brooks
  95. James Brooks (c1886-1904)
  96. Daniel Brophy (1832-1895)
  97. James Campbell Brown (1857-1936)
  98. Joseph Brown
  99. Wilfred Lionel Reed Brown (1889-1917)
  100. William Alfred Brown (1860-1931)
  101. --- Bryan
  102. Francis Bulch (c1861-1886)
  103. Thomas Edward Bulch (1863-1930)
  104. A. Bull
  105. Edward Bull
  106. J. Bull
  107. William Campbell Burbidge (c1832-1908)
  108. J. Burnett
  109. Alfred James Burns (1865-1941)
  110. F. Burns
  111. G. Burns
  112. H. Burns
  113. Thomas Burns (c1839-1917)
  114. W. Burns
  115. --- Burton
  116. Michael Byrne
  117. Albert Henry Cadd (1857-1907)
  118. William Black Cairncross (1859-1927)
  119. George Cairns (1864-1900)
  120. J. Cairns
  121. Frederick Caldecoat (1856-1939)
  122. John Caldwell (1863-1925)
  123. Frederick Edward William Callaway (c1855-1935)
  124. Samuel Thomas Cameron (1860-1891)
  125. T. Cameron
  126. W. Campbell
  127. William James Canning (1870-1956)
  128. W. A. Cannon
  129. William Carmichael
  130. David Carnegie (1857-1890)
  131. William Henry Carpenter (1863-1930)
  132. James Carroll (c1832-1901)
  133. H. Carson
  134. John Carter
  135. Richard Carter (c1814-1883)
  136. William Carter (1864-?)
  137. John Carthew (c1850-1886)
  138. Alexander Chalmers (1859-1922)
  139. H. Chappin
  140. C. Charles
  141. Edward Charnley (?-1912)
  142. Joseph Wicks Chegwidden (1836-1882)
  143. Alexander Chisholm (1862-1929)
  144. Robert Chisholm (c1858-1911)
  145. Charles Chown (c1850-1923)
  146. Andrew Clark (1858-1906)
  147. C. Clark
  148. James Clark
  149. John Thomas Clark (1858-1893)
  150. Charles Clay (c1822-1901)
  151. William Cleary
  152. J. Clinton
  153. Edward Chalmers Close (1852-1924)
  154. Robert Maxwell Close (1857-1941)
  155. Frederick Coates (1856-1925)
  156. William Coburn (c1856-1937)
  157. Patrick Coffey (c1853-1946)
  158. John Amos Colley (1839-1920)
  159. Henry Collins (1866-?)
  160. J. Collins
  161. Richard Albert Collinson (c1871-1915)
  162. Patrick Conaughton (1870-1937)
  163. John Edwin Congress (c1827-1882)
  164. Thomas Cook
  165. David Cooper (1854-1934)
  166. Horatio Cooper (1831-1900)
  167. Samuel Cooper (1856-?)
  168. Henry Coppin (c1843-1904)
  169. Charles Gray Coundon (1858-1885)
  170. A. Couper
  171. Thomas Alexander Couper (1863-1952)
  172. J. Coward
  173. W. Cowie
  174. Joseph Edward Cowley (1847-1910)
  175. Edward Thomas Cox (1851-1930)
  176. T. Cox
  177. R. Crank
  178. Thomas Rodd Crews (c1829-1892)
  179. Andrew Hutchinson Croll (1839-1897)
  180. George Croll (1837-1919)
  181. J. Cullen
  182. William Cundy (c1830-1918)
  183. S. Curphey
  184. Thomas Curphey (1846-1940)
  185. H. Cuss
  186. T. Cuthbertson
  187. D. Cutler
  188. John Henry Dale (c1869-1916)
  189. Joseph Damyon (c1856-?)
  190. W. J. Daniel
  191. J. Dark
  192. Walter Albert Dauncey (1868-1953)
  193. John Taylor Davey (?-1933)
  194. T. Davidson
  195. Albert Edward Davies
  196. James Richard Davies
  197. John Davies (1860-?)
  198. Oliver Owen Davies (1866-1912)
  199. T. H. Davies
  200. William Davies
  201. Francis Henry Davis (1858-1940)
  202. M. F. Davis
  203. Stanley Kingston Davis (1883-1942)
  204. William Davis
  205. C. Davison
  206. H. Dawson
  207. George Eadon Deakin (c1826-1886)
  208. W. Dean
  209. William Rufus Deeble (1855-1936)
  210. --- Dempsey
  211. Harrison Denham (c1851-1914)
  212. C. Dennis
  213. E. Dennis
  214. T. Dennis
  215. John Edward Derham (1869-1944)
  216. Charles Dickinson
  217. W. Dobson
  218. John Doney (1863-1947)
  219. Philip Dorter (1882-1963)
  220. Thomas Errington Douglas (1864-1941)
  221. William Alexander Gordon Douglas (1880-1948)
  222. J. Dow
  223. Edwin Gumma Downey (c1835-1899)
  224. C. Drake
  225. James Drummond
  226. Norman Drummond
  227. Gilbert Duncan (c1829-1892)
  228. J. Duncan
  229. William Duncan
  230. J. Dunfy
  231. D. J. Dunn
  232. James Dunstan (c1863-1890)
  233. William Francis Durnell (1856-1917)
  234. William Earnshaw
  235. Richard Alfred Ebbels (1859-1943)
  236. W. Eddy
  237. A. Edwards
  238. D. Edwards
  239. --- Eggleston
  240. James Eccles Ellis (1839-1881)
  241. Thomas Vaughan Elsbury (1854-1928)
  242. William Errington (c1832-1894)
  243. John Ewart (c1864-1938)
  244. W. Ewart
  245. George Ewin
  246. J. Ewins
  247. S. Eyres
  248. Andrew Fallow (c1845-1887)
  249. Frederick Edward Farckens (c1861-1905)
  250. --- Farley
  251. G. Farrow
  252. A. Fawcett
  253. Joseph Fell (c1855-?)
  254. Daniel Robert Fern (1866-?)
  255. G. Field
  256. James Field (c1869-?)
  257. T. Field
  258. E. Fisher
  259. George Lawson Fleming (1871-1911)
  260. John Flynn (c1850-1906)
  261. A. Fotheringham
  262. F. Frain
  263. C. Frank
  264. John Franklin
  265. John Cumming Fraser (?-1936)
  266. Edward Henry Freed (1856-1930)
  267. J. Freeman
  268. John Friend (c1840-1920)
  269. A. Gaff
  270. William Gallie (c1831-1910)
  271. J. Gallon
  272. J. Gates
  273. William Henry Gaunt (1830-1905)
  274. Philip Gay (1861-1941)
  275. H. Gease
  276. P. George
  277. Theophilus George (1857-1935)
  278. William Getson
  279. R. Gibbons
  280. G. Gibson
  281. James Gibson (1830-1910)
  282. James Gibson (c1851-1894)
  283. R. Gibson
  284. E. Gilbert
  285. G. Gilbourne
  286. James Alexander Gilchrist (1875-1950)
  287. G. Gills
  288. G. Gittins
  289. John Glasson (1857-1935)
  290. Alfred Glenister (c1826-1873)
  291. Samuel Alfred Glenister (1865-1905)
  292. David G. Glover (1873-1944)
  293. John Thomson Glover (1880-1937)
  294. Joseph Gommeson (1847-1920)
  295. Charles Gordon
  296. William Henry Gordon (c1845-1921)
  297. John Graham
  298. J. A. Grainger
  299. Henry Grammer (c1846-1883)
  300. J. Grant
  301. Henry Thomas Harrison Grave (1866-1934)
  302. Hugh Gray (1810-1880)
  303. James Burns Gray (c1854-1934)
  304. Thomas Gray
  305. W. Gray
  306. H. Grose
  307. Gilbert Arthur Guinn (1862-1877)
  308. Henry Major Gullan (1869-1942)
  309. James Stirling Gullan (1874-1904)
  310. Norman Gunn
  311. William Robertson Gunn (c1850-1882)
  312. Henry Arthur Entwist Haigh (1866-1921)
  313. J. Haines
  314. Charles Hall
  315. Hubert Ferndale Hall (1881-1954)
  316. James Hall
  317. G. Halliday
  318. John Halse
  319. G. Hamilton
  320. James Hammond
  321. Gustav Adolph Hang (c1858-1886)
  322. John Hardy (c1835-1890)
  323. Leonard Gillespie Hardy (1830-1870)
  324. John Hare (c1865-?)
  325. Frederick Lewis Harnack (1846-1915)
  326. D. Harris
  327. A. Harrison
  328. Arthur John Vallance Harrison (1881-1957)
  329. Henry Harrison
  330. J. A. Harrison
  331. James Harrison
  332. James Harrison (1875-1933)
  333. Thomas Harrison
  334. W. Harrison
  335. John Harry
  336. Richard Harry
  337. George Harvey (c1831-1897)
  338. J. Harvey
  339. James Henry Harvey (1860-1913)
  340. G. Hawkins
  341. William Hay (c1822-1902)
  342. J. Hearn
  343. Richard Joseph Hearn (c1850-1915)
  344. James Harvey Heath (1858-1908)
  345. Richard Heathcote (c1824-1884)
  346. Richard Heathcote (c1847-1921)
  347. John Heintz
  348. A. Hele
  349. Richard Hennah (c1847-1921)
  350. Frederick Godfrey Henning (Phoenix Foundry)
  351. John Hewett (c1849-1933)
  352. J. Hewitson
  353. D. Hicks
  354. G. Hicks
  355. William J. Hicks (c1829-1898)
  356. John Hill
  357. Frank Hilton
  358. Arthur Hobbs
  359. William Hobson (c1836-1897)
  360. George Hodge (c1837-1914)
  361. Edward Hogan
  362. --- Hogg
  363. William Holcroft (c1837-1890)
  364. J. Holden
  365. Robert Holden (c1831-1911)
  366. J. Holland
  367. Thomas Tuke Holloway (1856-1931)
  368. Charles Homewood (1838-1915)
  369. S. Hope
  370. Albert William Hopkins (c1858-?)
  371. Robert John Horgan (c1853-1933)
  372. James Thomas Williams Hosken (c1854-1937)
  373. Edwin Hossack (1844-1887)
  374. George Hossack (1860-1951)
  375. William Howard (1857-?)
  376. J. Howell
  377. A. Hubbard
  378. William Hughes
  379. E. Hull
  380. William Humphris (c1847-1908)
  381. R. Hunt
  382. Gabriel Thomas Hunter (c1837-1913)
  383. Henry Hunter (1863-1912)
  384. James Hunter (1831-1892)
  385. William Hurdsfield (c1863-1936)
  386. E. Husford
  387. A. Inglis
  388. James Irvine (c1860-1934)
  389. Gotfried Herman Jacobi (c1854-1929)
  390. C. James
  391. T. Jeffcott
  392. R. Jefferies
  393. Andrew Jeffs (carpenter)
  394. Nicholas John Jenkins (1856-1906)
  395. S. Jenkins
  396. T. Jenkins
  397. W. Jenkins
  398. George Frederick Jewkes (1868-1940)
  399. Joseph Jewkes (1824-1903)
  400. Morgan Bevan John (1841-1921)
  401. James Johns (c1824-1883)
  402. A. Johnson
  403. John Samuel Johnson (c1824-1904)
  404. W. Johnson
  405. G. Johnston
  406. James Johnston (c1846-1934)
  407. R. Johnston
  408. John Johnstone
  409. B. Jones
  410. H. Jones
  411. J. Jones
  412. P. Jones
  413. S. Jones
  414. Tudor Bristock Reece Jones (1884-1961)
  415. E. J. Kay
  416. J. H. Kay
  417. W. Kay
  418. John Keating (c1833-1905)
  419. W. Kellay
  420. A. Kelly
  421. G. Kelly (1)
  422. G. Kelly (2)
  423. Robert H. Kelly
  424. Thomas Kelly
  425. Alexander Kennedy (c1831-1892)
  426. James Anthony Kennedy (c1838-1915)
  427. Ernest Nicholas Kent (1884-1950)
  428. Johann Wilhelm Kerger (1834-1914)
  429. Alfred Ernest Campbell Kerr (c1868-1939)
  430. H. Kiene
  431. William King
  432. Thomas Kingsley
  433. Martin Ryan Kirwan (c1838-1914)
  434. J. Know
  435. --- Kphipps
  436. A. Kurreith
  437. Walter Kydd
  438. Andrew Brown Laird (1864-1926)
  439. Ernest Corrie Campbell Laird (1871-1914)
  440. John Laird (1860-?)
  441. George Martin Laland (1870-1940)
  442. R. Lamb
  443. Robert Mann Lambert (1856-1930)
  444. --- Lang
  445. David Laverick (1875-1918)
  446. James Lawrie (1859-1891)
  447. Thomas Lawson (1884-?)
  448. William Henry Lawson (c1881-1953)
  449. George Lee (1825-1860)
  450. H. Lees
  451. William Owen Leonard (1872-1928)
  452. John Leslie
  453. W. Leslie
  454. --- Leslie
  455. David Lessels (c1853-1912)
  456. John Lessels (1825-1874)
  457. William Lindsay
  458. Thomas Denis Lingham (1868-1944)
  459. P. Little
  460. George Littler (1815-1864)
  461. Thomas William Littler (1854-1927)
  462. Richard Llewellyn
  463. H. Long
  464. Philip Thomas Long (1859-1933)
  465. John George Longley (1869-1944)
  466. George Lovitt
  467. Ernest Lucas
  468. John Lukeis (1858-1945)
  469. Charles Lyons
  470. M. Lyons
  471. George Macara (c1863-1936)
  472. William Macara (1828-1909)
  473. William Macara (1868-?)
  474. David Barkley Macaw (c1862-1938)
  475. W. Mackay
  476. Alexander Mackie (c1830-1918)
  477. William Maclean
  478. Thomas James Maddaford (1868-1949)
  479. William Snell Tandy Magee (1859-1889)
  480. D. Main
  481. Henry Charles Major (1860-1923)
  482. B. Mallison
  483. Alexander Manderson (1851-1916)
  484. William George Manners (1863-1924)
  485. Michael Joseph Mannix (1881-1934)
  486. Charles James Marquand (1872-1943)
  487. W. Marsh
  488. Charles James Marshman (?-1902)
  489. D. Marshman
  490. A. Martin
  491. Alexander Martin
  492. F. Martin
  493. J. A. Martin
  494. James Martin
  495. Peter Martin (1863-1944)
  496. T. Martin
  497. Francis Mason
  498. I. Mason
  499. James Edwin Mason (1882-1958)
  500. W. Matthews
  501. W. Mayall
  502. E. McCarthy
  503. J. McCulloch
  504. D. McDermott
  505. John Young McDonald (1837-1917)
  506. --- McDonnell
  507. Edward Patrick McElroy (1873-?)
  508. C. McGill
  509. H. McGoe
  510. Andrew McGregor
  511. Donald McGregor (c1861-1956)
  512. Donald McIntosh
  513. J. McIntosh
  514. L. McIntosh
  515. Donald McIntyre
  516. J. McKay
  517. John McKenzie (c1817-1889)
  518. R. McKenzie
  519. William McKimm (c1853-1935)
  520. C. McLean
  521. J. McLean
  522. Lachlan McLean (?-1872)
  523. A. McLennon
  524. J. McManamny
  525. Patrick McManamny (1864-1928)
  526. A. McNair
  527. R. McNair
  528. Alexander McNaughton
  529. James Blackmore McQuie (1830-1916)
  530. Thomas Blair Meekison (1866-1942)
  531. D. Meldrum
  532. Francis Menzies (1864-1943)
  533. James Menzies (1862-1945)
  534. William Menzies (c1857-1921)
  535. W. Mewley
  536. Ernest Henry Middleditch (1865-1948)
  537. Charles Middleton (c1855-?)
  538. Richard Greenwood Middleton (1851-1905)
  539. W. Miles
  540. George Miller (1877-?)
  541. James Miller (c1838-1911)
  542. James Miller (1859-1896)
  543. James Miller (1862-1916)
  544. Robert Miller (c1859-1896)
  545. William Miller (1864-1929)
  546. William John Millett (?-1946)
  547. Solomon Mirls (1843-1889)
  548. Benjamin Mitchell (c1874-?)
  549. Ernest Mitchell (c1874-?)
  550. John Mitchell
  551. John Mobbe
  552. Joseph C. Mobberley (1846-1923)
  553. Joshua Mobberley (?-1913)
  554. M. Modgin
  555. --- Moet
  556. Edward Morey (1832-1907)
  557. Charles Morgan (1852-?)
  558. David James Morgan (c1829-1867)++
  559. Robert Yolland Morgan (1868-1946)
  560. Samuel John Morgan (1828-1909)
  561. Samuel John Morgan (1856-1939)
  562. Edward Morris
  563. John Patrick Morris (1839-1898)
  564. P. Morris
  565. William Morris (1869-1922)
  566. John Morrison
  567. T. Morrison
  568. W. G. Morrison
  569. William Morrison
  570. Hugh Wilson Morrow (1840-1911)
  571. T. Morse
  572. Francis Mossom (?-1900)
  573. J. Mosson
  574. James William Moxham (c1844-1938)
  575. John Muir (1858-1896)
  576. --- Muir
  577. C. Mullard
  578. F. Muller
  579. W. Mumbray
  580. D. Munro
  581. F. Murphy
  582. Patrick Murphy (1863-1917)
  583. William Francis Murphy (1875-1936)
  584. John Murray
  585. James Musgrove (c1851-1889)
  586. James Newman
  587. Henry James Nichol (c1854-1892)
  588. George Roberts Norman (1862-1938)
  589. A. North
  590. James Northey (c1861-1934)
  591. John Laverick Nunn (1862-1884)
  592. J. O'Brien
  593. Frank O'Keefe
  594. Martin O'Malley (c1878-?)
  595. Thomas O'Meara
  596. W. O'Shannassy
  597. Thomas Oliver
  598. James Michael Opie (1855-1929)
  599. W. Opie
  600. William H. Oppy, blacksmith
  601. Francis Osborne (1832-1868)
  602. John Osborne (1831-1906)
  603. W. Oyston
  604. E. Page
  605. --- Page (1)
  606. --- Page (2)
  607. Charles Robert Pamphilon (c1849-1919)
  608. Charles Parker
  609. James Astley Parker (c1818-1908)
  610. --- Parker
  611. Thomas Pyne Parsons (c1863-1944)
  612. E. Pas
  613. John Randle Pascoe (1835-1881)
  614. George Thomas Pattenden (1865-1936)
  615. William Patten (c1872-?)
  616. J. Patterson
  617. R. Patterson
  618. W. Payne
  619. George Pearce (c1832-1859)
  620. Henry James Pearce (1866-1906)
  621. J. Pearce
  622. William Pearce (c1838-1920)
  623. C. Peirce
  624. William Penhall (1847-1917)
  625. J. Perkins
  626. William Moses Perkins (1854-1915)
  627. J. Perrie
  628. George Perry (c1828-1900)
  629. George Albert Pethard (1855-1929)
  630. G. Phillip
  631. W. Phillips
  632. --- Phillips
  633. George Richard C. Pirrie (1831-1910)
  634. Robert Pitfield (c1843-?)
  635. F. Pittard
  636. George Phillip Pittard (1850-1924)
  637. H. Powell
  638. John Powell
  639. T. Powell
  640. A. Prentice
  641. John F. Price
  642. W. Prouse
  643. William Hamlet Purdy (1859-1914)
  644. William Quayle
  645. Edward Michael Quinlivan (1872-1940)
  646. J. Quinn
  647. John Henry Mathews Raby (c1833-1922)
  648. J. Ralph
  649. Thomas Ramsay
  650. H. Redfern
  651. Thomas Redfern (c1832-1917)
  652. T. Reece
  653. Charles Hugh Reeves (c1874-1896)
  654. William Charles Reeves (c1845-1927)
  655. Alexander Nimmo Reid (1866-1886)
  656. E. Reid
  657. Hugh Reid (c1841-1901)
  658. Robert Rattray Reid (1872-1942)
  659. William Reynard (c1873-?)
  660. A. Reynolds
  661. Charles Reynolds
  662. J. Reynolds
  663. A. Richards
  664. George Richards
  665. George Richards (1843-1921)
  666. J. Richards
  667. S. Richards
  668. William Henry Richards (1867-1898)
  669. --- Richards
  670. Max Richter
  671. Charles Rillstone (1845-1923)
  672. George Alexander Rillstone (1862-1939)
  673. John Rillstone (1830-1894)
  674. John Edward Rillstone (1854-1928)
  675. Richard Rillstone (c1860-1911)
  676. T. J. Rillstone
  677. T. Rimmell
  678. --- Risbury
  679. J. Ritchie
  680. J. Roberts
  681. N. Roberts
  682. W. Roberts
  683. William Roberts (1873-1960)
  684. J. Robertson (1)
  685. J. Robertson (2)
  686. J. Robertson (3)
  687. John Robertson (1823-1893)
  688. W. Robertson
  689. J. Robinson
  690. --- Rogers
  691. D. Ross
  692. W. Ross
  693. William Skelding Round (1828-1897)
  694. William Skelding Round (1854-1942)
  695. William Rowe
  696. T. Rowell
  697. W. J. Rowell
  698. --- Rowell
  699. D. Ryan
  700. A. Sainsbery
  701. H. Sainsbury
  702. W. H. Sainsbury
  703. Henry Sampson
  704. John Sanderson
  705. G. Saunders
  706. W. Saunders
  707. Alfred Doherty Scammell (1867-?)
  708. Philip Irving Scammell (1865-1914)
  709. James Scarff (1863-1933)
  710. Johannes Schafer (1856-1919)
  711. George Schnitzler (1863-1914)
  712. Maurice Edward Schrader (1856-1916)
  713. Henry Scott
  714. R. Scott
  715. W. Scott
  716. R. Semmel
  717. Frank Blamire Sewell (1869-1905)
  718. George Frederick Sewell (1864-?)
  719. Richard Blamire Sewell (1837-1915)
  720. Richard Charles Sewell (1862-1900)
  721. A. Shand
  722. John Shand (c1832-?)
  723. Robert Shand (c1831-1877)
  724. Henry Shanks (c1827-1879)
  725. J. Sharp
  726. Annie Eliza Shaw (c1839-1932)
  727. Edgar Hunter Shaw (1879-1975)
  728. H. Shaw
  729. James Cleeland Shaw (1862-1949)
  730. James Smith Shaw (c1804-1872)
  731. John Minnis Shaw (1871-1929)
  732. William Henry Shaw (1830-1896)
  733. William Henry Shaw (1865-1957)
  734. John Sheldon
  735. George Sheppard (c1863-?)
  736. --- Sheridan
  737. Charles Siddall (c1863-?)
  738. William Slee
  739. G. S. Slighe
  740. Thomas Smail (1866-1952)
  741. Adam Smith (c1825-1888)
  742. E. Smith
  743. G. Smith
  744. James Smith (c1831-1877)
  745. Thomas Smith
  746. W. H. Smith
  747. William Smith
  748. William Collard Smith (1830-1894)
  749. --- Smith
  750. Archibald Sneddon (c1852-1937)
  751. Thomas Ernest Gladstone Sneddon (1884-1901)
  752. William Sneddon (1849-1935)
  753. William Sneddon (1879-1962)
  754. Ernest Albert Spence (1876-1959)
  755. David Cooper Spiers (1855-1925)
  756. J. Stabb
  757. A. Stanley
  758. E. Statton
  759. --- Stebart
  760. --- Stephens
  761. Frederick William Stephenson (1860-1937)
  762. John Oliver Stephenson (c1825-1905)
  763. G. Stevenson
  764. William Stevenson (1847-1910)
  765. Charles Stewart
  766. John Donald Stewart (1857-1932)
  767. R. Stewart
  768. R. Stockall
  769. William Henry Stokeld (1859-1921)
  770. John T. Stone (c1871-1930)
  771. Thomas Stone
  772. W. B. Stone
  773. Joah Humphrey Sugden (1874-1961)
  774. Denis Sullivan
  775. J. Sullivan
  776. T. Sumauby
  777. Pickles Sunderland (c1826-1902)
  778. W. Symmonds
  779. John Tainsh (1848-1925)
  780. John Tanner
  781. William Henry Tanner (c1841-1914)
  782. A. Tapper
  783. J. Taylor (1)
  784. J. Taylor (2)
  785. John Teasdale (c1832-1897)
  786. William Teasdale (1858-1898)
  787. Samuel Tennant
  788. James Thick
  789. John Shaw Thom (c1823-1910)
  790. J. Thomas
  791. L. Thomas
  792. Richard Thomas
  793. T. Thomas
  794. --- Thomas
  795. A. Thompson
  796. J. Thompson
  797. Robert Thompson (1849-1915)
  798. S. Thompson
  799. E. Thomson
  800. George Threlfall (1819-1897)
  801. Thomas Thursfield (1823-1906)
  802. Thomas Thursfield (1872-1936)
  803. Frederick George Timmings (1864-1924)
  804. Henry Tinsley (c1825-1905)
  805. John William Tinsley (c1852-1920)
  806. M. Tipper
  807. W. Tipper
  808. J. Tistler
  809. W. Todd
  810. Richard Trahar (1855-1924)
  811. Frederick Alfred Trawin (1855-1937)
  812. Robert Tremain (1840-1890)
  813. George William Trewhella (1889-1980)
  814. William Trewhella (1859-1951)
  815. Henry Troon (1846-1929)
  816. John Morrison Troup (1830-1887)
  817. Walter Heggie Troup (1866-1939)
  818. W. Tullage
  819. John Tulloch
  820. G. Turner
  821. --- Turner
  822. John Richard Upton (c1841-1912)
  823. John Thomas Vercoe (1860-1928)
  824. W. Vertue/Virtue
  825. John Vasey (c1824-1901)
  826. H. Walch
  827. Frank Walker (c1866-?)
  828. John Walker (c1851-?)
  829. R. Walker
  830. J. Wallace
  831. --- Waller
  832. M. Walsh
  833. R. Walsh
  834. --- Walsh
  835. R. Walshe
  836. S. Walters
  837. William H. Walters
  838. J. Walton
  839. P. Ward
  840. W. Wareham
  841. Herman Recard Warlond (1857-1948)
  842. George Wasley
  843. Edward Watson (c1841-?)
  844. F. Watson
  845. G. Watson
  846. John Joseph Watson (c1856-1885)
  847. W. Watson (1)
  848. W. Watson (2)
  849. W. Watson (3)
  850. William Watson (1863-1914)
  851. John Webb (1856-1939)
  852. Francis Webster (c1835-1909)
  853. W. Weinart
  854. W. Weinrief
  855. J. Weir
  856. B. B. Wells
  857. Joseph Vincent Wells (c1851-1930)
  858. T. Wells
  859. W. West
  860. --- Westwood
  861. O. Wetterling
  862. T. Wheeler
  863. A. White
  864. George White
  865. J. White
  866. S. White
  867. George Alfred Whitefield (1868-1951)
  868. H. Whittington
  869. Charles Widdy (1828-1899)
  870. George Frank Wightman (1868-1938)
  871. C. Williams
  872. D. Williams
  873. James Elijah Williams (1876-1953)
  874. Samuel Williams
  875. T. Williams
  876. Thomas Williams (c1856-1939)
  877. M. Williamson
  878. T. Williamson
  879. D. Willis
  880. W. Willis
  881. P. Wills
  882. A. Wilson
  883. Henry Colborne Wilson (1855-1921)
  884. Henry Francis Wilson (1859-1945)
  885. J. Wilson
  886. W. Wilson
  887. James Thomson Wishart (c1875-1941)
  888. Stewart Wishart (c1850-1884)
  889. G. Wood
  890. A. Woods
  891. E. Woods
  892. Richard Worland (1849-1939)
  893. Francis Oliver Worrall (c1853-1903)
  894. John Worthington (c1874-?)
  895. J. Wotherspoon
  896. Frank George Wright (1870-1892)
  897. W. Wyatt
  898. --- Wyatt
  899. Charles Henry Treleaven Yates (1855-1922)
  900. D. Young
  901. John Young (1)
  902. John Young (2)
  903. Peter Carl Zeis (1867-1945)
  904. Toby ---


Workplace Relations

Under the direction of the Ballarat Moulders' Club the moulders went out on strike from the Foundry on 26 November 1860.[17]

In late June or early July 1867 a strike occurred at the Foundry. A new labourer, hired to ensure the continuance of work, experienced rough treatment at the hands of a striking worker. The Foundry instituted legal proceedings against the assailant.[18]

The Phoenix Foundry Company (Limited) was the first foundry in Ballarat and district to be formed with workers as shareholders.[19]

Strike in 1889

Phoenix Foundry Employés Accident Association


Community Involvement

Community Organisations

Ballarat Agricultural Society - Ballarat Benevolent Asylum - Ballarat Hospital - Ballarat Orphan Asylum - Ballarat School of Mines - Smeaton, Spring Hill and Bullarook Agricultural Association

Events

Australian Juvenile Exhibitions (1878)


Clubs, etc.

Phoenix Foundry Brass Band - Phoenix Foundry Cricket Club - Phoenix Foundry Dramatic Club - Phoenix Foundry Football Club - Phoenix Foundry Glee Club - Phoenix Foundry School of Artisans - Phoenix Foundry Quadrille Club


Legacies

Site

Phoenix Foundry Land Sale, 1947. Courtesy Federation University Australia Historical Collection [Cat. No. 6599.2 image gift of Ron Woods].

In early 1857 the Phoenix Foundry was established in Ballarat central, on a site between Sturt Street and Dana Street, bounded on the east by Dawson Street and the west by Doveton Street.[20]

A moulding and pattern shop (most likely a semi-temporary construction) was erected at the start of 1859.[21]

An 18-inch diameter foundry engine and tall brick chimney were erected in March and April 1861.[22]

In July 1868 a suggestion that the site would be better used as a town market became a bone of contention in the Victorian election.[23]

In August 1869 a portion of the land (owned by William Henry Shaw) was leased to Isaac Dean, auctioneer, for the purpose of erecting large sale rooms.[24]


References

  1. ↑ The Victorian Centenary Book, page 291.
  2. ↑ Graeme Cope, “Shaw, William Henry (1830—1896),” Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed August 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Thursday 5 March 1857, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  4. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Wednesday 15 April 1857, page 3. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  5. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Monday 4 January 1858, page 3; 5 January 1858, page 1; Wednesday 6 January 1858, page 1. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  6. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Wednesday 10 February 1858, page 3; Wednesday 3 November 1858, page 3; Friday 24 December 1858, page 3; Friday 22 April 1859, page 3; Saturday 26 November 1859, page 4; Saturday 23 February 1861, page 3. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  7. ↑ 'The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Friday 17 December 1858, page 3; Thursday 28 March 1861, page 2; Wednesday 10 April 1861, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  8. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Thursday 8 January 1863, page 3; Tuesday 22 December 1863, page 3; Tuesday 29 March 1864, page 4; Wednesday 5 April 1865, page 4; Monday 12 June 1865, page 1; Wednesday 21 November 1866, page 3; Friday 14 December 1866, page 4. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  9. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), Monday 26 January 1863, page 2; Friday 10 April 1863, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  10. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Friday 3 June 1864, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  11. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Wednesday 30 November 1859, page 1; Saturday 18 August 1860, page 4; Thursday 8 November 1860, page 1; Thursday 17 September 1863, page 3; Thursday 17 September 1863, page 3; Tuesday 3 November 1863, page 3; Saturday 2 January 1864, page 4; Saturday 30 January 1864, page 2; Saturday 8 April 1865, page 3; Tuesday 9 May 1865, page 3; Wednesday 24 May 1865, page 1; Monday 11 April 1870, page 2; Wednesday 30 November 1870, page 3. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  12. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Friday 27 April 1860, page 3; Wednesday 30 January 1861, page 4; Saturday 9 March 1861, page 3; Saturday 16 March 1861, page 3; Wednesday 24 April 1861, page 3; Tuesday 16 July 1861, page 4; Wednesday 4 September 1861, page 3; Thursday 24 April 1862, page 3; Wednesday 30 July 1862, page 3; Wednesday 22 April 1863, page 3; Wednesday 7 October 1863, page 3; Monday 9 November 1863, page 3; Saturday 30 April 1864, page 3; Friday 30 December 1864, page 3; Saturday 18 March 1865, page 3; Friday 21 July 1865, page 4; Saturday 22 May 1869, page 4; Thursday 12 May 1870, page 3; Friday 13 May 1870, page 4; Thursday 25 May 1871, page 3. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  13. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), Friday 4 September 1863, page 4; Monday 7 September 1863, page 4; Monday 17 October 1864, page 2; Friday 27 January 1866, page 2; Wednesday 20 June 1866, page 2; Wednesday 11 July 1866, page 4; Thursday 2 August 1866, page 4; Tuesday 25 December 1866, page 2; Thursday 4 April 1867, page 3; Wednesday 17 April 1867, page 4; Monday 9 December 1867, page 3; Thursday 27 February 1868, page 3; Friday 30 July 1869, page 2; Wednesday 2 February 1870, page 4. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  14. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), Monday 21 December 1863, page 2; Thursday 20 February 1868, page 2; Monday 2 May 1870, page 2; Thursday 3 November 1870, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  15. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1865 – 1924), Wednesday 8 April 1868, page 3;Monday 20 April 1869, page 4. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  16. ↑ Victoria Government Gazette, No. 45, Friday, June 13, 1873, page 1072; Victoria Government Gazette, No. 77, Friday 25 November 1870, page 1724.
  17. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Saturday 1 December 1860, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  18. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1865 - 1870; 1914 - 1918), Friday 12 July 1867, page 4. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  19. ↑ The Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Wednesday 26 April 1871, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  20. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Thursday 5 March 1857, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  21. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Friday 17 December 1858, page 3. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  22. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Thursday 28 March 1861, page 2; Wednesday 10 April 1861, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  23. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1865 - 1870; 1914 - 1918), Thursday 2 July 1868, page 2; Thursday 2 July 1868, page 3; Thursday 2 July 1868, page 4; Friday 3 July 1868, page 2; Saturday 4 July 1868, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.
  24. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1865 - 1924), Thursday 19 August 1869, page 2. Digital copy accessed via Trove.


See also

Foundries

Gong Gong Reservoir

Strike in the Shipping Trade in 1890


External Links

Location Map: Google Maps

Peter Butters, 'Ballarat’s Phoenix Foundry built a great reputation'. The Courier. June 15, 2003. http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/ballarats-phoenix-foundry-built-a-great-reputation/408869.aspx

http://www.goldmuseum.com.au/ehive-object-details/371120/


--C.K.Gervasoni 14:29, 21 February 2011 (EST); --Beth Kicinski 13:44, 5 January 2012, 21 May 2012, 6 March 2013 (EST)

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