Jelbart Brothers' Foundry

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Image. Courtesy University of Ballarat Historical Collection [Cat. No. 1283].

Background

History

Thomas Jelbart and his sons set up an engineering workshop in a corner of the Eagle Foundry in 1909.[1]


Jelbart participated in Factory Day, 1917, an initiative of the Forward Ballarat Movement.


In 1938 Jelbart Bros. were situated at 413-417 Mair Street. The were manufacturers of road rollers, tractors, oil engines, suction gas engines, pumping machinery. They also undertook general engineering and jobbing.[2]

Site

In 1914 Jelbart's Engine Factory moved from Dana Street (near Lydiard Street) to more extensive premises.<re>The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Saturday 21 November 1914, page 12. Digital copy accessed via Trove.</ref>

Innovations

Community Involvement

Works Produced

Workplace Relations

The People

Sidney Chambers[3]

Legacies

See also

Factory Day, 1917

Forward Ballarat Movement

Recommended Reading

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Colin. (2009). Jelbart Engines. Ballarat: SP.
  2. ↑ One Hundred Years: Official Programme and History of Ballarat for its Centenary Celebrations, 1938.
  3. ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1919.


Further Reading

External Links

--Beth Kicinski 16:45, 19 June 2012 (EST)

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