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Name | SHAW, Willilam Henry | |
Gender | Male | |
Birth | Abt 1830 | Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland |
Occupation | Abt 1845 | Pheonix Foundry, Belfast, Ireland |
Trained as an Ironmonger | ||
Occupation | Abt 1849 | Doncaster Ironworks, Sheffield, England |
Managing Engineer | ||
Immigration | Oct 1853 | Australia |
Occupation | 1854 to 1855 | Victoria, Australia |
Shaw tried the diggings at Ballarat, Daylesford, and Blackwood before returning to Ballarat in 1855 to set up the general smith shop which was the antecedent of the Phoenix Foundry. | ||
Occupation | 1870 to 1896 | Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Manager | ||
Occupation | Abt 1881 | Ballarat School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
Taught Mechanical Engineering Drawing at the Ballarat School of Mines | ||
Death | 23 Aug 1896 | 80 Armstrong street south, Ballaarat, Victoria, Australia [1] |
Newspaper article | 25 Aug 1896 | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
*** Ballarat Star - Obituary | ||
Person ID | I4640 | .We 4 Kings |
Last Modified | 12 Apr 2023 |
Father | SHAW, James Smith, b. 1804, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland d. 22 Nov 1872, "Hollywell Cottage", Melbourne Road, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years) | |
Mother | HUNTER, Mary, b. Est 1804 d. Abt 1858 (Age ~ 54 years) | |
Family ID | F1657 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Annie Eliza, b. Abt 1849 d. 27 Oct 1932, 128 Armstrong street south, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 83 years) | |
Family ID | F2971 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified | 16 Sep 2020 |
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Photos | William Henry SHAW (William Henry Shaw,Manager at the Phoenix Foundry, 1870 to 1896, Ballarat Historical Society Collection (Cat. No. 034.81), held at the Gold Museum. Image Copyright: Sovereign Hill Museums Association.) |
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