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Ironworker

Occupation - Ironworker
Blanch, James
Bonner, James
Bowden, Thomas Wheaton
Burdekin, Thomas
Castle, Henry
Dawson, Richard (Dicky)
Donald, James Shand
Foster, George Albert
Iredale, Lancelot
Keep, John
Lassetter, Frederic
Macintosh, John
Reynolds, William
Stephens, William

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Ironworker

Blanch, James

Former convict, mathematical instrument maker and foundry owner who established his business in George Street about 1822.

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Bonner, James

Iron-founder and early Mayor of Manly.

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Bowden, Thomas Wheaton

Ironmonger whose career also diversified into sugar production, land sales and auctioneering.

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Burdekin, Thomas

Ironmonger who set up a branch of the family company Burdekin & Hawley in Sydney and became a wealthy and successful merchant and landholder.

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Castle, Henry

Ironmonger and blacksmith who made anchors at his business in The Rocks. He was in a partnership with Richard Dawson before returning to England in 1837.

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Dawson, Richard (Dicky)

Ironmonger who established a foundry near Sydney Cove in 1833 and spent four decades improving process and product despite financial problems. His innovations and transfer of technologies made him an industrial leader of the time.

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Donald, James Shand

Ironmoulder who enlisted in the 11th Reinforcement, 19th Battalion. He was promoted to Extra Depot Corporal in England, and then Acting Corporal in September 1916 in Etaples, France, before reverting to private. In November 1916 he was hospitalised in England with trench foot syndrome. He was sent back to Etaples and was admitted to hospital again in May 1918 with influenza and transferred to England before being sent back to Australia suffering from synovitis in his left knee.

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Foster, George Albert

Ironmoulder who enlisted in the 15th Reinforcement of the 18th Battalion in 1916. Wounded at Bullecourt in France he died of his wounds in May 1917.

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Iredale, Lancelot

Blacksmith and ironmonger who established himself in Sydney in 1820.

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Keep, John

Ironmonger who conducted his business first in Barrack Street before moving to the corner of Clarence and King streets.

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Lassetter, Frederic

Accountant and merchant whose innovation transformed his ironmonger business into a thriving general emporium.

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Macintosh, John

Ironmonger and City councillor who supplied the ironwork for the Garden Palace Exhibition Building in 1879.

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Reynolds, William

Blacksmith who was reunited with his Irish born children after obtaining his ticket of leave. He was to accumulate an extensive property portfolio in The Rocks.

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Stephens, William

Shopkeeper and ironmonger.

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