Some photos supplied by Ray Pond, whose father Ernie was a Goetz employee. Dates unknown except where noted. If anyone has any info to share, please leave a comment!
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Ernie Pond as Santa. Text on the rear of the photo indicates that the photo was professionally taken:
‘A Candid Photograph by Raymond Mudford, .. Forrest Street Sunshine’.
Altona, 29 November 1981 – possibly a Goetz Christmas party
5 September 1975 – during a Goetz dinner perhaps?
Frustratingly, most Goetz catalogues and promotional material did not include a publication date, but a clue in this comb-bound publicity brouchure saying that W. G. Goetz & Sons Ltd had “Over 121 years service to industry”, places the brochure at or shortly after 1996. The brochure lists various services provided by both W. G. Goetz & Sons Ltd and Goetz Manufacturing Pty. Ltd.
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The Geotz sign used to sit proudly high up on the workshops wall at the Hall Street end of the saw-tooth roof, as seen in the 1963 photo below. Following demolition of the workshops in 2008, the sign was relocated to its present location above the roof of the remaining brick building along Hall Street. The remaining former office complex building has a Heritage Overlay, which hopefully includes the sign. For details of the Heritage Overlay, see this PDF, p.33
Aerial view of the Hall Street works showing the sign in its original position, from a 1963 catalogue.
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The sign in 2015, looking weather-worn and a bit shabby.
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Re-drawn version of the sign with best guess as to the original colours.
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The main workshops were demolished in 2008 to make way for new buildings that are now a small industrial estate. The original brick office building along Hall Street remains, now home to a number of businesses including a craft brewery. Perhaps as part of the Heritage Overlay on the building, the Goetz sign has been retained.
The photos in the gallery below were taken around June 2008 by Melbourne writer Vin Maskell, originally posted in his blog entry The Goetz engineering sign. Reproduced here by permission. Thanks Vin!
The photos in the gallery below were taken around May 2008, kindly supplied by Ron Collins.
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Tool shop, grinding section
Drawing office
Main machine shop bay
From the Williamstown-Chronicle, 31 October 1947, p9 nla-page 6749683
Typical of Goetz solid performance over the years, these charts show the details of Goetz Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. sales and expenses from 1947-1950
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July 1947 – June 1948
July 1948 – June 1949
July 1949 – June 1950
Below: Site plan of the Hall Street factory and offices. Drawn 12th March 1980 by B.F. Street. Thanks to Ken Scott for rescuing this from being lost forever. Click on image for larger version.
A few photos from the factory in Hall Street, Spotswood, from an early catalogue.
c1963
Drawing office
Grinding section, tool shop
Main machine shop bay
Robert Bradbury