Synchronome Public Clocks and the Jackson Family Oral History

Collection

Accession number
26145
Date
1995-1998
Author / Creator
Synchronome Electrical Company
Scope and content

Four cassettes and three manuscripts containing Bill Jackson and Jock Jackson's recollections and memories regarding Synchronome Electrical Company. Interview with Bill and Jock Jackson, as well as supporting documentation, regarding Synchronome Public Clocks.

System of arrangement
Arranged into 4 series
Description
3 oral histories (4 audiocassettes; 4 transcripts; 3 manuscripts)
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Guides
A series and item list is available
Administrative / Biographical history

Alfred George Jackson started Synchronome Electrical Company of Australasia in 1897. It dealt in electrical engineering and electroplating, and a major part of the business involved the Synchronome electrical clock system. The company installed a mechanically driven, but electrically controlled, tower clock in the South Brisbane Town Hall in 1904. An electrically controlled and driven clock was installed in the new Brisbane City Hall in 1929 by Alfred Jackson's son, Arthur Jackson.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

In copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Notes
Digitised with support of donors through the Queensland Library Foundation Reel Rescue campaign.
Preferred citation
OH47, Synchronome Public Clocks and the Jackson Family Oral History, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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