1.0Pump Industry Magazinehttps://www.pumpindustry.com.auMichelle Goldsmithhttps://www.pumpindustry.com.au/author/michellerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.pumpindustry.com.au/southern-cross-australias-first-pump-manufacturer">Southern Cross – Australia’s first pump manufacturer</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pumpindustry.com.au/southern-cross-australias-first-pump-manufacturer/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“Southern Cross – Australia’s first pump manufacturer” — Pump Industry Magazine" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Southern Cross was Australia’s first pump manufacturer, founded in 1871. From its humble beginnings, when George Washington Griffiths opened an ironmongers shop, the Griffiths family business, later known as the Toowoomba Foundry, has manufactured an extraordinary range of products. George Griffiths was soon joined in Australia by his brother John Alfred Griffiths, an engineering graduate from Manchester University and the […]https://www.pumpindustry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1984-Canberra-Conference-Exhibition-41-300x199.jpg