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About the Sir Henry Royce Foundation

About the SHRF

A standard of care that still
guides us today

In all his designs Sir Henry Royce (1863-1933) demonstrated an attention to detail never previously seen in the automotive and aeronautical worlds. His motto was his engineering standard: Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile præclarum.

Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble.

Establishment

How the Foundation was formed

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Initiated

The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Australia was initiated when David Ekberg, having been impressed with what the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation had achieved in the UK, conceived the idea of forming a similar organisation in Australia.

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Early leadership

David Vann and Ian Dunn (Federal Secretary) tirelessly pursued David Ekberg’s idea and approached Malcolm Johns, an Honorary Life Member of the RROCA to advise on how such a foundation could be formed.

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Early leadership

David Vann and Ian Dunn (Federal Secretary) tirelessly pursued David Ekberg’s idea and approached Malcolm Johns, an Honorary Life Member of the RROCA to advise on how such a foundation could be formed.

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28 April 1996

At the Federal Rally of the RROCA in Wollongong on the 28th April 1996 it was agreed that “an irrevocable Trust for charitable purposes be established” and that it be called “The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Australia”.

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Founding trustees

The founding trustees were David C Jones AM OBE (Chairman), James C Kelso and David G Vann OAM. The inaugural Trustees then invited Malcolm N Johns to be the fourth Trustee.

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.

The objects of the Foundation

What the Foundation exists to do

  • Establishing, providing and maintaining a library containing books, manuscripts, records, photographs, films, microfilms, sound recordings, computer discs and other material howsoever stored connected with the science of mechanical engineering
  • Establishing, providing and maintaining a museum for the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating or connected with the science of mechanical engineering
  • Allowing the public reasonable access to any material in the Trustees’ hands and to provide copies of such material
  • Lending material to any library, museum, university or other educational establishment or any bona fide researcher
  • Providing workshops and other facilities for research and study connected with the science of mechanical engineering
  • Providing grants, loans, scholarships and other forms of financial assistance for courses connected with the study of mechanical engineering
  • Collecting and publishing or procuring the publications of the results of any research or study or of any other information in any way connected with these Charitable Objects
  • Promoting and organising conferences, meeting, seminars, lectures, exhibitions, open days, displays and like projects
  • Using any property held by the Trustees to provide such accommodation as may be necessary or convenient for the attainment of the Charitable Objects including accommodation for individuals, groups and organisations
  • Establishing, promoting, amalgamating or federating with or subsidising or otherwise assisting financially any trust, institution, foundation or other organisation having aims and objects similar to those of the Foundation
  • Exchanging information and ideas with and advising, seeking advice from and co-operating generally with entities established within or outside Australia having aims and objects similar to those of the Foundation
  • Undertaking charitable trusts with objects similar to or in any way connected with the aims and objects of the Foundation
  • Doing such other lawful things as are necessary for the attainment of the Charitable Objects
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Education

The Lionel Gell School of
Instruction

Established to support the Foundation’s educational objectives, the Lionel Gell School of Instruction provides workshop facilities and regular seminars for Rolls Royce and Bentley owners.

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