- Arndts Brickworks, 1850s - Gottleib Arndt (Henry Walkerden, 1888-1926 South Preston Patent Brick and Tile Co.) Raglan & Hotham Sts. Preston "PRESTON" ?
- Ararat Brick Co pty ltd (T Traynor) Western Brick and Tile Co.
- Auburn Brick Co. delisted 01/09/1935 "AUBURN"
- Austral Brick Co. NSW "AUSTRAL"
- Australasian Brick Pipe & Tesselated Tile Co. Mitcham 1889-c1970 "ATTC" "MITCHAM"
- Australian Gas Retort and Fire Brick Co, South Yarra "AR&FB SOUTH YARRA"
- Barkly Brick Co. Pty. Ltd. 1909-1962, Barkley St Brunswick "BARKLY"
- Benalla Brickworks 1950
- Bendigo Brickworks "BENDIGO"
- Blackburn Brick Co. 1892-1962, (Blackburn Brick & Tile) "BLACKBURN"
- Blains Brickworks 140-150 Plenty Road
- Boral Brickworks, Bulleen "BORAL"
- Box Hill Brick Co. 1886-1980s (1884 Haughton Park Brick Company Ltd., 1913 Standard Brickworks /Standard Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.; 1938 Co-operative Brick Company 1966 Brick & Pipe Ind.) "BOX HILL"; "STANDARD"
- Brick & Pipe Industries (see Co-operative Brick Co. Pty. Ltd.) "B.P. Ind."
- Brick Industries Limited “BI LTD”
- Brunswick Brick Tile and Pottery Co. (see Hoffman) "BRUNSWICK BRICK&TILECO"
- Builders' Brick and Tile Supply Co. 1872-1895 "BUILDERS Co"
- Bulleen Brickworks 1950-1990
- Burwood Brickworks 1937-1990
- Butler C (see South Brunswick Brick Co.) "C BUTLER"
- Castlemaine Ceramic Industries
- Centennial Brick and Pipe Co. 1890s, Dandenong?
- Chiltern Brick and Tile Company Proprietary Limited
- Chimney Specials
- City Brick Co. Pty. Ltd. Tooronga Road Camberwell (also Malvern Brickworks) "CITY"; "C B"
- Clifton Bricks 1900-c1943, 21-27 Railway Place Preston "CLIFTON"
- Cobden Brickworks 1909-? Erskine Bros
- Colac Brickworks 1931-1976. Near Barongarook Creek
- Co-operative Brick Co. Pty. Ltd. 1896, (1966 Brick and Pipe Industries Pty. Ltd.)
- Corio Brick and Tile Co. Geelong
- Cornwall Brick and Pottery Co, Albert Street Brunswick 1880s - 1920s
- Creswick Brick Tile & Potteries Ltd. Creswick
- The Dandenong Steam-Press Brick and Tile Company Limited
- Darley Fire Brick Co. c1880-1990, Bacchus Marsh "DARLEY"
- Dixons Brickworks 1892-96, Park Road Oakleigh
- Essendon Brick Company Limited. 1884-c1898
- Evans Brothers (Bricks) Pty. Ltd. 1912-1972 (Sold Oakleigh site in 1969) Park Road Oakleigh
- Erskine Brickworks Shepparton (Shepparton Brick and Tile Company Proprietary Limited)
- ExcelsiorBrick Co. "E. B. Co" c 1908-1940 Chapel Street, South Yarra, opposite Malcolm Street "EXCELSIOR"
- Ferry Pottery
- Fitzroy Steam Brick Pipe Tile and Pottery Works, 1878-1893, (F A Harris, 1888 Builders’ Brick and Tile Co.) Collier St Preston, Cochrane Reserve.
- Frankston Brick Company, Colortone Holdings "FRANKSTON” 1932-1961. Calsil. cnr Lee Street & Cranbourne Rd.
- Fritsch, Holzer, and Co. c1902-1930s Hawthorn "FRITSCH HOLZER"
- Gamble Brick Company, 1911-1982 New Gamble Brick and Quarrying Company Pty Ltd. Ferntree Gully Road near Gamble Street "GAMBLE" "N. G. B. C."
- Glen Iris Brick Co. 1912-1972 (Glen Iris Brick, Tile, and Terra Cotta Co. Pty, Ltd., 2 Watt St Thornbury) Stamford Road Oakleigh "GLEN IRIS"; "G. I. B. Co."
- Glenthompson Brickworks Forbes St Glenthompson: 1900, "GLEN"
- Glew, John, 1849-57 Hodgson Street & Union St Phillipstown (Brunswick); 1860 Brunswick?; 1866-72 Poheman's Paddock Brickmaking Company Brunswick; 1871 Essendon; c1890s-1907 Weston St Brunswick 1890s-1907. "GLEW"
- Hamilton Brick and Tile Company Proprietary Limited (Glenthompson?)
- Haughton Park Brick Company Ltd 1884- (see Box Hill Brickworks)
- Hawthorn Brick Co. (see Fritsch-Holzer)
- Hoffman Brick Works 1870-1990 (Brunswick Brick Tile & Pottery Co.; Hoffman Brick and Potteries Limited) "HOFFMAN"
- Horsham Brickworks 1949-
- Jefferson's brickworks, Garfield
- KnightsBrickworks Lal Lal
- Latrobe Brickworks, Traralgon? 'LATROBE'
- Leongatha Brickworks 1922-27
- Lucknow Brick Co
- H Leigh Brickworks
- Lilydale Brick Tile & Pipe Works Ltd.
- The Macedon Steam Brick Tile And Drain Pipe Company Limited
- Maffra Brick Co
- Malvern Brickworks 1903-? 65 Elizabeth Street, Menzies Park Malvern (City Brick Co.)
- McIvor Brick Co Ltd, Bendigo, c1950s
- Melbourne Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.
- Mitcham Brick and Tile Co. (see Australian Tesselated Tile Co.) " MITCHAM"; "A.T.T.Co."
- MNBC. “M-N"
- Montrose Brickworks
- Mornington Brick and freestone quarries Co.
- Morwell Brick Tile and Pottery Co. (1890-1918) "MORWELL TILE & POTTERY- MORWELL"
- New Brunswick Brick and Pottery Co Pty Ltd c1957-9
- New Gamble Brick and Quarrying Co Pty Ltd, 1916-82 off Ferntree Gully rd Oakleigh
- New Northcote Brick Co. Ltd 1886-c1960s? (John Roberts 1866 and Groom Brothers Patent Brick c1876) "NEW NORTHCOTE"; "N N" "N N B"
- Nolan brickworks?
- Northcote Brick Co. 1882-1977 Separation St. (Northcote Brick Company Limited) "NORTHCOTE"; "NBC"
- North Geelong Brickworks Pty Ltd. Moorabool St Geelong, c1911. 1926-30, "NORTH GEELONG"
- Notting Hill Brick Company1889-98 Oakleigh Black Brick Tile and Pipe Company Limited
- Nubrik, 1962- main brand of Brick and Pipe Industries
- Oakleigh Brick Co. Pty. Ltd., 1917 - c1970s, "OAKLEIGH"
- Oakleigh Junction Brick Company (1912 Junction Steam Brick Co. J. Hendy) Dandenong Rd. Oakleigh.
- Ordish Fire Brick Co. c1890-1975 Dandenong "ORDISH"
- Patent Brick Company 1870s -1884 South Yarra
- Pioneer Brickworks "PIONEER"
- P G H Bricks
- The Portland Brick and Tile Company Limited
- Portarlington Brickworks
- Preston Brick and Tile Co. Ltd. 1886-1935 (Raglan Street, between Hotham and Collier Street)
- Ringwood Brick Co.
- Sale Brickworks Co. 1900s
- Sandhurst Brickworks, Bendigo (The Sandhurst Steam Brick and Tile Company Limited) "SANDHURST"
- Selkirk Brick Co. Bendigo "SELKIRK"
- Shepparton Brickyard, Drysdale c1880, Pomberton c1900 Tuttle 1914-17,
- Shepparton Brick and Tile Co Pty Ltd c1920-1970 (M. J. & A. G. Erskine) "SHEPPARTON"; "ERSKINE"
- Somerville Brick Tile and Pottery Co 1902 - c1930.
- South Brighton Brick Co. 1890s-
- South Brunswick Brick Co. (C Butler) Albion St Brunswick, "S.B.B.C."
- South Preston Patent Brick & Tile Co. 1888-1826, Milton Crescent off Raglan Street Preston, Adams Reserve
- South Yarra Fire Brick Co. (AFFBCo) "SOUTH YARRA" "AF&FBCo.
- Spear's Brick Co. Pty. Ltd. (Brick & Pipe Works Pty Ltd) "SPEAR", (F. Spear was manager of the City Brickworks around 1905)
- Stamford Brick Co (parent company of Glen Iris Brickworks) "S.B.C. Co."
- Standard Brickworks Pty Ltd (see Box Hill Brickworks) "STANDARD"
- State Brickworks (State coal mine, Wonthaggi) 1909-1914 "SCM"
- St Arnaud Brick Co Pty Ltd
- Stawell Pressed Brick works c1900s-1940s
- Sweet ? Brick Co.
- Thornbury Brick Works (State Brickworks?)
- Traralgon Brickworks
- Tunstull Brick And Pottery Company (Nunnawading) “TUNSTULL”
- Upper Hawthorn Brick Co.
- Walkenden Patent Brick and Tile Co. Ltd. Oakover Road South Preston Harry Swain Reserve "WALKERDEN"
- Wangaratta Brickworks Pty Ltd
- Warragul Brick & Tile Pty. Ltd.
- Warburton Brick Coy.,
- Whittlesea Brick, Tile, and Pottery Co.
- T H Widdicome, Portarlington
- Wilsmore Brick Co. 1888-1893, Albert Street Brunswick "WILSMORE" (backward S)
- Wodonga Brick & Tile Co. Pty. LimitedYarrawonga Sawmill and Brick Co. 1930s
- Yallourn Brick Works “YALLOURN" 1920s
Bricks in Victoria
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List of Brick Companies
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Latrobe
It is unclear where the LaTrobe brickworks was located, but it is assumed somewhere in the Latrobe valley. It may be the same as the Traralgon Brickworks.
Traralgon
Abraham and Arthur Wigg purchased an existing brickworks in 1911, where the Duncan Cameron Oval is now situated in Traralgon. They had previously made bricks by hand in several different locations but installed machinery for the new works.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Morwell
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
North Geelong
The North Geelong Brick Works Pty Ltd was established as a public company in 1926, with its works at the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets, but a brickworks had been operating in North Geelong from at least 1911, utilising local clay to produce the 'famous Geelong blue bricks".
The blue bricks of Geelong have a name among architects and builders that ts second to. none la Victoria. . They were pleased at the announcement made by the manager of the company (Sir J. W. Cornell), yesterday when be showed them samples of the wire-cut plastic-brick made from the deposits of clay at North Geelong, and said that a large percentage of the bricks now being baked in the kilns were of that class. (Geelong Advertiser 17 May 1927, p.4)
References to the North Geelong Brick Company are common in the earlier 1920s and the works were at full production capacity around 1924 when it was reported there was a "boom in bricks". In 1925 the manager Stan Sadler, had three fingers severed by one of the machines.
Glenthompson
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Excelsior Brickworks.
A number of brick companies used the name Excelsior. A Sydney firm with this name was operated by the Keen brothers from 1890 to 1920 from Lang St Ashfield.
Glew and Hills were the proprietors of the Excelsior Brick Company in Frankston advertising "white and common bricks always on hand moulded bricks of every description made to order" in 1891.
Wright and Wade were owners of an Excelsior Brickworks in Dandenong Road Oakleigh in 1889 according to the Ramekin who also records John McKell as having previously been the Manager of the South Yarra Brickworks, formerly the Excelsior brickworks in Chapel Street and another Excelsior brickworks in Braybrook.
The Chapel Street works appears to the most prolific and long lived. The Argus in 1924 noted that:
For 40 years the Excelsior Brick Company has been quarrying a piece of land in Chapel street, near the Church street bridge, and proposes to continue quarrying material for the manufacture of bricks to a depth consistent with economical working. The new Melbourne High School adjoins this property, and in the event of deep quarry being made the school would be cut off from Chapel street. The hoarding on the left of the photograph of the 'late marks the Chapel street boundary of the brickworks, and on the right may be seen the new High School in course of erection.