Glenthompson

Glenthompson brickworks, located in Forbes St Glenthompson, was established by brothers George and Joseph Thompson of Ballarat in 1900. The Bricks are generally stamped "GLEN".

(With permission)

The works operated until recently, using clay from a pit adjacent to the brickworks,

 presses 

dating to 1940 and oil fired down-draught kilns. 

The business was purchased by local grazier Donald Forbes and master builder Reg Williams in 1947 who made improvements and then sold out to the new company Glenthompson Brickworks Pty Ltd, Forbes staying as Managing Director. Frank Borbiro, a Hungarian refugee, took over after Forbes death and added innovations including converting the kilns to oil firing in 1956, the first in Victoria to do so. 

In 1988 the works was purchased by Angora Banner Pty Ltd. The works' bricks have been used in many prominent buildings in the local area. It is included on the Southern Grampians Shire heritage overlay (HO220)