Swinley Brothers brickmakers in Australia?
— 03/07/2020(Note – SBH – From the details below, Andrew Swinley left Scotland in 1946 for Australia
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J & M Craig Ltd bricks found in New South Wales, Australia
— 11/04/2020These bricks were found by Noni Ambrus in an old Gold mining area of the bush in Southern NSW, Australia.
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Garnkirk Patent brick found in Victoria, Australia.
— 08/04/2020Found by Peter Brook in the garden of a house in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The house was built in
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Gartcraig bricks found Rockingham, Western Australia
— 10/02/2020The following photographs were kindly forwarded by Carol Durant, Vice President of the Rockingham District
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Stein brick found in Yilgarn, Western Australia.
— 29/01/2020Found by Craig Powell at Mount Palmer, Yilgarn, Western Australia. Craig states:- There was an entire
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Cardowan Patent brick found in Victoria, Australia
— 21/01/2020Found by Garry Bell in NE Victoria, Australia. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .
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Scottish bricks found in Victoria, Australia
— 20/01/2020The following bricks were found in and around the Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia. They were found
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Starworks J*D Glenboig C brick found Australia
— 22/09/2019This example was found in Australia – possibly Brisbane. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig,
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GEC & S Cardowan brick found in New South Wales, Australia.
— 19/09/2019The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick
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Scottish bricks found in Australia.
— 16/09/2019The following Scottish bricks are in a collection held by Craig Powell. Craig lives in Merredin, Western
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Gartcraig brick found in Australia
— 12/09/2019Found by Craig Zderich and Leslie Bell. Craig states ” The bricks were found 4 hours north of Kalgoorlie
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Starworks Glenboig brick found in New South Wales, Australia
— 17/02/2019Found By Sue Butterworth. It was dug up in her garden at Bolwarra which is close to Maitland, Morpeth,
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Jas Goldie & Son, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow 1884 brick found on the Cocos Islands, Australia
— 12/02/2019Found by Bob Trlin on the Cocos Islands, Australia. Jas Goldie & Son, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow, 1884.
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Scottish bricks found North Queensland, Australia
— 21/01/2019Found during an archaeology dig, Ravenswood, North Queensland, Australia. Photograph by kind permission
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J & M Craig Kilmarnock brick found on Rottnest Island, West Coast of Australia
— 17/01/2019This brick is in the possession of the Rottnest Island Museum. Many thanks to Wendy Bradshaw for the
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Scottish bricks found in Melbourne, Australia
— 16/11/2018Excavations, Surveys and Heritage Management in Victoria (Australia). Volume 5 2016. Source. From the
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Thistle brick found in Sydney, Australia
— 21/09/2018Found by Alan Maher in Sydney, Australia. The bricks below formed part of a BBQ that Alan built some
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The Mallina Gold Mine, Western Australia
— 12/09/2018Below – 01/12/1893 – Glasgow Herald – The Mallina Gold Mine, Western Australia. Shares
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Glenboig bricks found in North Queensland, Australia
— 19/07/2018Found by Darrian Borick, heritage management postgraduate student in Australia at the University of Queensland.
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Robert Selkirk – Fifeshire, Scotland to Ballarat, Australia.
— 01/04/2018Robert Selkirk, I was born at Fifeshire, Scotland, and emigrated to Australia with his young family in
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Fordel brick found in Australia
— 19/02/2018This Fordel brick was found by I Howie, possibly in the New South Wales area of Australia. – Source
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A Bald Alloa brick found in New South Wales, Australia
— 19/02/2018This ‘A Bald Alloa’ brick is believed to have been found by Martin, in New South Wales,
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Ferguslie Patent brick found in New South Wales, Australia.
— 15/02/2018This photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick
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Scottish bricks found in New South Wales, Australia
— 13/02/2018The following bricks are depicted in a book written by Warwick Gemmell and entitled – “And
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Gartcraig bricks found on the shipwreck of the ‘Carlisle Castle’ near Penguin Island, South of Freemantle, Western Australia
— 21/06/2017Two Gartcraig bricks recovered from the shipwreck of the ‘Carlisle Castle’ off the coast
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Gartcraig brick found at Sutherlands, South Australia
— 06/06/2017Found by Warwick Phillips at an old farm house ruin at Sutherlands, South Australia, it’s about
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Gartcraig bricks found at Karridale, Western Australia.
— 09/04/2017The following photographs have been forwarded by Peter Simmonds. The chimney was a sawdust burner and
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Gartcraig and Darnley bricks found in Western Australia.
— 11/03/2017Photographs forwarded by Peter Simmonds. Peter works for Parks and Wildlife in the Margaret River Western
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Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow 1851 brick found in Melbourne, Australia
— 19/02/2017Photograph and information have been forwarded by Graeme Toll. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker
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Miscellaneous newspaper articles
— 11/11/2016Some newspaper articles I find are difficult to marry up with a relevant brickworks. In such cases, I
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