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, brickmaker and
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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,
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Gartcraig brick found in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
— 07/11/2016Gartcraig brick found in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia by Estelle Roberts. Estelle states ”
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Newark Brick and Tile Works, Ellon, Aberdeenshire aka Tipperty
— 03/10/2016Newark Brick and Tile Works, Tipperty, Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Canmore Tipperty Tileworks, early 20th century.
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James Campbell – Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland to Brisbane, Australia
— 30/06/2016James Campbell (1830-1904), businessman and manufacturer, was born on 6 March 1830 at Auchterarder, Perthshire,
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Gartcraig brick found in Queensland, Australia.
— 30/06/2016Found by Judy Baldwin in Queensland, Australia. The bricks were used as a floor in a meatworks where
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Gartcraig brick found in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
— 21/06/2016Gartcraig brick found in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Kylee Fraser. Kylee states – There had
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Examples of early Scottish brick exports to Australia
— 04/11/201519/01/1843 – The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW – Gilchrist and Alexander, 1 George Street,
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Woodall Duckham – WD
— 01/10/2015Thanks to Harry Wilson the mystery of the WD initials on many Stein Bluebell specials is now solved.
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Gartcraig brick found Western Australia
— 20/07/2015Found by Sandra amongst the remnants of a ghost town (gold) called Tullanalla in Western Australia. The
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Overseas stockists for Scottish bricks – export and import
— 24/06/2015Overseas stockists for Scottish bricks – export and import. . . . . Below – 16/10/1844 –
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Craigend Refractories Ltd, Muiravonside, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
— 16/03/2015Canmore – Craigend Refractories Ltd, Falkirk Craigend Brickworks Ltd was established in 1938 on
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Clackmannan 1846 brick found South Australia
— 13/02/2015Found on a beach at Southend, in the South-east of South Australia, with no apparent origin or context.
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