Victorian Heritage Bricks, Brick Makers and Brick Works

“Clifton Creams” were one of the best-known bricks in their day.  Look around at all those 60s cream brick veneer houses around Melbou...

Abraham Baxter (Snr) and John Mc Kell acquired the brick works in Stamford Road Oakleigh in 1908 from Henry Ethell.   John McKell had ...

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The Northcote Patent Brickworks first appear in the Sands and MacDougall Directory in 1876.  They were the forerunner of the Northcote Bri...

John Braisted Wilsmore was born on the 1 st of June 1831 at West Mersea in Essex and migrated to Victoria in 1858.  He began working a...

Thomas Manallack is generally believed to be the first brick maker in Brunswick.  He was born in Sithney, Cornwall (where the name is rec...

Glew, John 1822-1893   John was born in Yorkshire, England in 1822.   He arrived in Victoria as an assisted migrant on the 4 th of ...