The Daniel Robertson ceramics company was established in 1853 as a shale roof-tile importer. The Australian company continued to import English shale roof-tiles in the ballasts of ships until 1923, when local manufacturing began from a site at 54-76 Station St Nunawading.
→ Header image: from Property Developer, during demolition 2013.
Site boundary in 2014 |
Clay for the factory was obtained from an on-site quarry.
The Chimney (January 2020) |
Extract from Concept Plan - 2014 (Whitehorse Council) |
No brick was the same, giving whatever building they were
used on a timeless patchwork textured look. In 2012, multi million dollar
Australian owned company, Brickworks Limited finally purchased the last 50% of
the ownership of the company and the expansive site was
sold to AusGroup Property and Development in late 2013.
The factory closed in
early 2014 ending 91 years of operation at the site and joining the now many
crumbling ghostly reminders of Australia’s once mighty brickmaking past.
The chimney has been retained as a protected heritage feature.
The site is zoned "Industrial".
As at April 2020 the site is a waterlogged, weed infested wasteland, protected by a chain fence.
The site is zoned "Industrial".
As at April 2020 the site is a waterlogged, weed infested wasteland, protected by a chain fence.
Google maps view 2019 |
→This is a link to an article in the Herald-Sun of early 2014.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/nunawading-brickworks-site-set-for-major-redevelopment-with-homes/news-tory/18f520facbe5ed06eeedacc697ed1c55
Aerial view 2013, north at bottom |
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