BRICKWORKS & POTTERIES
OF THE IPSWICH (Qld) REGION

  Alister J Cameron       

Dinmore Pottery

Some Background

WORKING PLAN OF SIDING LEADING TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEW BRICKWORKS 1884 What is termed "Gulland's Branch" was later known as the eastern leg of the New Chum Branch. Source: Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich
CADASTRAL MAP NEW CHUM BRANCH 1909 The name of the brickworks here is "Dinmore Co. Brick & Tile Source: Qld State Archives.
CADASTRAL MAP NEW CHUM BRANCH 1909 The name of the brickworks here is "Dinmore Co. Brick & Tile Source: Qld State Archives.
CADASTRAL MAP OF NEW CHUM BRANCH 1930 The brickworks are now known as "Dinmore Pottery Ltd". Dinmore Pottery is what it was known as thereafter. Source: geospatial.information.qld.gov.au
DINMORE BRICKWORKS FROM ABOVE IN THE 1940s Underlay: 1946 aerial photo. Overlay: QGIS vectors
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE NEW CHUM BRANCH 1928 Qld State Archives; Series 1029
Queensland 20 Chain Series 2521 Published Survey Office, Dept of Lands Nov 1971 Scanned at Ipswich Council Library & put together Feb 2018
AERIAL PHOTO OF THE BRICKWORKS IN 1974 The complex had been extended even further. Source: Qimagery
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF POTTERY AREA 1979 The railway branch would soon be removed and open cut mines take over further territory. New Chum Villiage (bottom left) would also be shortly demolished in the process. Source: gisservices.information.qld.gov.au
DINMORE POTTERY c1898 Source: Vintage Queensland
DINMORE POTTERY 1970 Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2009-09-15-0040p.jpg Document ID: 7979
ONE OF THE POTTERY KILNS 1983 Source: Ipswich Heritage Trail No. 9 Ipswich City Council.
INSIDE OF ONE OF THE POTTERY KILNS 1984 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Richard Stringer / Cited at https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/objects/4605 on 15/04/2024
THE REMAINS OF THE POTTERY IN 1991 Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2011-09-28-0003p.jpg Document ID: 9513
HOUSES BUILT FOR POTTERY WORKERS 1991 They have since been demolished. Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2011-10-11-0022p
POTTERY SITE IN 2020 The building, the former office, is the only remaining structure from the pottery in its heyday. On the left is a flat area. On the right is the site of the former brick dwellings. Photo: Alister J Cameron.
FLAT AREA WHICH INCLUDES AN INDUSTRIAL SHED & CONTAINER 2016 Former office is out of sight on right and opencut is in the background. Photo: Alister J Cameron
SCATTERED SCRAP METAL HINTS AT THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FORMERLY UNDERTAKEN ON THIS SITE 2020 Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE INCLUDES HUGH BULLDOZED HEAPS; NOW COVERED WITH VEGERATION 2020 Photo: Alister J Cameron
WEST OF MAIN POTTERY SITE LARGE QUANTITIES OF BROKEN PIPES & BRICKS CAN BE SEEN 2020 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE MAIN POTTERY SITE WHOLE AREA IS TAKEN UP BY OPENCUT 2020 Photo: Alister J Cameron

Bricks

Description:  Light-coloured brick.  Some discolouring and specks.  Screw marks each corner of brick.
Condition:  Crumbling and fissures.
Type:  House Brick
Frog:  Large, rectangular, shallow, rounded frog with inscription.  Similar frog on back without contents.
Inscription:  “D” (raised, thin with small circles each end.
Origin:  Old West Moreton Colliery site.
Current Location:  My Collection.

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Description:  Dark-orange brick
Condition:  Very crumbled and many fissures.
Type:  House Brick.
Frog:  Shallow, flat frog with inscription and screw mark each end.
Inscription:  “D” (broad indent).
Origin:  On one of rubbish mounds; Dinmore Pottery site.
Current Location:  My Collection.

697 "D" Pile of refuse, side of Pottery Rd

Pottery

TOBACCO JAR 1888 Wheel thrown Majolica glazed earthenware, Source: Qld Museum Collection
GARDEN URNS WITH IMPRESSED, CIRCULAR MARK. One of salt glaze and the other in stone glaze. Source: Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers.
DINMORE POTTERY URN PLANTER Source: Albion Antique Auction Centre
GLAZED POTTERY KITCHEN SINK FROM THE 1920s Source: Michael Allen Antiques
DINMORE POTTERY STAMP ON ITEM Source: Melanie Rush, Picture Ipswich

Other Bricks Found on the Site

"CAMPBELL"
"RYLANCE"
"RYLANCE"
"RYLANCE" "P"
"RYLANCE" "P"
"RYLANCE" "PLASTIC"
RYLANCE" "PLASTIC"
"RYLANCE" "PLASTIC"
Indented Heart
Indented Heart
"OXLEY BRICK" "DARRA"