BRICKWORKS & POTTERIES
OF THE IPSWICH (Qld) REGION

  Alister J Cameron       

Dinmore Pottery

"Dinmore Brick & Tile Co.", "Dinmore Brick & Tile Co.Ltd", "Reliance and Dinmore Potteries, Bognuda, Hudson & Co.",

"Dinmore Pottery & Pipe Works Pty Ltd", "Dinmore Pottery Pty Ltd"

TIMELINE

1884:  Dinmore Brick & Tile Company established by W.T.Fauset, T.F.Fauset & H.C.Thompson on 80 acres of land at Dinmore.

1888:  Attempted to sell company

1889:  Temporally closed due to Depression.

1899:  Production recommenced.

1916:  Works closed again.

1916:  Site purchased by Reliance Pottery
Trading name: ‘Reliance and Dinmore Potteries, Bognuda, Hudson & Co.’

1920:  Partnership dissolved; new trading name: ‘M. Bognuda & Sons’.

Late 1920s:  Became a limited company: ‘Dinmore Pottery Pty Ltd’.

1975:  Pottery closed due to competition from cheaper imports.

Dinmore Pottery (Gilson & Rumble)

NOTE:   This appears to be a separate business even though it was located on the same road as Dinmore Pottery and was taken over by Reliance at the same time.

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TIMELINE

1894:  James Gilson established a small pottery , Pottery Road Dinmore
1895: James Rumble joined Gilson in a partnership
Traded under ‘Gilson & Rumble, Dinmore Pottery’
1907:  Gilson left and moved to Kleinton to continue making pottery
Now trading as ‘Dinmore Pottery. J.A.Rumble Proprietor’
1916:  Purchased by Reliance Pottery

History

Source: Ipswich Potteries 1873-1926 Ipswich Art Gallery Text By Geoff Ford

Further Background from Betty Bork

Over The Years

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 1970 Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2009-09-15-0040p.jpg Document ID: 7979
HOUSES BUILT FOR POTTERY WORKERS 1991 They have since been demolished. Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2011-10-11-0022p

The black and white photos below were all taken by Richard Stringer in 1984 after the closure of the Pottery. 

Source:  State Library of Queensland

ROW OF SIX KILNS ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN EDGE OF THE COMPLEX. Note that the three chimneys share two kilns each.
LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE ENTRANCES TO THE KILNS. Each has its own shelter.
CLOSEUP OF ONE OF THE ENTRANCES. The stacked bricks were probably used to block it during firing.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE FIRE HOLES ALONG THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE KILNS. The pipes suggest that gas was used to fire them.
LOOKING EAST BETWEEN TWO OF THE KILNS
ONE OF THE FIRE HOLES FROM THE OUTSIDE. Note the bricks used to block up part of the opening. See also the metal apparatus also used as a covering.
INSIDE ONE OF THE KILNS The loose walls of bricks (bag walls), are used to deflect the heat from the burners up and away from direct contact with the bricks/pottery.
ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS NEAR THE KILNS.
INSIDE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS Broken white ceramic pottery can be seen. This was one of the major product lines manufactured at the Pottery.
PILE OF DEMOLISHED BRICKS Those with identifiable markings mostly have the "RYLANCE PLASTIC" inscription. These are refractory (fire) bricks. However a "RYLANCE DINMORE" house brick is also in evidence.
THE REMAINS OF THE POTTERY IN 1991 Source: Picture Ipswich: qips-2011-09-28-0003p.jpg Document ID: 9513

The Present Day

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 AN ENORMOUS P.G.H. CLAYPIT 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.

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

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"

Advertisements & Maker Marks

Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p44
Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p35

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
Dinmore Brick & Tile Co. (1884-89) Water filter 1888 Wheel-thrown hand decorated Majolica glazed earthenware. Impressed in the ribbons: 'JOHN SIMMONDS BRISBANE 1888' Collection of the Qld Museum Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p13
Dinmore Pottery (Bognuda & Sons) (1929-75) A pair of vases c.1930 Press-moulded, salt-glazed stoneware Unmarked Qld Museum Collection. Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p34
madoncollections.com Pending Realisations / Decorative Arts - Vases Dinmore Pottery Vase - u/m but attrib. to 'Bognuda & Sons' - press moulded, majolica glazed vase featuring a lady…
James Gilson (1894-95) Comport c.1894 Press-moulded plate with a wheel-thrown pedestral. Majolica glazed earthenware. Unmarked Collection of the National Museum of Aust Pottery. Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p41
GLAZED POTTERY KITCHEN SINK FROM THE 1920s Source: Michael Allen Antiques
DINMORE POTTERY STAMP ON ITEM Source: Melanie Rush, Picture Ipswich