BRICKWORKS & POTTERIES
OF THE IPSWICH (Qld) REGION

  Alister J Cameron       

Hudson's Pottery

Hudson & Sons Ltd Pottery, Bognuda, Hudson & Co., Reliance Pottery, Jennings

HUDSON’S POTTERY TIMELINE

1887:  Matthew Bognuda and George & Joseph Hudson established pottery works; Riverview Road, Dinmore.
Business name: ‘Reliance Pottery, Bognuda, Hudson & Co.

1916:  They purchased site at Potters Road, Dinmore (formerly Gilson & Rumble and Dinmore Pottery).
Bognuda family members moved to new site; Hudson family members remained at Riverview Road.
New trading name: Reliance and Dinmore Potteries, Bobnuda, Hudson & Co.

1920:  Partnership dissolved; the Hudsons now trading as ‘Hudsons & Sons Reliance Pottery’.

1940:  The firm became a limited company: ‘Hudson & Sons Ltd’

1953:  The works closed.

RELIANCE POTTERY ADVERTISEMENT 1897 Post Office Directory Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p30
RELIANCE POTTERY RIVERVIEW 1888 The Hudsons - Joseph, Edward Thomas, George and William - and Matthew Bognuda 23 May 1888. Courtesy of the Bognuda Family Collection Source "Ipswich Potteries" 1873-1926 p29
ALTHOUGH TITLE OF PICTURE SAYS "DINMORE POTTERY", ITS MORE LIKELY TO BE THE RELIANCE POTTERY AT RIVERVIEW (COMPARE WITH OTHER PHOTOS) Date is circa 1898. Source: Vintage Queensland
Source: Dinmore-New Chum History; 1859-2005; Betty Bork; Ipswich City Council Library
1928 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF POTTERH Source: Qld State Archives 1029 Queensland 1:63,360 Scale Military Maps
POTTERY AREA FROM ABOVE Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap) 2024 Overlay: QGIS Vectors
AERIAL PHOTO HUDSON'S POTTERY 1963 Source: QImagery QAP14555348
AERIAL PHOTO OF POTTERY 1972 QImagery Q2583 6166
Source: Tanya Knight Brick Collectors of Australia
Source: Lost Ipswich
Source: David Taylor, Lost Ipswich
POSSIBLE RELIANCE CHIMNEY POT Source: Melanie Rush Oxley 2022 Picture Ipswich
RELIANCE GARDEN EDGING Source: Melanie Rush Oxley 2022 Picture Ipswich