BRICKWORKS & POTTERIES
OF THE IPSWICH (Qld) REGION

  Alister J Cameron       

Oxley Brickworks

Aka: Oxley Brickworks Pty Ltd; PGH Bricks & Pavers Oxley; Boral CSR Bricks Pty Ltd

AERIAL PHOTO OF BRICKWORKS 1955 Source: QImagery QAP0537132
AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SITE 1970. Deep clay pit can be seen to the right of the complex. Source: QImagery QAP2143080
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE BRICKWORKS AREA 1979 Source: /gisservices.information.qld.gov.au
AERIAL PHOTO OF THE AREA 1982 Source: QImagery QAP4019111
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE BRICKWORKS 1993 Source: gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/
AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SITE 2003 Source: Google Earth
AERIAL PHOTO OF THE BRICKWORKS PRESENT DAY (2004) Source: Qld Globe.

Older Bricks

Description:  Orange brick.
Condition:  Some crumbling.
Type:  House Brick.
Frog:  Rounded frog with inscription one side only.
Inscription:  “OXLEY”  “BRICK” with three raised nobs in the middle.
Origin:  Possibly Victoria Point.
Current Location:  My Collection.

Description:  Brown brick with orange tinge.  Fairly smooth.
Condition:  A small amount of crumbling on the edges.
Type:  House Brick.
Frog:  Rounded frog with inscription one side; flat other side.
Inscription:  “OXLEY”  “BRICK” (indented).  Five raised nobs in middle.
Origin:  Clydebank 3 Colliery site, Walloon.
Current Location:  My Collection.

Description:  Orange, smooth brick.
Condition:  Just slight crumbling of edges.
Type:  House Brick.
Frog:  Rectangular, angular frog with inscription.  Flat on rear.
Inscription:  “OXLEY BRICK”  “DARRA” (indented).  Four, vertical raised lines in middle along with two small screw marks.
Origin:  Dinmore Pottery site.
Current Location:  My Collection

Current PGH Bricks (2025)

1890 P.G.H. Oxley

Description:  Red, Grainy, but Smooth, Solid Brick.
Condition:  Fully intact.
Type:  Solid, House Brick.
Frog:  Very deep, angular frog.
Inscription:  None.
Other Features:  Type: “Macquarie Blend”
Origin:  P.G.H. Oxley.  Manufactured in N.S.W.
Current Location:  My Collection.

Description:  White, Cored Brick.  Ten square cores.
Condition:  Fully intact.
Type:  House Brick
Frog:  Ten, square cores.
Inscription:  None.
Other Features:  Type: “Frost”
Origin:  P.G.H. Oxley.  Manufactured in Qld.
Current Location:  My Collection.

Description:  Light-Brown, Cored Brick.
Condition:  Fully intact.
Type:  House Brick.  “Saint George”.
Frog:  Three large cores.
Inscription:  None.
Other Features:  One face and two ends deliberately roughened.
Origin:  P.G.H Oxley.
Current Location:  My Collection

Description:  Light-Brown. Cored, Artificially Tumbled.  Type:  “Sea Whip”
Condition:  Fully intact.
Type:  House Brick
Frog:  Three, large cores.
Inscription:  None.
Other Features:  Corners indented on one face in appearance of tumbling.  Deliberately roughened and with white wash.
Origin:  P.G.H. Oxley.  Made in Qld. 
Current Location:  My Collection.

PGH Queensland Brick Range 2016.

I do not know how many were actually produced at Oxley

P.G.H. Clay Quarry at Dinmore

PGH CLAY QUARRY AT DINMORE FROM ABOVE, PRESENT DAY. Source: QImagery
MAIN GATES OF FORMER DINMORE POTTERY 2011 PGH now owns the site and operates the clay quarry at the rear. Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE MASSIVE QUARRY IN 2020. Photo: Alister J Cameron