Whitemans Brick was a brick manufacturing company in Middle Swan in Western Australia.

It was a company owned by Lou Whiteman, after whom Whiteman Park is named.[1]

Note: Lou or Louis Whiteman started and originally owned Whitemans Brick. His son, Manton Lewis Cyril Whiteman, took over the business after his father and it is Lew (Lewis) Whiteman after whom the park is named.

The land on which the operations were located were expanded in the 1920s.[2] It was also notable in early usage of trucking materials due to shortage of railway facilities.[3]

It was notable due to its large kilns.[4]

It was taken over by Midland Brick in 1985.

References

  1. ↑ "Brick Manufacturers". The Swan Express. Vol. XLI, no. 38. Western Australia. 26 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Middle Swan". The Swan Express. Vol. XXIX, no. 57. Western Australia. 28 June 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "MOTOR TRUCKS FOR BRICK CARTING". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1472. Western Australia. 28 March 1926. p. 1 (Third Section). Retrieved 16 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "BIGGEST OPEN KILNS IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE". The Mirror. Vol. 15, no. 799. Western Australia. 28 August 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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