An 80 year old weeping elm tree was removed from Wunderlich Tile Factory, Mitcham Rd to Campells Croft Reserve costing $17,000 which caused displeasure at a meeting at the Council of Nunawading.An 80 year old weeping elm tree was removed from Wunderlich Tile Factory, Mitcham Rd to Campells Croft Reserve costing $17,000 which caused displeasure at a meeting at the Council of Nunawading.campbells, croft, trees, city of nunawading, wunderlich tile factory, elm trees

The Premier, Mr Cain, officially opened Monier's new Wunderlich Terracotta tile factory in Vermont.The Premier, Mr Cain, officially opened Monier's new Wunderlich Terracotta tile factory in Vermont.brickworks, wunderlich tile factory, cain, john

Parts of Monier Wunderlich tile factory in Vermont may be listed on a heritage register of the Historic Buildings Council. City of Nunawading has recently introduced a front desk service where residents can obtain information about requirements for subdivisions, engineering and building permits.Parts of Monier Wunderlich tile factory in Vermont may be listed on a heritage register of the Historic Buildings Council. tile factories, monier wunderlich tile factory, historic buildings, abbott, kevin, maclellan, rob, strong, ray, tuckerman, graeme

Ernest, Alfred, and Otto Wunderlich founded the Wunderlich company in Sydney in 1885. The company expanded into Melbourne with a showroom located in Queen Street, Melbourne. The North Sunshine factory on McIntyre Road opened in 1927 producing glazed terracotta tiles, faience cladding, and later asbestos‑based products including Durabestos sheets and pipes. In 1969, CSR purchased Wunderlich. In 1977 CSR sold the Sunshine site to James Hardie. The factory closed down in 1983. The site was then redeveloped into the Westend Market Hotel and Dan Murphy’s. In the mid‑2010s, a cluster of mesothelioma cases among North Sunshine residents was linked to historical asbestos exposure from the factory.The Sunshine Wunderlich factory was one of Melbourne’s major interwar industrial employers. It contributed to Sunshine’s identity as a manufacturing hub alongside the H.V. McKay / Massey Ferguson Sunshine Harvester Works. This small book records only a very small number of employees who worked at the factory. The list was put together by former Wunderlich employee Walter "Wally" O'Brien.Front - T/Cotta Wunderlich Staff 1st Page Don Forte, Silvio, Tich Johnon, Sebastian Granata, Fred Willaton, Jack Lewis, George Griggs (Greigs), Ben George Simon, Whisky (Not Wally), Priot Albert Willaton (Son of Fred), Albert Elllingson (Killed on train disaster is his Grand Father)wunderlich, mcintyre road, sunshine north

In the Sunshine Advocate of 21/03/1925 it is reported that Wunderlich Ltd decided to establish works in Sunshine for the manufacture of terra cotta and faience for the facing of city buildings. The product was intended to imitate granite, which would give a brighter appearance to concrete walls. A stone surface finish to the terra cotta could be achieved by applying a variety of colour combinations of glazes with a special 'spackle' gun. A building that is still standing and has the imitation granite finish terra cotta is the Nicholas Building at 21 - 47 Swanston Street, Melbourne. The Nicholas Building was designed by Harry Norris for Alfred Nicholas (Aspro fame), and was built during 1925 - 1926. The building is classified by the National Trust (B4079) and has the Victorian Heritage Register (H2119). During my employment in the factory from 1964 to 1969 the tiles were generally faced with single colour glazes. For some small jobs a light coloured mottled finish was achieved by spattering a white glaze over a cream coloured background or vice versa. There were no imitation granite jobs done, probably because of changing attitudes to the intended appearance of buildings. The green coloured tile in our collection is an unfinished (untrimmed) retain tile typical of the green coloured tiles that were made for the two stages of the Commonwealth Centre Building (colloquially known as the Green Latrine), that was once located on the corner of Spring and Victoria Streets in Melbourne. Similar coloured tiles were also used on some shop fronts. The Commonwealth Centre Building no longer exists, however the Century Building at 125 - 133 Swanston Street, Melbourne is covered with single coloured tiles (white). The Century Building was built in 1939, with the architect being Marcus Barlow. The Building is classified by the National Trust (B4045). Our tile along with several others were headed for dumping among the asbestos waste at the rear of the two Wunderlich factories (Circa 1968). With permission from the Factory Superintendent of the Terra Cotta factory they were saved and taken home. Several are still in use as pavers around a barbecue in Melton from where our tile was obtained. It should be noted that the Wunderlich Architectural Terra Cotta factory in Sunshine did not manufacture terra cotta roofing tiles, as reported in the Brimbank City Council Post-contact Heritage Study HO 073 former Wunderlich now West End Market. Wunderlich terra cotta roofing tiles were manufactured at their factory in Mitcham Road, Vermont. Document HO 073 contains at least 3 errors. Other References: (1). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74726224. (2). Armstrong, J. 'Investigating the historic and current use, manufacture and conservation of architectural terra cotta and faience USA & UK'. This tile is an example of the type of facing that was applied to city buildings for over 40 years from the mid 1920's. As building techniques changed the need for this type of facing diminished, and so the factory was eventually sold and demolished. A free standing tall chimney stack which serviced two of the kilns was a significant feature of the North Sunshine skyline. A part of the history of Sunshine disappeared with the demolition of the factory and the chimney stack. Only the façade of the finishing section of the factory where tiles were trimmed and stored remains. Off-white/beige architectural terra cotta tile with green coloured vitreous glaze on the face of tile. The rear of tile is ribbed. wunderlich limited, terra cotta, architectural, commonwealth centre, spring street, sunshine, mcintyre, victoria street, faience, faence, imitation granite, nicholas building, century building

Wunderlich Ltd was a significant employer in its Sunshine Asbestos sheet, and its Architectural Terra Cotta factories on McIntyre Road, North Sunshine (now the Westend Hotel and previously the Westend Market). The Wunderlich Terra Cotta factory in Sunshine made colour glazed terra cotta tiles for the outside walls of buildings such as the Commonwealth Buildings in Spring St Melbourne, and the Court Building in the City. The Sunshine factory also initially made the glaze for use on the terra cotta roof tiles made at the Mitcham factory.The letterhead is Wunderlich Limited 210 Kingsway South Melbourne 3025 which was the Victorian head office of the company The reference is dated 28 February 1969 and is signed by F Willaton who was the Works Superintendant of the Architectural Terra Cotta Factory in Sunshinewunderlich, walter "wally" zielinski

Wunderlich Architectural Terra Cotta Bulletin Terra Cotta in Four Cities TC4 July 1924|Extract Entrance Doorway Davies Doery Pty Ltd Flinders Lane Melbourne|Wunderlich Architectural Terra Cotta Bulletin Terra Cotta Facades TC2 December 1926|Wunderlich Architectural Terra Cotta Bulletin A Versatile Medium TC5 July 1929|Typed Article Durabestos Homes of Colourful Beauty June 1930|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 21 March 1925 New Sunshine factory|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 12 November 1937 Wunderlich factory grows|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 4 April 1925 Advance Sunshine Industrial and domestic development|Extract Cement and Concrete Asbestos Cement 1926|Ernest Julius Wunderlich 1859 to 1945 biography from Australian Dictionary of Biography|Extract Architectural terracotta paterae 1928 to 1929|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 28 August 1926 Another Factory at Sunshine|Extract Wide profiles of Wunderlich tiiles offered by CSR Monier Wunderlich|Extract Monier Concrete Roof Tiles|Typed Report 10 November 2012 Asbestos|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 16 May 1941 Reported Wounded Aboard|Letter to whom it may concern Wieslaw Zielinkski employed by Wunderlich Limited Sunshine|Extract Wunderlich Planning Officer Christiaan Sengers 1965 to 1967|Extract Former Wunderlich now West End Market McIntyre Road Albion|Extract from Internet Principal Clay Types Used in Ceramics|Typed Report The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia Jennifer Armstrong 2003 Churchill Fellow|Supplement to the Australian Women's Weekly - Page 10 Wunderlich Building Materials Advert Durabestos Building Sheets, Corrugated Durabestos, Modern Metal Ceilings, Terra-Cotta Roofing Tiles, Stainless Steel Sinks & Cermaic Fireplace Surrounds and Hearth Tiles|Molomby & Molomby Solicitor Leter dated 5th September 1986 to The Honourable J. Kennan with concerns about the granting of a planning permit for the former Wunderlich Factory McIntyre Road Sunshine North|Hand written notes Brian O'Reilly Memorieswunderlich, mcintyre road, sunshine north

It appears that this type of item was intended to be used or was used as a promotional item for the Wunderlich Ltd Terra Cotta factory in McIntyre Rd, North Sunshine. This factory made large ceramic veneer tiles for use on buildings such as the now demolished two Commonwealth Buildings on Spring St, Melbourne (green coloured tiles on buildings). This ashtray was made in 1966 by an employee who found the plaster mould among other moulds in the Terra Cotta factory. It is unknown when the mould was previously used to make ashtrays. Wunderlich Ltd had several factories in Sunshine (asbestos sheets, ceramic veneers, aluminium windows) and a pipe factory in conjunction with Humes. It was a major employer in the Sunshine area. There are very few items in the S&DHS files regarding Wunderlich Ltd.Square shaped ceramic earthenware ashtray that is glazed with an off white coloured vitreous coating. The glaze is crazed and has some small chips in it."WUNDERLICH LTD CERAMIC VENEER" in relief writing on the top surface. "Whisky 22-7-66" is incised into the bottom surface.wunderlich, mcintyre road, sunshine north

This is a Terra Cota tpe roofing tile that were made for house roof. This tile was saved from being dumped at the rear of Wunderlics factory in Sunshine North. Roofing tiles were never made at Sunshine, although sample promotional tiles were displayed there.Wunderlich / Terra Cotta has a fade mission brown color it also has lines and other patterns two corrigated valley channels for placing on house rafter sand and inprinted in the tile is text Wunderlichwunderlich, mcintyre road, sunshine north, manufacturing, building material

Article in Whitehorse Gazette about subdivision of former Wunderlich site in MitchamArticle in Whitehorse Gazette about subdivision of former Wunderlich site in Mitchamtile factories, wunderlich limited, redlands properties

Residents living close to Wunderlich-Monier in Vermont are demanding urgent action to stop noise and dust problems generated by work on the site. Town planning services manager of Jones Lang Wootton, Rob McLiver, speaking for the developer said site works had nothing to do with the application for the subdivision, they have approval from the E.P.A. and the Department of Industry.Residents living close to Wunderlich-Monier in Vermont are demanding urgent action to stop noise and dust problems generated by work on the site. tile factories, wunderlich monier