Vintage Spanners & Wrenches in Australia
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A Pictorial Guide
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Welcome to Vintage Spanners & Wrenches in Australia, your online guide to
collectable spanners, shifters and wrenches supplied by Companies in Australia.
This site is in the early stages of construction, but will eventually provide
information on many different makers and suppliers of spanners, and, where available,
background history on the companies that supplied them in Australia. You'll
find many photographs to illustrate company product and logo images to help
identify unfamiliar makers, and a listing of orphan spanners (please make contact
if you can identify any of them or add to known ranges shown).
If any viewer has information, images etc relating to any of the webpages already
functioning / under construction, or for other companies that operated in Australia
(that have been missed here) and issued wrenches or cast iron seats or other
farm collectables - please make contact as we are keen to add them to this website.
All images on this website are copyright. Should you feel the need to use any
of them - do the right thing and make contact on the link below and make you
request.
Local Agricultural Companies - Spanners and Information
- W G Barger of West Melbourne
- K L Bulldog of Springvale (seeking information)
- Beard & Sissons of Natimuk & Melbourne (seeking information)
- John Buncle of North Melbourne
- Cliff & Bunting of North Melbourne
- Cooper of Sydney (gathering information)
- Clyde Engineering of Sydney, incl Hudson Bros
and Ritchie Bros
- Dangar, Gedye & Co & Dangar, Gedye & Malloch of Sydney (seeking further
info)
- Furphy of Shepparton
- Gaston Bros of Kensington (Melbourne)
- Gibbins of Footscray
- Daniel Harvey of Box Hill
- P Falla & J H Bolden (Donald)(seeking information)
- Golden City Co (Bendigo)(seeking information)
- Haberecht Bros (Henty) & H Haberecht of
Jindera (seeking information)
- Horwood Bagshaw (& Associated Companies) of South
Australia
- Hudson Brothers of Sydney: refer to Clyde page
- Hugh Lennon of Spottswood /Spottiswoode (Melbourne)
- International Harvester Australia (gathering information)
- Lightning Farm Implements & Fruit Graders
Brunswick & Collingwood (Melbourne)
- McCalman, Garde & Co of North Melbourne (McCG&C)(seeking
further information)
- Massey Harris Australia (gathering information)
- May Brothers of Gawler in South Australia
(seeking further information)
- May & Millar of Horsham (seeking
further information)
- Meadowbank Manufacturing Co of Meadowbank
in Sydney (seeking further information)
- Joseph Mellor & Mellor Bros of South Australia (seeking information)
- Metters (seeking information)
- Mintern of Richmond (seeking information)
- Mitchell & Co of West Footscray in Melbourne (M & Co)(seeking information)
- Moffat Virtue of Sydney (seeking information)
- George Munro P/L of Ballarat (seeking information)
- Joseph Nicholson & Co & Nicholson
& Morrow (N & M)(seeking additional information)
- W. C. Peacock & Bro(seeking
further information)
- Rawling & Co of Coburg in Melbourne(seeking
further information)
- Ritchie Bros of Sydney: refer to Clyde
page(seeking further information)
- Riverina Harvester Co of Corowa (NSW)(seeking information - has
anyone out there seen a spanner by them?)
- Ronaldson Bros & Tippett P/L (seeking
further information)
- Thomas Robinson & Co (TR & Co)
please make contact if you have more information
- John Shearer of South Australia (gathering information)
- David Shearer of South Australia
- Sunshine Harverster of Sunshine (gathering information)
- Thompsons of Castlemaine (seeking information)
- Wiles Mfg Co of South Australia (seeking information)
- Various makers (seeking information)- Dignan Stripper, Illman Harvester, A E Beard Natimuk, JH
Bolden Donald / Falla, Petschel Plow, Link Noak Freeling, R A Tucker Dimboola,
Beard & Sisson, Sporn Nhill, Wood geelong, Hearn Donald, H R Bradshaw Horsham,
T Howie Footscray.
Other Local Companies
- Coxhead (gathering information)
- Cyclone (gathering information)
- Dowidat (gathering information)
- Dufor (Duly & Hansford) (gathering information)
- Equip / GMH (gathering information)
- Gregsteel, Gregory Steel Products (gathering information)
- Holden (gathering information)
- Litchfield (gathering information)
- Plumb / Fern (gathering information)
- Qualcast Mowers (gathering information)
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Sidchrome, Siddons, Sidalloy, etc (gathering information)
- Terrier (gathering information)
- Villiers (gathering information)
New Zealand Showcase
- Booth, Booth MacDonald, BoothMac-Nicholsons (gathering information)
- P & D Duncan (gathering information)
- Kiwi (gathering information)
- Masport (gathering information)
- Reid & Gray (gathering information)
Some Overseas Company Items Found Locally
- John Deere Tools (gathering information)
- International Harvester(gathering information)
- Massey Harris & Verity (gathering information)
- Various (gathering information)
Gallery of Orphans and Interesting Spanners & Wrenches
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Feature Tool: Cliff & Bunting Dogbone Wrench
Cliff & Bunting made Steam Traction Engines, Stationary Oil Engines, Chaff
Cutters and other farm equipment. They were based at North Melbourne
This example of their wrenches is hollow malleable cast iron. It has hex
and square openings in the box ends. The central shaft is U shaped in section.
I have no knowledge of what machinery it may have been issued with.
Pictures of other C & B items - see the C & B page The overall length is
about 7inches.
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