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Pindi Pindi Brickworks, Industrial heritage site in Pindi Pindi, Queensland, Australia.

Pindi Pindi Brickworks is a former brickworks off the Bruce Highway at Pindi Pindi, Mackay Region, Queensland. The site holds two brick kilns with chimney stacks, arched brick lintels at their base, a brick-floored storage area, the original clay conveyor belt and pan, and two small brick offices. Blackrock Creek bounds it to the south.

Edmund Evans, a Dinmore bricklayer, began building the works in May 1933 with help from local resident W Adams, and the first bricks were fired by the end of that year. In 1937 the company won a contract to supply refractory firebricks for locomotive fireboxes of the Northern Division of Queensland Railways. After Newbold Industries bought the works in 1938, it was renamed the Pindi Pindi Firebricks Company. It closed during World War II, reopened in 1949 under Tony Giaiotti, and shut permanently in 1977.

The brickworks supplied materials for several important buildings across the Mackay region that still shape the town's appearance today. This connection shows how local industry directly supported the community's development.

The site is located along the Bruce Highway and remains easily accessible from the road for visitors interested in industrial history. The preserved structures can be viewed from outside and offer insights into early manufacturing techniques.

The facility became the sole supplier to Queensland Railways from 1937 for refractory bricks used in locomotive fireboxes. This specialized role made it a critical partner for rail operations across the region.

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