For over 100 years Bretts has been supplying timber and building materials to the Australian Construction industry.
The following article from the 1950's sums up Bretts long reaching influence and provides some insight on how Bretts have survived while most competitors have not.
Joinery works Maryborough 1875
Bretts saw mill 1900's
Sale yards Maryborough 1884
Blackbutt sawmill 1910
Blackbutt rugby football club 1913
Construction camp Blackbutt 1911
Sawdust removal Blackbutt sawmill 1918
Accommodation Blackbutt sawmill 1909
B.C Brett & Company was formed in 1918 and aquired Brisbane Sawmills
The Brisbane Sawmill 1918 - planing shed and furnace
The Brisbane Sawmill 1918 - Logs craned from the adjoining train line spur
The Brisbane Sawmill 1918 - Overhead rolling gantry
Nutting & Brett families 1922
1920's delivery of fruit boxes from the Windsor mill
Timber delivery 1924
Early delivery trucks
Bretts Windsor sawmill 1920's
Sawn timber importing
Bretts wharf under construction 1929
One of the early ships to dock at Bretts wharf
Bretts wharf became a very busy port
Aerial shot Bretts wharf 1960
Pre-war catalogue
Fire truck Bretts Windsor 1950
Pre-war advertisement - PLYMEL paint
Pre-war advertisement - Bretts were also agent for SX board pre-dating fibre cement
Pre-war advertisement - Upson board, another agency product range
Pre-war advertisement - Bretts were major Oregon suppliers
Wednesday 3 October 1934, both the Windsor saw mill and plymill were burnt to the ground
Bretts headquarters 146 Mary Street Brisbane, purchased in 1947 for £34,000
Bretts cricket team
A wartime plywood display made by Bretts at the Royal National Exhibition
Timber was diverted to the ADF during WWII
Grey Street store in the early 1950's
Door hardware displays in the 1950's
Plumbing displays in the 1950's
Bretts bulk store at Colchester street, South Brisbane
Bretts companies list from 1959
Bretts supplied material for the South Brisbane hospital and Australia's most modern glass & mirror factory at Windsor
Manumbar timber mill in the 1960's
Bretts South Brisbane store during the 1974 floods
Bretts steel yard at Macgregor during the 1970's
Bretts Wharf Street, Ipswich store entrance
Bretts at Indooroopilly shopping town 1979
Bretts at Newmarket Rd. in the 1970's
The hardware warehouse 75 Merivale Street, South Brisbane up until 1986 when it was demolished to make way for Expo '88
Bretts Macgregor
Bretts glass division at Ivedon Street, Banyo
Warehouse delivery vehicles through the '70's
Bretts Brookside hardware
Timber stacks at Inglewood sawmill
Bretts steel at Acacia Ridge
Sate of the Art steel processing at Acacia Ridge
Demolition of Grey Street to make way for Expo '88
Bandsaw blade sharpening at the Windosr sawmill
The ripping-saw bench in action at the Windsor sawmill
Demolition of Bretts wharves making way for the new development
Bretts wharf accommodation tower one
Bretts Architectural, Windsor in the late 1990's
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