Brands & Companys Table

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AUSTRALIA'S BICYCLE HISTORY

Formerly known as the CANBERRA BICYCLE MUSEUM & RESOURCE CENTRE

Bicycle Brands and Companies

Link to the A - Z Companies Table

Link to the A - Z Brands Table

Link to the Bicycle Brands and Companies by State

Click on a blue letter opposite to find a corresponding cycle brand in the table

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

For a quick search try: Edit - Find from the menu bar at the top of the screen

Click on a company below to find its details:

Abonyi	Advance	Allied Bruce Small	Alycon	Apollo	Armstrong	Arrow	Ascot
Aussie	Austin	Avenger	Baird	Bateman	Bates	Bennett & Barkel	Bennett & Wood
Bismyre	Blackbird	Boans	Bradfords	Brewer	Bullock	Calypso	Collins
Congress	Cooper & Legg	Craig	de Grandi	Eclipse	Edworthy	Elliotts	Elsdon
Europa	Express	Flash	Foster	Fry TJ	Frys	Gemini	General Accessories
Gitane	Goodchild	Gordon	Gordonson	Graecross	Greyhound	Hanimaso	Hartley
Healing	Hercules	Hustler	Inner City	Ixion	Jackson	Jay Jay	KBW
Kidd	Koala	Kookaburra	Legg H	Lock	Loveland	Lucas	Mascot
Miller	Miyata	Murray Star	Niven	Omega	Oxford	Paino	Panther
Paris	Pasco	Peerless	Pianta	Premier	Prosport	Repco	Ricardo
Sandovers	Sea-Gull	SJH	Spearman	Speedman	Sprint	Star	Stead
Steele Bishop	Super Alcyon	Super Elliott	Superb	Sutherland	Swansea	Swift	The Leader
Texa	Universe	Victa	View	Wallace	Waratah	West	Whippet
Wynall	Yates	Zenith

A - Z Companies Table * those who built their own frames

Click on some of the following Cycle Manufacturers (the ones in colour), to read snippets of information that we have found.

If you have any more info to add please email email@canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au or write to PO Box 498 Dickson ACT 2602.

Brand	Maker		Sold by	Place	State	From	To
	Company	Frame Builder
		Peter Holloway	Cycle Science				2004
Elan	Abeni / Pultney		Pultney St	Adelaide	SA	pre1940	1993
	Abonyi				NSW	pre1960
	Acorn (The)		L Waugh	Bayswater	WA
	Advance (Knock & Kirby) *	Earnie Greig		Sydney	NSW	1930's
	Aero *		Aero Cycle Co	330 Lord St East Perth	WA
	Alf Overton				NSW	pre1960
	Alpha		Harris Scarfe & Sandovers	Perth	WA
	Alycon					pre1960
	Armstrong *		Armstrong Cycle & Motor Agency	Perth	WA	1894
	Arrow *		Arrow Cycle Co	278 William St Perth	WA
	Ascot	Fewing Bros	Ascot Cycles	Belmont	WA
	Asta			124 Barrack St Perth	WA
	Avenger					pre1960
	Aussie		Aussie Cycles (T. J. McDonald)	269 William St Perth	WA
	Austin					pre1960
	Balmoral		Balmoral Cycles	Albany Hwy Vic Park	WA
	Bates			Preston	Victoria
	Bismyre	George Bismyre		Beamie St Campsie Sydney	NSW	pre1946
	Blackbird	Don Blackman		Ashfield,Sydney	NSW	pre1940
	Bluebird		Boans Ltd	Murray St Perth
	Brewer				NSW	pre1960
	Bronze Wing		T Thompson	Bunbury	WA
	Calypso			Newtown	NSW
	Chevron Star		Foy & Gibson	Perth	WA
		Clem Eagle		Bankstown	NSW	pre1940
	Collie Star *			Collie	WA
	Congress		Congress Cycles	152 William St Perth	WA
	Crescent		Crescent Cycles (K M Wood)	Buckland Hill	WA
	de Grandi Cycleworks			Geelong	Victoria
	Diamond		F Harding	314 Newcastle St Mt Lawley	WA
	Eclipse			Sydney	NSW	pre1960
	Elliott (no connection to "Super Elliott")			127 William St Perth
	Endurance		R B Gilmore	Bunbury	WA
	Europa_Cycles	John Abeni		Sydney (was SA)	NSW	1978	1985
	Excel		Bairds Ltd	Murray St Perth	WA
	Express		Express Cycles	302 Beaufort St Perth	WA
	Flash *	Eddy Barron	Flash Cycles	402 Beaufort St Mt LAwley & Midland	WA
	Fleet				WA
Flying Arrow			Bill Kell	Subiaco	WA
Flying Eagle			Flying Eagle Cycles	South Perth	WA
Flying Ace			Bradfords	Perth	WA
Flying Atom				Mt Lawley	WA
Various models	Flying Furniture	Ian Humphries		Canberra	ACT	1990's	2007+
	Foster	Ernie Foster		Sydney	NSW	pre1940
Frewzone	WG Frew			203 Beaufort St Perth	WA
Gemini	Gemini	Noel Macfarlane			NSW	1982
Geraldton Ace	Geraldton M&C Agency	R Shaw		Geraldton	WA
	G.H.Yates			Lithgow	NSW	pre1960
Gitane	Gitane					1960
Glasson	Glasson Cycles			Gosnells	WA
Gordon *	Gordon Cycle & Motor Co			287 Murray St Perth	WA
Goodchild	Goodchild Cycles			Perth Rd Bassendean	WA
Gordonson *	Gordonson Cycles			342 Wellington St Perth	WA
	Graecross				NSW		1990
	Greyhound				NSW	pre1960
	Hanimaso				NSW	pre1960
Hartley	Hartley	James R.Hartley		Bendigo	Vic	1895
Healing	Healing	A.G.Healing, Les Dunne		Richmond	Vic	1907	1959
Hillman				Scarborough	WA
	Hustler			Melbourne	Vic		1970's
Ideal		S Lock		Leach Hwy Hilton	WA
	Inner City Cycles	Jim Lemon		Sydney	NSW
	Ixion				Vic	1910	1970
		Jack Walsh		Punchbowl, Sydney	NSW	pre1950	1960
	Jay Jay				NSW	pre1960
M H Jones *	M H Jones Cycles			Willagee	WA
	Koala		P&R Williams	Wentworth Ave Sydney	NSW	1930's
	K.B.W. (Keep Bros & Wood Pty Ltd)				NSW
Kookaburra *	Kookaburra Cycles	A Grady		Fremantle	WA
Laurel	C G Chipper			11 Forrest St Mt Lawley	WA
	Lock				NSW	pre1960
Lucas	W J Lucas Ltd			Milligan St Perth	WA
		Mick Mazza			NSW	pre1960
	Miller				NSW	pre1960
	Murray Star				Vic	1930's	1940's
Miyata	Miyata				Japan
Manxman			Manxman Cycles	Nedlands	WA
MasterSports	Motor Spares		Nagambie Motor Garage	547 Elizabeth st Melbourne	VIC	pre1965
The Midland			A Gregg	Midland Junction	WA
Moon	Sharman & Williams			Hay St Perth	WA
	Niven	Bob Niven		Auburn & Campbell Sts, Sydney	NSW	pre1930	1940's
	Omega				NSW	pre1960
Oxford	Oxford			Sydney	NSW	1978
	Paino				NSW	pre1960
	Panther	Ray Pantland		Merrylands, Sydney	NSW
Panther *	Pal & Panther Cycles	CT Collins		30 Angove St North	WA
Paramount			Les Andrews Cycles	Albany Hwy Vic Pk	WA
	Paris	Charlie Paris		Sydney	NSW
	Pasco				NSW	pre1960
	Peerless	J.B.Wilson		Sydney
Pilot *	W Jackson			Perth	WA
Pivot			Empire Sports Depot		WA
Porshe	see "Ricardo"
	Premier Cycles	Ted Williamson		Lakemba	NSW
Prosport	Prosport
Elan	Pultney Street Cycles		Pultney St	Adelaide	SA	1986	1993
Rainbow	Sandovers			Perth	WA
Regal	T J Fry			93 Rokeby Rd Subiaco	WA
Regent	Fry's Cycle & Motor Works			80 Rokeby Rd Subiaco	WA
Repco	Repco					1970's
	Ricardo				SA	1970's	1990
Royal Star	M J Bateman Ltd			Perth	WA
	Sea-Gull Cycles			North Williamston	Victoria
	SJH (S.J.Hilsden)	Bob Jones (from 1950)		Parramatta	NSW	1911	1985
	Spearman	Jack Spearman		Wollongong	NSW	pre1940
	Speedman				NSW	pre1960
	Stead Cycles			Mayfield	NSW
	Super Alcyon				NSW	pre1960
	Sutherland	Sutherland		Beatty Ave, Armadale	Vic	1920	1950
	Superb	L.J.Finnick		Sydney	NSW	1920's
	Swift				NSW	pre1960
	Swift				WA
	Superb				NSW	pre1960
	Texa Cycles	Ernie Hanns		Broadway, Sydney	NSW	pre1940
	The Leader			Goulburn	NSW	pre1960
	Universe Cycles	Bob Sepping		Parramatta	NSW	pre1945
	Victa	J.B.Wilson		Broadway	NSW	1902
	View				NSW	pre1960
Waratah		H.J.&G.H.Williams		Sydney	NSW	pre1910	1950's
Whippet		Joe Scruse				1920's	1938
	Wynall Cycles	V.S.Burchill (agent)		Sydney	NSW	1932	1955
		Murray Walker		Waratah, Newcastle	NSW
		Jim Bundy			NSW	1940	1985
		Jack Griffin		Invernell	NSW
		Ralph Green		Coffs Harbour	NSW
		Lennie Rogers			NSW	1940	1980
		John Beasley		Footscray	Victoria
		Cec Walker		Melbourne	Victoria
		Bruce Opperman			Victoria	1940	1980
A - Z Brands Table Brand	Maker		Sold by	Place	State	From	To
	Company	Frame Builder
Abeni		John Abeni	Europa Cycles	Sydney	NSW	1946	1992
Apollo	Apollo *				NSW	1970's	Now
Armalite	Armalite Fabrication	Steven Gray		Perth	WA	2003	Now
Armstrong	Armstrong Cycle & Motor Agency			Perth & Fremantle	WA
Arrow	Arrow Cycle Co			278 William St Perth
Ascot	Ascot Cycles *			Gt Eastern Hwy Ascot	WA
Aussie	Aussie Cycles	J.T.McDonald		269 William St Perth	WA
Austral			Marcus Clark	George St Sydney	NSW	1910	1933
Austral			Charles Davis	Elizabeth St Hobart	Tas
Austral	General Accesories					1910
Avenger						1960
B&B	Bennett & Barkel						1932
Ball D'Or			Joe Tait	Bexley Cycles, Sydney	NSW
Barb				Finlay - rider/racer		1870's
Bluebird	Boans Ltd			Murray St. Perth	WA
Bullock	Bullock	John Bullock		Adelaide	SA	1896	1939
Carbine		Fred D.Woolcott		Campbelltown	NSW	1910