About Us
- John (Italo) Nussio arrived from Italy with family at age of 12
- 1st Pioneers at Cleland Wildlife Reserve in 1930
- The existing stone cottage built by my father’s family to live in, now houses the animal hospital
- Growing Tobacco & Potato farming to support family
- Business commenced in 1946 in Gilbert St. Adelaide
- Purchased current property at North Plympton 1952
- Four miles from GPO !!! – swamp land, box thorns, sand hills, etc.
- First residence on property converted from a chicken house; no fences, dirt tracks for roads
- Produced terrazzo patented drainboards & cement washtroughs until the mid 1960’s when stainless steel took over the market bringing the end to this product requirements by the late 1970’s
- Imported many marble chips colours & sizes from Italy
- Imported White Cement from various countries which still continues to this very day (from Denmark, 35 years)
- Terrazzo floors in bathrooms, laundries, toilets, verandahs, etc. continued to be the core business
- Employing men, generally those migrating from Italy to give them a job, business expanded into concrete works such as shed floors, paths, driveways, house footings, large factory floors and onto multi story projects
- The Grenfell Centre, Modbury Hospital, Flinders Hospital, Readymix House, The Government Printing Office, were just a few projects that were produced in our yard
- The late 1970’s business started to diverse into concrete products while continuing the larger projects – but this became increasingly difficult, mainly due to negative influences of the Unions; this inturn created serious health issues within the family
- By mid 1980’s business in concrete products continued to increase
- Importing ceramic & mosaic tiles from Italy & Japan was also an integral part of the business
- Through the 90’s & to this day, concrete products such as fountains, bird baths, statuary, planters, sundials, planters, tables, ponds, letterboxes – we are known to have one of the largest selections available
- Boral Paving & Retaining Wall products – Agents for over 30 years
- Brick Cutting Service – Specialists in all types of cutting – Brick, pavers, slate granite, marble, blocks, etc.
- Mulches, compost, soils, bark chips – Pebbles, aggregates, large format pavers, have all been added to our existing range of building sands & gravels over recent years
- Delivery service or customer loan trailer available