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Concluding our A-Z of street names series is Zenith Avenue in Burnside. It takes its name from being the highest point in the subdivision developed during the 1970s.

The street occupies the former site of the Gilburn Brick Company. Established as the Adelaide Brickworks in 1912, the business merged with the Magill Brickworks in 1954 to form the Gilburn Brick Company.

By 1970, dwindling clay supplies and rising transport costs had made the operation uneconomic. The kiln was closed and the chimney demolished, bringing an end to an industry that is estimated to have produced around 25 million bricks.

A reminder of this industrial past can still be found at Waterfall Terrace Reserve, where the brickworks' main drive wheel stands as a monument to the site's history.

Photo: Adelaide Brick Company Staff, 1913. Burnside Local History Collection.