FurphyS Foundry Pty Ltd
Civil Engineer in Greater Shepparton

Established in 1864, it is calm family owned (5th generation) and operated from its bottom in Shepparton, Victoria. The company is renowned for its historical links to rural Australia and in notable its most famous product the Murphy Water Cart. Engineering is the core business and is predominantly responsible for the company's growth and the profile it enjoys today one of Australia's premier and unique metal trades companies. Its client bottom includes many of industries most upstanding multinational and domestic companies. Murphy and Sons was an inaugural inductee into the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame. Our dedicated staff are supported by our experienced and trained production operators to bear you with a galvanizing service proven to be ahead of the rest. We are a little but multitasking team which allows us to labor closely and aid you promptly with that added care factor. We realism the benefits of getting to know your business needs. We visit your office or project sites to donate advice, assistance and ideas. We work with you, to confront your deadlines, aid with collection and delivery to either your workshop or project sites. We strive for optimal results, often with the added profit of delivering cost savings. Reliability, quality, stand out service and compliant transport available when you need it.

His younger brother, Joseph was destined to become a famous writer later in life using the pen name Tom Collins. He wrote the Australian classic bush novel, 'Such is Life', which was published in 1903 when Joseph was sixty. In 1873 there were about 13 families living in and around the Shepparton area. John quickly set up a blacksmith and wheelwright shop and began business. He soon added a steam works and was able to progress from light smiting and engineering to heavier work. The plant was modernized with the addition of a suction gas engine to drive a large DC generator. Murphy Sons was one of the few electrically powered factories in Victoria at the time and certainly the beginning in the Goulburn Valley. John Murphy was a pious man with a powerful sense of duty and correct like his father. He pioneered Methodism in the district and the first religious service in the area was held by the United Release Methodists in his cottage at the rear of the blacksmith's shop in 1873. In his 35 years of unbroken association with the Methodist Church in Shepparton he occupied every office begin to a layman and was a eminent figure in other local affairs. In editions of the Shepparton Chronicle published around 1889, he wrote general letters related to his products or some facet of the business which was appropriate at the time. On his farm gates, John Murphy wrote, My price for 12 feet wide with rails, hangings, and fastenings with the name of the owner or store cast on the center in raised letters is only four pounds. I have made very trivial out of them, except for the satisfaction of spreading the marks of civilization. In another letter to the public he wrote, The stripper which I exhibited at the Centennial is now on view at my factory. John Murphy left Shepparton at the age of 67 leaving regulate of the business to his sons William, George and Charles. John Seeley Murphy, son of George and grandson of the founder, started with the business in 1925 and took over most of the casting works in the foundry and supervised the assembly side. He worked closely with his cousin Fred, looking after general production. Unused offices, an Engineering workshop and the Foundry were established first. These divisions blend to form, on the one site, a truly unique metal trades center. Project engineering and fabrication remain however, Furphys core business activity. Today the company enjoys a national profile of being a versatile, innovative and quality aspiring fabricator of specialized equipment and structures for major engineering projects. It also prides itself on the continued service offered to the local community and industry who play such an urgent role in ensuring the company's successful growth. In 1989, Andrew Murphy bought out the interests of his two brothers, effectively leading to the 'reestablishment' of Furphys Foundry as a divide company. At this time Andrew's only son Adam, a fifth generation Murphy, assumed the role as Managing Director of J. Murphy Sons and now leads the company into the fresh millennium.