Hi All,
I was doing some research and wondering if anyone knew of any Aussie wheel manufacturers. Here is what I had come up with so far:
ROH
CSA (Mullins)
Speedy Wheels
Performance Wheels
Simmons Wheels
Neal Wheels

Can anyone think of anymore?

Globe
Peko ("Star" = white steel, made around Dandenong?)
Cheviot
R.O.K.
Aunger

In the past;
Tasman
Magnum

Dragway

Keel

ROH were made in aus. Tried to get center cap decals the other year. They couldn't help as the manufacturing was majority in china now.

ROH were the OEM manufacture for most of the domestic car makers here. They made some nice wheels back in the day.

Im guessing not all of it is. when I asked for spare parts they informed me the manufacturing wasn't here and couldn't help me. That was about 3 years ago. I asked for spares. they said no, I asked why and that was the reason. I asked why they couldn't just grab some from the assembly line, reason it wasn't here lol.

I am sure the OEM wheels are still made here, aftermarket mags, parts and such, probably overseas.

PITA, still havn't found any badges or suitable caps. I gave up ages ago. still have the wheels though.

Forgot about AJAX. they modify wheels too.

Keel Wheels were made by a small family company in Kinsgrove. Keel was their name [Leek] spellt backwards.

The centres were cast aluminium, with chrome steel rims....they were heavy.

A few 'racing' wheels were made by Ozwheels, Mawer, Circle-Track, Hopwood, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas on the symbols/markings used as a makers mark on rims? My wheels that I'm in the process of restoring for my bus have a letter "A" in a circle but with an extra line coming down through the centre. At first glance looked like a VW symbol but they aren't VW rims.

I believe they are 70's and made here. Any ideas?

ROH used that symbol, in 60's and 70's, the letter A in a circle with an extra line -- to make it look like an arrow in a circle. Don't know what it meant... Australian made?

the steel pressed wheels on falcons are still roh as far as I know, they were well into the 2000s, not 100% sure about now.
Every ford wheel thats factory I have looked at has ROH stamped.

I dont think Holden ever used ROH? never seen a stock holden wheel with ROH, all I have seen have GM cast or stamped sometimes HSV and GM part number 920 xxx xxx stamped.

I have personally always looked for ROH on them as I have one set that were but they were aftermarket ROH.

More interesting information:

"AUSTRALIA'S oldest wheel manufacturer will invest $5.5 million over the next nine months to secure a contract to supply car giant Toyota for another 10 years.
The new wheels will be fitted to all local and export versions of the Toyota Camry and Aurion sedans from 2015 to 2022, although some models will have them from as early as next August.
Adelaide-based ROH wheels, which once supplied all four local car makers - Toyota, Holden, Ford and Mitsubishi, but of those now only supplies Toyota's car assembly line in Melbourne - has already begun the ground works at its Woodville North plant to make way for new hi-tech machinery."



"At its peak 10 years ago ROH employed more than 450 workers and had three press lines running 20 days a month. It now has one press line running nine days a month."

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/local-wheels-from-roh-in-adelaide-to-...

I have an Aurion for the family car. Local content had a BIG influence on why I bought it, it's a personal thing for me.
Hey, there's a big pile of my wheels in that pic.

Oh yeah, I have a set of "kidney bean" mags in 4 x 130, made in Adelaide (?) by WESTERN WHEEL, so there's another manufacturer.

maybe they dont mark holden wheels? I thought they did in the past but havn't seen anything holden use marked roh. only GM markings. I got wheels from 80s to early 00s and I checked today, nothing on them to even give a clue of roh origin.

hmmmm? why was that girl at roh telling my they dont make them here? that looks like a manufacturing plant to me. maybe my problem was speaking to a girl that had no idea of anything beyond the front desk lol.

But do they make aftermarket wheels here? that was my understanding of the conversation that they didn't. And the only OEM is toyota now?

Probably the most common wheel on the planet I reckon was and probably still is, the bathurst globe

Still find paddock bombs and various cars wearing them today.

Had these convos before about people on the samba bagging out fuchs and how over rated they were, too common etc...

My response was, no way fuchs were never that common on vw, unlike the globes.

No one there even knew what globes were.. pfft. stupid Americans.

Don't forget, the Performance Challenger is also a carbon copy of the Bathurst Globe.
See http://www.performancewheels.com.au/Home/Wheels.asp?theGroup=C&Cat=Classic 

And thanks for all the feedback and info guys.