Melton & Co.
42 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane (1912 – 1924)

Crammond Radio Manufacturing Co. PTY.
8 Queen Street, Brisbane, (1924 -     )

Crammond Radio Manufacturing Co. was established in 1928 as a subsidiary of Melton and Co., they were one of the earliest radio businesses in Queensland and had premises in Queen Street. [1] They designed and manufactured a range of domestic radio receivers and in the 1960’s radio transceivers.

Melton & Co. was registered in June 1912 as Photographers, Photograph Supplies and Importers.[2][3]

In July 1928 the company advertised that they have a subsidiary company called Crammond, Carter Radio Manufacturing [4] and in February 1930 that Mr. Alfred Crammond was their radio designer and had been with the company for years.[5]

They advertised AWA radios in August 1928 which the obtained from the Queensland AWA wholesaler JB Chandler & Co.[6] and Brisbane distributors for Atwater Kent in May 1929.[7]

In October 1930 with the tariff protection applied to imported radios, the company started manufacturing Crammond Receivers on a larger scale. [8]

 An advert for selling Philips radios in 1930 displayed Melton & Co., Photographic & Radio Supplies, A Crammond & TH Skinner as proprietors.[9]

Crammond Radio Co. [10], later, Crammond Radio Manufacturing Co. Ltd. [11] manufactured a wide variety of radios, a PH Meter in 1947 [12] and radio transceivers into the late 1960’s.

Advertisements after WW2 display an eagle for their Logo.[13]

[1] Queensland Museum/Communications/radio
[2] Queensland Times (Qld) Jun 24, 1912, Page 7. 
[3] The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts (Qld) Dec 5,1914, Page 1.
[4] Truth (Qld) Jul 22, 1928, Page 24.
[5] Truth (Qld) Feb 2, 1930, Page 27.
[6] The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) Aug 7, 1928, Page 18.
[7] The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) May 17, 1929, Page 26.
[8] Daily Standard (Qld.) Oct 18, 1930, Page 8.
[9] Truth (Qld.) Mar 9, 1930, Page 28.
[10] Daily Standard (Qld.) Mar 31, 1934, Page 4.
[11] Truth (Qld.) May 15, 1949, Page 29.
[12] Worker (Qld) Nov 3, 1947, Page 7.
[13] Worker (Qld.) Sep 23, 1946, Page 16.