David Benson wrote- I have a list of about 40 NZ framebuilders, which I made from memory recently. Most of them are late 70s to the present, though I'm sure that many bike shops built frames until the 60s or 70s, In Auckland there was Comet, which I rememebr from my junior racing days, and Wizard which I've never actually seen at all. I will post the list once I've extracted it from my old computer. Smaller Aussie brands/builders which spring to mind: Hoffy (Brisbane), where Darryll McCulloch apprenticed Geoff Scott (Sydney)- Jeffsco & Clamont which was Clarence St Cyclery's house brand Farleigh (Melbourne) Bates (Melbourne) Bates (Sydney), apparently no relation Cecil Walker (Melbourne) Hillman (Melbourne) Kenevans
To this I could add Michello built by Ron Mitten (Melbourne) Paconi built by Kevin Wiggen who also now builds for Cecil Walker George Macdonald who I believe built some frames for Hillman I might also add that at one time Bates in Melbourne built frames for lots of shops and also did some very classic paint jobs with hand painted lettering
Geoff Duke Melbourne Australia