Parish Engineering Co. Pty.

Parish Engineering is a family owned, Australian repetition engineering company, manufacturing quality precision components in Moorabbin, Victoria. The company is in the enviable position of being small enough to offer personal contact with the owners of the business, yet large enough to provide the most sophisticated technology available. In 1932 William (Bill) Joseph Parish started in business, he formed Parish Engineering into a limited company in 1944. The company grew over time through the skills and knowledge of Bill Parish, who went on to become one of the icons of the repetition sector in Victoria. Production component manufacture has been the focus throughout our long history, with Parish being one of the first repetition engineering company’s in Australia to purchase a then modern Cam Automatic Lathe. By 1940 Parish had 8 employees and grew considerably in the early 1940’s, when it produced considerable components to support the war effort in the munitions sector. By 1946 the company had a little over 40 employees, and were a regional supplier to the first Production Holden, produced in 1948. Known today as the FX Holden, that can still be seen running around on our road today.