about us

Haverford Pty Ltd was Established in 1888 by J H Fuller. He managed the firm through wars and depression until 1952. Joining the firm at 16 years of age in 1926, J A Fuller followed in his fathers footsteps directing the company until failing health led to his retirement in 1987.

The company is now directed by Robert Winney and continues to supply a large range of netting, rope and tackle used for:

• fishing
• decoration
• aquaculture
• safety
• bird control
• sports and more.

We do our utmost to ensure that all goods we offer are of the finest quality, and are at competitive prices. We are proud of our service, but you can rest assured we will never rest on our laurels.

Who do we supply? Haverford supplies direct to the public the following items:

• All netting - including prawn drag nets, cast nets, bait nets etc
• All rope and twine
• All netting accessories - including Net Floats, Net leads, Net Dyes and Net Needles
• Lobster Pots
• Wet Weather Gear

We do however, only supply our fishing tackle range on a wholesale basis to tackle shops and other retailers. (see right for a credit account application)

The large range of product held in stock ensures prompt delivery. As well as goods held in store, enquiries for specially-made netting & tackle are welcomed. Major jobs have included the supply of netting for the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney International Airport and Brisbane Expo'88. Haverford have also supplied net and rope for use in polular television shows Survivor, and The Biggest Loser. A large amount of stock is also exported to the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, The United States, Africa and Europe.

Netting - Sydney Olympics 2000

Haverford Pty Ltd were pleased to supply the Heavy-duty P/E netting required to support the "Aboriginal Wandjina" display at the Sydney 2000 Olympic opening ceremony.

The netting was specifically cut & sewn by netmaker Bob Martin.

1200 square metres of netting was required, with the finished "flag" weighing over 380kg.

 

Haverford have recently supplied the small mesh safety netting for underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We supplied over 6000 sq mtrs of UV treated polyethylene netting.

Please browse through our products page, where we have a comprehensive catalogue of products to suit a variety of applications.

We hope you find our website useful and that you find the information you require. Should you need additional assistance or guidance with any of our products please let us know via the contact page.

Haverford now stocks it's large range of products over two large Sydney based warehouses.

Peakhurst:

Carlton

Images:

Top Left: Rope, floats and yabbie traps

Top right: Keeper / Landing nets + P/E cod ends

Middle right: Fishing tackle display

Left Bottom: Nylon, Multi-mono and mono Net storage