1947 The post-war years were ones of enormous growth for Melocco Brothers. The finer trades — marble, scagliola and mosaic — did not pick up until the early Fifties’ city office building boom. However, Australia’s industrial growth at the end of World War II required many new factories with concrete floors, and these, along with roadwork and pre-cast and in-situ terrazzo for hospitals and retail stores, became Melocco Brothers’ primary sources of revenue until the late Fifties .