The Holden City Road Plant was a vehicle manufacturing facility owned by General Motors Australia, later Holden in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that operated from 1926 until 1936.
History
As part of a plan to establish assembly facilities in each Australian state capital, General Motors purchased the City Road site from a timber merchant in 1926.[1] Construction of the automotive plant, which took place simultaneously with gradual decommissioning of the timber yard, was delayed by a major fire in October which destroyed part of the new GM structure.[2]
It closed in 1936.[3]
References
- Car Assembly Plant: General Motors Policy The Argus, 28 July 1926, retrieved 27 January 2026^
- Fire At Timber Factory: John Sharp and Sons' Box Shop Destroyed The Age, 28 October 1926, retrieved 27 January 2026^
- To Fishermen's Bend The Age, 5 September 1936, retrieved 30 September 2025^