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Victoria Park (Zetland)
Enfield
Moorebank
Liverpool
Bondi Junction
NEW SOUTH WALES
OTHER SITES
Official address: 52-112 Joynton Avenue, Zetland (prior to 1968), 893-931
South Dowling Street, Waterloo (after opening of the new administration
block on the east side of the site in 1968). Site area: 65.5 acres, 2,678,940
sq ft.
As of 1955, the buildings at Victoria Park comprised:
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Tote Building – ex Racecourse, and used by the Service Department
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Judges Building – ex Racecourse, and used as Managing Director’s
office suite
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Architect Building – Site office
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Personnel Building – located at main entrance in Joynton Avenue
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Company Garage – original building erected in 1953
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CKD Building – erected in 1950, PT&FA2 (Paint, Trim and Final
Assembly – 2), later CAB-2
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Unit Factory Building – erected in 1953
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Carpenter Building – 1952-1953
By 1965, the site had expanded with the addition of:
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CAB (Car Assembly Building)
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Fisher & Ludlow (then Metal Stamping and Body Division (MS&DB),
later Sheet Metal and Body Division (SM&BD)
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Parts and Accessories (Later CAB-3)
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Product Engineering
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Unit Factory Extension
And later again in 1967:
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New Administration Building (South Dowling Street)
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Container Storage Building
The Leyland Australia Plant in Cosgrove Rd Enfield was purchased
from Pressed Metal Corporation (PMC) in 1968. Previously PMC was
a sub-contract assembler of Austin Healey Sprite, MGA, MGB, M.G.
Midget. Production of MGB and M.G. Midget was transferred to
Victoria Park in 1969-1970.
PMC was also a sub-contract assembler for Austin Gypsy, Morris J2
Van, Morris J2 Messenger. PMC also designed and assembled Austin
Saloon derivative Utilities: Austin A40, A50, A55, and design
derivatives AF1, AF2, AF3 and a Morris version of the AF3, labelled
MF3 – Morris 8 Cwt Utility.
At the time of closure at Victoria Park in 1974, the Product
Engineering Section at Enfield covering Land Rover production was
transferred to Engineering Services at Moorebank. The Enfield plant
was then used to produce the Australian Mini and Moke range along
with Land Rover, Tractors and National Bus.
To meet the exhaust emissions requirements to be introduced into
Australia in 1976, a site within the Leyland Australia Parts and
Accessories Division location at Moorebank was selected for Product
Engineering’s emission control centre and opened in mid-1974.
With the cessation of vehicle production at Victoria Park, the need for
an emissions control centre greatly diminished and the building was
established as Leyland Australia Engineering Services.
At a later date, Truck and Bus Division Product Engineering Section
located in Revesby was also transferred to Engineering Services.
Engineering Services thus became responsible for the Product
Engineering function for the whole of Leyland Australia, ranging from
the Mini range to the Truck and Bus range
On the 19th of July 1965, construction work on the new Parts and
Accessories Division building officially began at Church St Liverpool in
Sydney’s south-west. Parts and Accessories moved into their new
premises in August 1966. P&A was the central warehouse for the supply
of the after-market. P&A supplied UK, in-house manufactured, and
locally-manufactured components. They placed purchase orders on the
Production Departments for in-house components and the Supply
Department for common locally-supplied components
After the closure of Victoria Park in 1974, the head office of the company
was relocated to an office block in Oxford St Bondi Junction - presumably
close to the residences of the executive management in the nearby
exclusive suburbs of eastern Sydney. The building housed the Board of
Directors, Sales, Marketing, Service, Supply and Human Relations
departments. The building was eventually closed and those functions
moved to a new purpose built building extension at the Parts and
Accessories site at Liverpool.
Truck and Bus Division
51 Milperra Rd Revesby
NSW
Pressed Metal Corporation Ltd
75 Marigold St Revesby
NSW
Pressed Metal Corporation Ltd
34-38 Cosgrove Rd Enfield NSW
Aveling-Barford Australia Pty Ltd
24 Belmore Rd Punchbowl NSW
Leyparts South Australia
216 Flinders St Adelaide SA
Regional Manager
696 Port Rd
Beverley SA
Truck and Bus Division
Grand Junction Rd Wingfield SA
PMC South Australia
Royal Park
SA
Truck and Bus Division
Paramount Rd West Footscray VIC
Truck and Bus Division
Ipswich Rd
Rocklea QLD
A B Denning & Co Pty Ltd
Acacia Ridge QLD
Leyland Western Australia Ltd
555 Great Eastern Hwy Redcliffe WA
PMC South Australia, Royal Park
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