Holden Dandenong Plant

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Holden Dandenong Plant
Built1956
Location Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
IndustryMotor vehicle assembly
Owner Holden
Defunct1988

The Holden Dandenong Plant was a vehicle manufacturing facility owned by Holden in Dandenong, Melbourne, Australia.

History

In 1951, Holden bought 153 acres (62 ha) of land in Dandenong, Melbourne and opened the Holden Dandenong Plant in 1956. [1] [2] The plant closed in 1988. [3] Starting in 1989, the Toyota Corolla and Holden Nova (a rebadged Corolla) were built at the Dandenong plant until 1994, when production moved to the Toyota Australia Altona Plant. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Townsend, Melissa (20 April 2015). "No plans for run down General Motors train station at Dandenong South". Herald Sun . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ↑ The Holden Heritage. Port Melbourne: Holden. 1990. p. 20. ISBN   0 947079 17 3.
  3. ↑ "Former Holden factory to be reborn as a mushroom farm – report". Drive.com.au . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Corollas rolling at Altona Canberra Times 9 September 1994 page 17
  5. ↑ Fujimoto, Takahiro (October 1998). "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Australia in 1995: An Emergent Global Strategy" (PDF). University of Tokyo. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2011.
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