Holden Birkenhead Plant

Holden Birkenhead Plant
Built1926
Location
IndustryMotor vehicle assembly
OwnerHolden
Defunct1965

The Holden Birkenhead Plant was a vehicle assembly facility owned by General Motors Australia, and later Holden in Birkenhead, Adelaide, Australia from 1926 until 1965.

History

General Motors Australia opened the Birkenhead Plant in 1926.[1] The plant closed in 1931 after General Motors Australia merged Holden's Motor Body Builders with staff moving to the Holden Woodville Plant.[2] It reopened in 1938. From 1949 the plant assembled Holden vehicles with bodies built in Woodville and engines delivered from Fishermens Bend in Melbourne. In 1962 vehicle assembly was transferred to the Elizabeth plant.[3] The plant closed in 1965.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "GENERAL MOTORS". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1926. p. 17. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "General Motors Join Holden's at Woodville". The Mail. South Australia, Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "General Motors-Holden's Expansion". Goulburn Valley Stock & Property Journal. South Australia, Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Piece of Port history to feature in new harbourside development". The Adelaide Review. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2025.

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