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Ford Motor Company of Australia (1925 - )

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1925
Victoria

Summary

The company was incorporated in Victoria in March 1925, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (USA).
In 1926 assembly plants were built in Brisbane and Adelaide and in 1930 in Perth.
In 1963, the Ford Sales Company of Australia Limited was formed as a subsidiary of the parent company to undertake the vehicle marketing activities of Ford Australia.

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Archival resources

Ford Discovery Centre

  • Ford Motor Company of Australia records; Ford Discovery Centre. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Darwin, Norm, The history of Ford in Australia, Eddie Ford Publications, Newstead, Victoria, 1986, 223 pp. Details
  • Easdown, Geof, Ford: A history of the Ford Motor Company in Australia, Golden Press Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1987, 160 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 17 July 2000, Last modified: 6 April 2010