Corporate Body
Government Aircraft Factories (1939 - 1987)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 1 January 1939
Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia - To
- 8 October 1987
- Functions
- Defence Industries and Aviation or Aeronautical Industries
- Reference No
- CA 4573
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Fishermen's Bend, Victoria
Summary
The Government Aircraft Factories were established in January 1939, at Fisherman's Bend. The Factories designed, developed, produced and marked aircraft for both Australian and international markets. They were abolished in October 1987, replaced by Aerospace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd.
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Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3112810. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462765. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency Ca 4573; Government Aircraft Factories, Fishermen's Bend, Victoria. Registration of entity: 19 June 1986', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2001, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204573. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_g.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 12 May 2000, Last modified: 16 March 2006
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