Stage Number: MBSH.02.09.05
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Archerfield-Acacia Ridge
Epoch: Late 20th Century
Street Address: Acacia Ridge
Latitude & Longitude: -27.59248056,153.03508333
Time Link: 1964
Map Link: 1964
Image Time Point: 1964
Holden opened a manufacturing plant at Acacia Ridge in 1966, and at the time this was the most modern of all their plants. A major purpose of the Acacia Ridge facility was to manufacture Holden’s new small car line, and it was the only Australian plant to build the Gemini. The plant closed in October 1984 after local production of the Gemini ceased, with the loss of 1,000 jobs. Local streets still bear the names of various Holden models, including Kingswood Street, Commodore Street, Statesman Crescent, Holden Drive, and Camira Street.
General Motors-Holden, People, ‘Acacia Ridge – in Retrospect’, GM-H Public Affairs Dept., October/November 1984, p.3; Holden Historical Services website, ‘Who Built What and When?’, 2013.
Qimagery. Brisbane Transportation Study 1964. Scale: 1:12,000.