Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago
The western suburbs of Melbourne were home to massive, sprawling factories and industrial areas related to the research, storage and manufacture of munitions. They played significant roles for Australia and the Commonwealth in particular over their many decades of service. One of the best known and most intact today is the Maribyrnong Explosives Factory.
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MORE INFORMATION
Heritage reports on the sites: https://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/fi...
WW2 at Home website summary: https://wwiiathome.com.au/efm.html
Museums Victoria article:https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/1327
Light Railways article on the tramways used at various explosives facilities across Melbourne: http://media.lrrsa.org.au/ezar270/Light_Railways_270.pdf
Photo (bottom left) of cordite wagons at the Factory by Roderick Smith: flickr.com/photos/13175590@N00/51396957530/in/album-72157717651336033 (enlarged: s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/groupsioattachments/17758/86018671/10256/0?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJECNKOVMCCU3ATNQ&Expires=1658885822&Signature=ZKfTFN5y3iFMY4BtHR%2BtEeo0EbY%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3D%22920229Sa-ExplosivesFactoryMaribyrnong-RSmith.jpg%22)
Cordite wagon housed by Alexandra Timber Tramways: https://alexandratramway.org.au/rolling-stock/#1542932366940-95698324-a791
Photo of the former tram and road bridges: tdu.to/194903.msg
Full history of the Ordnance Factory: https://www.livingmuseum.org.au/projects/stories_places/LesMcLean/pdf%20documents/1Ordnance003.pdf
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/maribyrnong
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
The western suburbs of Melbourne were home to massive, sprawling factories and industrial areas related to the research, storage and manufacture of munitions. They played significant roles for Australia and the Commonwealth in particular over their many decades of service. One of the best known and most intact today is the Maribyrnong Explosives Factory.
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MORE INFORMATION
Heritage reports on the sites: https://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/fi...
WW2 at Home website summary: https://wwiiathome.com.au/efm.html
Museums Victoria article:https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/1327
Light Railways article on the tramways used at various explosives facilities across Melbourne: http://media.lrrsa.org.au/ezar270/Light_Railways_270.pdf
Photo (bottom left) of cordite wagons at the Factory by Roderick Smith: flickr.com/photos/13175590@N00/51396957530/in/album-72157717651336033 (enlarged: s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/groupsioattachments/17758/86018671/10256/0?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJECNKOVMCCU3ATNQ&Expires=1658885822&Signature=ZKfTFN5y3iFMY4BtHR%2BtEeo0EbY%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3D%22920229Sa-ExplosivesFactoryMaribyrnong-RSmith.jpg%22)
Cordite wagon housed by Alexandra Timber Tramways: https://alexandratramway.org.au/rolling-stock/#1542932366940-95698324-a791
Photo of the former tram and road bridges: tdu.to/194903.msg
Full history of the Ordnance Factory: https://www.livingmuseum.org.au/projects/stories_places/LesMcLean/pdf%20documents/1Ordnance003.pdf
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/maribyrnong
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
