OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC |
at Fishermans Bend (Port Melbourne district) |
OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC |
The Rootes Australia factory was located at the southern end of Salmon Street.
(The current GM Holden factory is at the northern end, on both sides of Salmon Street).
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It was bounded by :
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Here are two pictures at the Sunbeam Club website.
The first one ("most likely taken in the late fifties") is looking to the west.
Running left to right: Salmon Street in the foreground, Prohasky Street in the background.
The second photo ("taken a few years earlier") is looking to the south west.
It is centred on the eastern half of the complex. Clearly visible in the background (top-centre) is Leith Crescent,
so you can follow the line of Smith Street northward from there.
Google Earth
users: Click here to run a placemark tour of the area.
You will need to occasionally pause during the first time you run it.
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