A TIMELINE OF FORD IN AUSTRALIA
* 1925 – Ford Australia based in Geelong
* 1926 – Major manufacturing vegetation inbuilt Geelong, Brisbane and Adelaide
* 1929 – Fremantle meeting plant opens in Western Australia
* 1934 – The world’s first coupe-ute mannequin begins manufacturing
* 1936 – Homebush meeting plant opens in Sydney
* 1958 – Geelong plant upgraded
* 1959 – Broadmeadows plant opens
* 1961 – Manufacturing capability elevated from 50,000 to 90,000 autos per yr
* 1971- Truck meeting plant opens in Broadmeadows
* 1985 – Ford Australia sells a report 170,811 models
* 1994 – Homebush meeting plant closes
* 1998 – Brisbane meeting plant closes
* 2004 – Australia’s first home-grown SUV, the Territory, is launched
* 2013 – Ford Australia proclaims it’ll stop native manufacturing in October 2016
* 2016 – Broadmeadows and Geelong vegetation shut
* 2019 – More than 100 employees lose their jobs as some engineering roles shift to the United States
* 2023 – 400 jobs principally in product and design will likely be misplaced in September, with about 1200 Ford employees remaining employed in Australia.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
