This is a snapshot of the history and workings of the factory with illustrations of the factory and women working the machinery.cartidge factory, footscray, colonial ammunition company

Object. A single piece of brown coloured rectangular paper chemically treated for preservation with the following printed on it. 'The Colonial Ammunition Company's Ball Cartridge M.H.R. Mark X. 1895'industries, colonial ammunition company, ball cartridge

Paperback book with glossy front covernon-fictionThe Victorian Historical Journal, first published as the Victorian Historical Magazine in 1911, is the official journal of record and scholarly publication of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. It is the second oldest history journal in Australia. It has become a vast collaborative history of Victoria with hundreds of individual contributors and topics and has itself become a primary source for researchers. world war 1914 - 1918, colonial ammunition company, maribyrnong river, footscray, judy maddigan

The Colonial Ammunition Company built an ammunition factory on the banks of the Saltwater River after it established an agreement with the Government with orders of 6,000,000 rounds to be supplied in the first year.The Cartridge Factory At Footscraythe cartridge factory, footscray

Australian munitions is the largest supplier of explosive munitions to the Australian Defence Force. Australian Munitions can trace its ammunition heritage back to the late 19th century, through the establishment of the Colonial Ammunition Company in Victoria. Manufacturing is based at two main regional sites – Benalla in Victoria and Mulwala in New South Wales. The Benalla site produces ammunition, explosive ordnance and other munitions.This cartridge represents the first ammunition delivery from the site upon its opening in 1996.Single 5.56mm cartridge, encased in resin. Text and images on resin."INERT ROUND" "First Ammunition Deliveries from" "ADI'S Benalla Facility" "3 April 1996"cartridge, ammunition, round, adi, australian munitions, bullet

Mr E.E. Backhouse (F.R.A.C.I.) joined the Colonial Ammunition Company as a laboratory assistant in 1920. He worked as a chemist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories from 1923 to 1928, at the Ammunition Factory Footscray from 1923 to 1936 and at the Explosive Factory Maribyrnong from 1936. He became the assistant manager at the Explosive Factory Maribyrnong from 1943 to 1953. He studied production of rocket motors, filling of bombs and the manufacture of cordite in the United Kingdom from 1948 to 1949. He was the manager of the Explosive Factory Mulwala from 1953 to 1955, manager at the Explosive Factory Maribyrnong 1956 to 1964 and manager at the Explosive Factory Albion from 1964 until his retirement in 1966. This item came from the Friends of the Black Powder Mill.Mr E.E. Backhouse 1964 - 1966albion explosive factory, explosive factory, ballarat road, deer park