The former ICI / Orica site of 330,000 m² is being converted into an industrial & logistics business park by UniSuper / GPT / HB+B Property. UniSuper purchased the 66 hectares of Orica’s surplus land in February 2024Asahi is the first major tenant of this new industrial & logistics business park.5887.01 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park Page 1 5887.01 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park Page 2.jpg 5887.01 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park Page 3.jpg 5887.01 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park.docx 5887.02 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park Building Works 3rd June 2026.jpeg 5887.03 - Asahi Beverages National Distribution Centre Building 179 Tilburn Road Deer Park Works 3rd June 2026.jpegasahi beverages, tilburn road, deer park

The Deer Park Leathercloth Factory was a major ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) operation on Station Road, producing “Leathercloth” — a nitrocellulose‑based synthetic coated fabric — and formed part of the wider Deer Park explosives and chemical manufacturing complex. It’s one of the most significant industrial heritage sites in the City of Brimbank.This aerial photograph of the ICI / Leathercloth Factory captures the layout of the factory and the adjacent residential houses in Station Road in the late 1950's. The thankyou letter from the site Manager David Meale 25th September 1986 includes the details of the photographer, Ian Russell.5382.01 - ICI Leathercloth Factory Late 1950s Aerial Photograph.jpg 5382.02 - ICI Leathercloth Factory Late 1950s Aerial Photograph Thank You Letter.jpg ici, leathercloth, station road, deer park, tilburn road, david meale, imperial chemical industries

This 2 foot 6 inch (762mm) gauge wagon was used for carrying explosives and was used with the Greenbat Battery loco. It was donated to the Walhalla Goldfields Railway on long term loan in 2013 along with a large quantity of narrow gauge trollies and light rail from Orica’s now closed munitions factory in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory Orica Deer Park in Melbourne’s west has been used since circa 1875 for various forms of manufacturing and storage of chemicals. Although the site is bounded by Ballarat Road, Station Street, Tilburn Road and the Western Ring Road, the current entry point for industrial operations is situated at Gate 6 of Tilburn Road. Operations include: • a specialty chemicals facility producing products for mining services operations • quarry services • other chemical manufacture activities. The Deer Park factory complex The factory complex is of historical significance for the major role it played in Australia's manufacturing and mining industries through the development of progressively more efficient and safer explosives. It also contributed to wartime production in ammunition, initiators and the development of synthetic ammonia production and construction of the Defence Explosives Annexe No 5 (later the Albion Explosives Factory) during World War Two. The factory complex is also of technical significance for the unusual and specialised design of many of the buildings and structures, both in the layout of the works and the individual design of buildings. Blast protection and safety measures such as mounds around the buildings, 'cleanways' and buffer zones between production areas were employed extensively. A characteristic of many production buildings was the elimination of cavities where explosive compounds could lodge. The combination of concrete barriers and light-weight construction was designed to direct explosion debris away from operators or other buildings. The narrow gauge tramway, which ran through the explosives section, is a rare survivor of nineteenth century materials-handling methods. Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - Wagon for carrying Explosives at the Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory, Deer park, Victoria, Australia Wagon for carrying explosives made from Timber and steelwagon for carrying explosives, puffing billy, industrial narrow gauge railway, orica - deer park munitions factory, explosives wagon

1922 school photo of Deer Park State School No 1434. Background shows the school building constructed in bluestone Teacher George Reid Back Row L2R 4th Nina Kofoed 10th Jean Christie 2nd Row 8th Don Gray 10th Jean Barry 3rd Row 2nd Fred Foley 4th Tom McIntyre 5th Chris Harrison 6th Jack Kofoed The Deer Park school photos were donated by Mr Jack Barry who lived in Deer Park from 1921 to 1929 in Tilburn Road He worked for ICI Nobel factory for 45 1/2 years and left in 1980deer park state school, state school, deer park, student, building

Greenbat Battery Loco Built by Greenwood & Batley Ltd Builders No. 420363/2 This Greenbat Battery Loco has been loaned to the Museum by the Walhalla Goldfields Railway, who had acquired it in 2013 along with a large quantity of narrow gauge trollies and light rail from Orica’s now closed munitions factory in Melbourne’s western suburbs. The trolley on display was one of two in use from the 1970s. Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory Orica Deer Park in Melbourne’s west has been used since circa 1875 for various forms of manufacturing and storage of chemicals. Although the site is bounded by Ballarat Road, Station Street, Tilburn Road and the Western Ring Road, the current entry point for industrial operations is situated at Gate 6 off Tilburn Road. Operations include: • a specialty chemicals facility producing products for mining services operations • quarry services • other chemical manufacture activities. The Deer Park factory complex is of historical significance as the location of the first plant for the manufacture of high explosives in Australia and has been, for its entire history, the most important, if not only, commercial manufacturer of high explosives in Australia. It commenced operation under the importer Jones Scott and Co, and then the Australian Lithofracteur Company (Krebs Patent), a rival to Nobel's dynamite patent. The factory was producing nitro-glycerine based explosives in Australia only a couple of years after Nobel's Ardeer factory began operating in Scotland. The explosives factories complex is of historical significance for the association with the Australian Lithofracteur Company, Australian Explosives and Chemicals, the Nobel company and later ICIANZ, which grew to become one of the largest explosives, chemical and plastics manufacturers in Australia. It was the pioneer of the industry and retained its dominance through monopolistic practices, taking over most of its competitors in the Australasian region. Substantial parts of the pre-Second World War layout of the site remain which, with a number of significant buildings dating back to the 1920s and '30s, indicate past and present processes of manufacturing, the necessary safety measures required and the integrated nature of the explosives and chemical industry. The narrow gauge tramway, which ran through the explosives section, was a rare survivor of nineteenth century materials-handling methods into the 21st Century. Greenwood & Batley were a large engineering manufacturer with a wide range of products, including armaments, electrical engineering, and printing and milling machinery. They also produced a range of battery-electric railway locomotives under the brand name Greenbat. The works was in Armley, Leeds, UK. Greenbat was the trade name for the railway locomotives built by Greenwood & Batley. The company specialised in electric locomotives, particularly battery-powered types for use in mines and other hazardous environments. Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - Battery Locomotive - Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory - Deep park, Victoria, Australia Battery Locomotive - made of iron puffing billy, greenbat battery loco, battery locomotive, industrial narrow gauge railway, orica - deer park munitions factory