Historical information

Albion No. 5 Explosives Factory was one of Australia’s major WWII munitions sites, built rapidly from 1939–40 in Deer Park and operated by ICIANZ for the Commonwealth. It produced propellants, explosives and later commercial fertilisers.

Each building on the site was given an identification number (Note: Over a period of time, some of the building numbers did change)

The first numerical of the building number represented the area it as location in.

1 - Administration & Service Area
2 - Propellant Area
3 - Acid Area
4 - T.N.T. Area
5 - Armament Chemicals Area
6 - Propellant Powder Area
7 - Fused Powder Area
8 - R.D.X. Area
9 - Synthetic Ammonia Area

Significance

There were over 400 buildings in the Albion Explosive Factory complex and the only remaining building on the site is building No 745, the Mill House (T.R.F. Powder) located in the former Fused Powder Area.

The building is heritage listed and owned by the Brimbank City Council. It is now known as the Black Powder Mill.

Physical description

Digital PDF File

Inscriptions & markings

Albion Explosive Factory Building Numbers (No 5 Explosive Factory)