Historical information

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 2000, were part of a special series documenting various locations and developments throughout the City of Brimbank.

These images feature the Cairnlea Sales Office, located off Station Road, Deer Park, which served as the marketing and information centre for the emerging Cairnlea residential estate.

Cairnlea was developed on the site of the former Albion Explosives Factory, a major Commonwealth munitions manufacturing facility that operated during the twentieth century.

Before residential development could begin, the site underwent extensive environmental assessment and decontamination works to remove the legacy of its industrial and defence-related use.

Significance

The transformation of the former explosives factory into a new housing estate represented one of the largest urban redevelopment projects undertaken in Melbourne's western suburbs and marked a significant change in the area's landscape and identity.

Physical description

Digital scans of colour negatives

Inscriptions & markings

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