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Commonwealth Clothing Factory
1 - 23 Miles Street,, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B6044
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The factory, set up and run by the Commonwealth government, operated at this site from 1912 to 1971. It manufactured uniforms for local, state and Commonwealth instrumentalities and was established as part of a national defence initiative which included compulsory military training and the establishment of specialist factories to supply munitions to the new Australian army.
Built as national symbols of modernity and efficiency, the work practices and employment conditions laid
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B6044
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Demolished
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