Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford USA. Henry Ford had granted the manufacturing rights of Ford motor vehicles in the British Empire, to Canadian investors.
Ford Model T parked outside the Geelong Library at its launch in Australia in 1925.
Ford Australia plant under construction in Geelong in 1926.
Ford Australia stamping plant in Geelong was closed in 2016.
Ford Capri (Australian developed model)
Geelong is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay and the left bank of Barwon River, about 65 km (40 mi) southwest of Melbourne.
Image: Aerial perspective of Geelong (2)
Image: Geelong Town Hall (cropped)
Image: Geelong Post Office
Image: Geelong Library 2015