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An Art Deco mosaic has been excavated at the site of the former General Motors Holden (GMH) factory near the Birkenhead Bridge and will be included as a … GM Holden Ltd, c. 1937-1945, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/14With the factory to the left and remaining houses to the right.GM Holden Ltd, c. 1937-1945, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/24GM Holden Ltd, c. 1937-1945, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/2GM Holden Ltd, c. 1937-1945, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/9Stacked wooden crates, some marked 'Chevrolet', and bundles of planks with factories beyond.Entrance gate with 'Holden's Motor Body Builders' on the wall.Engineering staff at machinery.With small 'First Street' and 'Main Road' signs on the walls.GM Holden Ltd, 1944, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/3With the outbreak of war in 1939 manufacturing production in Australia was swung towards wartime production. Holden shut its Port Melbourne plant in November 2016 after producing more than 10 million engines over 68 years, stockpiling V6s for the last 12 months of car assembly.
The original GMH Acacia Ridge plant building still exists today and is used by several companies for warehousing etc. GMH placed all plants, personnel and facilities at the disposal of the Australian Government. The Holden was known as ‘Australia’s Own Car’ and dominated the Australian car market throughout the 1950s.The mosaic has now been carefully retrieved following a five-day excavation process managed by Artlab Australia and is being stored in a secure off-site facility until it is ready to be returned to the area as part of the public realm.“Once reinstated, the mosaic will be an enduring symbol of the part that Port Adelaide played in Australia’s automotive history and what was the largest car-building organisation in the southern hemisphere.”The centrepiece will be stored, repaired and later reinstated at the site as a unique feature of the public realm in the new masterplanned residential community that is envisaged there.The plant was once a hive of industrial activity, assembling vehicles from General Motors car bodies manufactured at Woodville from 1926–1965, including Holdens from 1949.A rediscovered piece of South Australia’s automotive heritage has been saved for future generations with the excavation of an art deco mosaic located on the former site of the General Motors Holden (GMH) factory at Port Adelaide.Now Renewal SA, who owns the site, has partnered with Artlab Australia to retrieve the centrepiece of the mosaic and save it from further environmental damage.The centrepiece features the GMH Limited logo, a symbolic nod to the alliance between General Motors and Holden when they became one firm in 1931.Award-winning residential developer Cedar Woods is leading the new development which has commenced at Fletcher’s Slip, which will comprise around 500 new homes as well as a public promenade, parks and plazas.“We are delighted that this beautiful vestige of our industrial past has been preserved, as it is something that we have campaigned for and is an important reminder of the role that the GMH factory played in the economic and cultural life of the Port at the time,” said Michelle Hogan, Chair of the Port of Adelaide National Trust.Though the factory came down in 1991, the mosaic has endured. The Birkenhead plant was considered to be one of the most modern motor factories in the state when it opened in 1926, designed by Williams & Sons architects in Adelaide.
Exposed to the elements, it has—up until now—been largely forgotten by the wider community, masked by weeds on the now vacant 7.7 hectare block at Fletcher’s Slip, near the Birkenhead Bridge.The plant was once a hive of industrial activity, assembling vehicles from General Motors car bodies manufactured at Woodville from 1926-1965, including Holdens from 1949.The centrepiece will be stored, repaired and later reinstated at the site as a unique feature of the public realm in the new masterplanned residential community that is envisaged there.The mosaic has now been carefully retrieved following a five-day excavation process managed by Artlab Australia and is being stored in a secure off-site facility until it is ready to be returned to the area as part of the public realm.“Once reinstated, the mosaic will be an enduring symbol of the part that Port Adelaide played in Australia’s automotive history and what was the largest car-building organisation in the southern hemisphere.”The mosaic, which is more than 90 years old, used to adorn the floor of the entrance foyer to the long-gone GMH assembly plant.The centrepiece features the GMH Limited logo, a symbolic nod to the alliance between General Motors and Holden when they became one firm in 1931.During the 1950s, it also assembled about one tenth of the total number of Holdens assembled in Australia. trucks—and during the second world war, also turned out a range of army vehicles and marine craft.