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de Havilland Australia (1927 - )

Function: Aviation or Aeronautical Industries

Location: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

de Havilland Australia was established in South Melbourne in March 1927 and was the first overseas subsidiary of the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Three years later the company moved to Sydney where it ran an assembly, repair and spare parts facility for de Havilland aircrafts. de Havilland Australia did not begin manufacturing planes until World War II. The first to be produced was locally was the DH-82 Tiger Moth.

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Location: South Melbourne, Victoria

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001595. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 27 September 2001
Modified: 16 March 2006

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