 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2024) |
| Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong | |
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 View of northern part of site from Afton St reserve. Houses on ridge behind site are in Avondale Heights | |
| Location | Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°45′50″S 144°52′46″E / 37.7640°S 144.8795°E |
| Official name | Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong |
| Type | Listed place (Historic) |
| Designated | 22 June 2004 |
| Reference no. | 105325 |
  Location of Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong in Melbourne | |
Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong is a heritage-listed military installation and former munitions factory at Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.[1]
The site comprises the Explosives Factory Maribyrnong (EFM) and the adjacent Materials Research Laboratory (Explosives Ordnance Division) (MRL)(EOD) and the Engineering Development Establishment (EDE) and Army and Airforce Canteen Services areas. The site is bounded on the west, north and north-east by the Horseshoe Bend of the Maribyrnong River, in the east by the western and southern boundaries of the former CSIRO research station (but including the sites of Fisher Stables and Raleigh House), the Maribyrnong Community Centre and the Migrant Hostel, and Cordite Avenue in the south.[1]
- ^ a b "Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong (Place ID 105325)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 March 2019.