Vestey's Meatworks

Aerial photograph of the meatworks in the 1930s

Vestey's Meatworks, officially the North Australia Meat Company, was a slaughterhouse in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, built by Vestey Brothers between 1914 and 1917. Never profitable, it operated for three years before the company abandoned the venture in the aftermath of the Darwin rebellion. Most of the facility was demolished in 1957, but two large water tanks remain standing today, on what is now the site of the Darwin High School on Bullocky Point in the suburb of The Gardens.[1] The beach to the north of Bullocky Point is called Vestey's beach as a result of the meatworks.

  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Darwin High School"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 18 March 2019.