A000285
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2000-04-13
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000285b.htm
corporateBody
Altona Petrochemical Complex
AACR2
c. 1961
Start Place
Altona, Victoria, Australia
Location
Altona, Victoria
Petrochemical Industry
The Altona Petrochemical Complex was established in the early 1960s and consisted of seven companies. The first company to begin production at the complex was BF Goodrich Chemical Ltd, in May 1961. Other companies that established plants on the site during the 1960s were the Altona Petrochemical Company Ltd, Australian Synthetic Rubber Company Ltd, Union Carbide Australia Ltd, Dow Chemicals (Australia) Ltd, Hoechst Australia Ltd and BASF Australia Ltd. Over the years companies have merged, pulled out of the complex or established new plants there. The Complex is located 20km west of Melbourne.
Trove
'Altona Petrochemical Complex', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Altona Petrochemical Complex
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Online
Melbourne
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2000