1925

The Ford Motor Company arrived at its Geelong home in 1925. Providing significant employment opportunities, the Geelong factory stayed in operation until 2016, 91 years after its arrival. 

Pictured is a Ford Model-T parked at Johnstone Park with the George Michelmore Hitchcock Memorial Art Gallery visible in the background. 

This was photographed in 1915, the year of Geelong Gallery’s opening, yet the Model-T was not built in Geelong until 1925, so we can assume this particular vehicle was built outside of Geelong. The Model-T was the first vehicle built in the Geelong Ford factory, later switching to the Model-A in 1928.