Commonwealth Harness, Saddlery and Leather Accoutrements Factory

Set up by the Department of Defence, which bought and took over the former Roseneath factory building at the corner of Groom and Roseneath Streets, Clifton Hill, in September 1911, to make harness and webbing for military forces that still relied on horse transport. It was one of the Commonwealth factories established under the policy of local manufacture of defence supplies, and a new undertaking rather than a transfer from another body.

1. 1921Placed with the other government defence factories under the control of the new Munitions Supply Board.

Ceased operating as a Defence factory in the late 1920s; by the 1930s the building housed a boot factory and later other private manufacturers. The year 1929 is an estimate resting on a property and heritage account that Defence occupancy of the building lasted until the late 1920s; the exact closure date, and whether its work passed to another Commonwealth factory, are not confirmed.

• Manufacture of harness and saddlery for the Army
• Manufacture of leather accoutrements and equipment

Last in the portfolio of Department of Defence.

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