We Built this City celebrates the stories of some of Greater Dandenong’s favourite heritage sites as chosen by our community.
The global business Heinz arrived in Australia in 1934. The Dandenong site enabled increased production needs post World War II and was praised as ‘the largest food processing plant in the Southern Hemisphere’. The Dandenong factory closed in 2000 following a decision to move production to regional Victoria and New Zealand.
Image credits: H. J. Heinz Company, Heinz promotional bookmarks …[detail] 1897, SLV, Laurie Richards Studio, H J Heinz Co Pty Ltd, Female Staff in Cafeteria, Melbourne, Victoria, 1956 [detail], Museums Victoria, Photographer unknown, H J Heinz Co, Loading a truck, Dandenong, Victoria, 05 June 1959 [detail] , Museums Victoria, Sievers, Wolfgang, H.J.Heinz Co. food plant at Dandenong, 1956 [detail], SLV, State Library of South Australia, B-69514 [detail].
City of Greater Dandenong gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this project possible.