Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory
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The structure in 2015
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| Location | 82 Colmslie Road, Morningside, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′05″S 153°05′19″E / 27.4514°S 153.0886°ECoordinates: 27°27′05″S 153°05′19″E / 27.4514°S 153.0886°E |
| Official name: Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory (former), Colmslie Migrant Hostel, Fairmile Naval Base, Hans Continental Smallgoods Factory, HMAS Moreton, Colmslie | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 7 December 2007 |
| Reference no. | 602465 |
| Significant period | 1910s-1920s (fabric) 1910s-1940s (factory) 1940s (military use) 1950s-1960s (migrant accommodation) |
 Location of Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory in Queensland
Location of Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory in Queensland
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Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory is a heritage-listed factory at 82 Colmslie Road, Morningside, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It is also known as Colmslie Migrant Hostel, Fairmile Naval Base, Hans Continental Smallgoods Factory, and HMAS Moreton, Colmslie. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 December 2007.
The former Commonwealth Acetate of Lime Factory at Colmslie consists of a number of brick and timber buildings built between 1917 and 1920. Two timber demountable blocks were added as migrant accommodation c.1949. Since the early 1970s most of the site has been occupied by Hans Continental Smallgoods Pty Ltd, which has constructed a modern factory on the southern part of property. The remaining original buildings are used as offices and for storage. The riverfront fish markets have occupied the northern part of the original factory site since 1966.
During World War One the Australian Commonwealth Arsenal developed its own defence factories, due to disruption of the supply of manufactured goods and armaments to Australia. By 1919 the defence factories included a Small Arms Factory at Lithgow, New South Wales; a Clothing Factory in South Melbourne; an Explosives Factory (Cordite) at Maribyrnong, Melbourne; a Government Woollen Mill; and the Acetate of Lime Factory at Colmslie, Brisbane. The latter provided acetate of lime for cordite production at Maribyrnong.
After World War One the Australian government sought to protect the local steel, copper, chemical, and woollen textile industries, which had grown during the war, and to promote research and development. Government factories and laboratories were to provide a knowledge pool for the private sector, and the latter would then be able to help supply the country's defence needs in wartime. This policy of "Self Containment" led to Australia being able to supply itself with light weapons and ammunition by World War Two. The Munitions Supply Board (1921 to 1939) inherited the defence factories of the Commonwealth Arsenal, and its High Explosives and Filling Factory Group in Victoria became the centre of chemical engineering in Australia. Other Munitions Supply Board assets in the 1920s included the Ordnance Factory Group, Gun Ammunition Factory Group, and Small Arms Ammunition Factory in Victoria, and the Small Arms Factory Group in New South Wales. The Munitions Supply Board thus controlled the largest and most advanced factory system in Australia, and the largest industrial research laboratories, under the Munitions Supply Laboratories organisation.
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