The Holden Woodville Plant was a manufacturing facility owned by the Australian motor vehicle manufacturer Holden situated in Cheltenham, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide.
[1] In 1923,[2] Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd (HMBB)[3][4][5] established a 23.5-acre (9.5 ha) site known as the Holden Woodville Plant, expanding to 40 acres (16 ha) and employing 5,500 people three years later, which had an impact on all of the surrounding suburbs.
When Holden became the exclusive supplier of car bodies for General Motors, all of them were manufactured at the Woodville plant,[6] from around 1949.
It was largely due to Hartnett that Holden went from a minor Australian marque to a significant competitor in the global car market.
The Holden TriMatic transmission was produced at the plant until 1987, although the site was sold off in 1984.