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The company was formed immediately after the Second World War[2] initially operating as an importing and distribution firm.[3] In 1946, it began assembling Hillman Minx vehicles at Port Melbourne, Victoria.[4] This was the first instance of a British motor manufacturer establishing a production line in Australia.[5][6] By 1954, the company had gained a 5.4% share of the local market and subsequently announced plans to create a full local manufacturing facility.[2] A 35-hectare site was acquired for this purpose at Harrisfield (now known as Noble Park), near Dandenong in Victoria. However, the proposed plant was never built.[2] Hillman, Humber and Singer models were assembled successfully for a number of years. The company also produced models which were hybrids of the three makes.[3] By the mid-1960s, falling sales and an ageing model line-up meant the Rootes Group was in trouble both in Britain and Australia.[7] In December 1965, Rootes Australia was merged with Chrysler Australia.[2] Assembly operations were continued at the Port Melbourne facility [8] and Hillman cars, Humber cars and Commer trucks were now sold by Chrysler dealers.[8] Chrysler was quick to phase out the Humber brand,[9] however assembly of the Hillman Arrow and Hunter range was commenced in early 1967.[9] Chrysler Australia also utilised Port Melbourne for assembly of the Dodge Phoenix from 1968 and Mitsubishi's Galant from 1971.[9] The last Hillman Hunter was produced in November 1972,[10] and, with Dodge Phoenix and Galant assembly transferred to Tonsley Park in South Australia at the end of 1972, the Port Melbourne facility was closed.[10] Significant models produced by Rootes Australia included the following:
References1. ^Gallery at Hillman Owners' Club of Australia Inc 2. ^1 2 3 4 The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 413 3. ^1 2 The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 216 4. ^ Pedr Davis, Wheels Across Australia, 1987, page 208 5. ^ Shaun Birney, A Nation on Wheels, 1987, page 187 6. ^Rootes Group at Motoring Weekly (UK) 7. ^ Shaun Birney, A Nation on Wheels, 1987, page 188 8. ^1 Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, A History of Chrysler in Australia 1946-1981, Ilinga Books, 2010, page 428 9. ^1 2 Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, A History of Chrysler in Australia 1946-1981, Ilinga Books, 2010, page 280 10. ^1 Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, A History of Chrysler in Australia 1946-1981, Ilinga Books, 2010, page 282 11. ^1 The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 226 12. ^1 Advertisement for Sunbeam Mk III and Alpine "Produced in the factory of Rootes Australia Limited", Modern Motor, March 1955, page 34 13. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20060430212447/http://hometown.aol.com/crooksnipe/humberausthistory.html Australian Humber History] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 January 2009 14. ^.The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 436 15. ^Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, A History of Chrysler in Australia 1946-1981, Ilinga Books, 2010, page 365 16. ^Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, A History of Chrysler in Australia 1946-1981, Ilinga Books, 2010, page 273 External links{{Portal|Australian cars}}
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