Just did some checking. International Harvester opened for business in Melbourne in 1912 assembling farm machinery from USA and the high wheel trucks. This continued with both machinery and trucks with more and more local content until the late 30's. They built a large factory in Geelong in 1938 and a proving ground/test track at nearby Anglesea for much greater Australian content production. It was at this factory that IH assembled the first shipload of jeeps to arrive for the Australian Army in early 1942.
They shifted late 50's early 60's to Dandenong but retained the Anglesea test track for the Army ACCO series 4X4 and 6X6.
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