Members' Documents and History
A repository for privately held documents about Holden people and things, personal recollections and untold history
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| Contributor | Subject Area | Year/s | Content | Link |
| Marcus McInnes | Holden History | 1923 | The Bulletin, 19 July 1923 - The Growth of a Great Australian Industry | |
| Darrell Thomas | Woodville | 1924/90 | Woodville Tool Room - Its History, Capabilities and Success Stories | |
| Phil Virgona | GMA | c1926 | GM Country Dealers Council (NSW) Stock location cards | |
| Holden | GMA | 1926 | GM World: Opening of the Sydney Branch (PC) | |
| Holden | Holden | 1928/94 | Holden emblems used from 1928 to 1994 | |
| Holden | GMH | 1930 | GM World: Sydney publicity stunt (PC) | |
| Holden | GMH | 1930 | GM World: "General Motors & Holden" formed by merger of the two companies (PC) | |
| Holden | GMH | 1934 | GM World: L. Hartnett appointed as MD, plus organisation (PC) | |
| Holden | GMH | 1935 | GM World: the re-opening of Perth Plant | |
| Marc McInnes | Fishermens Bend | 1935 | GM-H Business booms in Australia - GM World | |
| Holden | Holden | 1935 | The "Early History of Holden's and Their Present Methods of Mass Production Body Building" - An address to student members of the Institution of Engineers by S.W. Smith. Includes an interesting description of working with wooden car components. | |
| Holden | Holden | 1935 | Financial analysis of Holden, reports improving prospects for the company following lean years. | |
| Holden | GMH | 1935 | GM World: Holden's New Melbourne Plant (PC) | |
| Hiolden | GMH | 1936 | GM World: Holden acquires site and builds a plant at Melbourne (PC) | |
| Neil Pogson | Fishermens Bend | 1936 | Deed of Grant of land for an Automobile Factory at FB | |
| Holden | GMH | 1937 | GM World: Opening of Perth Branch | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1939 | Aerial Views of Fishermans Bend | JPG |
| Holden | ACI | 1939/40 | Collection of 1934/40 press clippings re establishment of Aust auto build by Australian Consolidated Industries. | |
| Holden | Woodville | 1939-45 | Woodville labour load chart, indexed against WW2 events. | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | c1940 | Australia Potentially a Manufacturing Country study | |
| Una (Dell) Marcus | Fishermens Bend | c1940 | Recollections of GMA and the birth of Holden by A W Jobson (1926-1969) | |
| Holden | GMH Pagewood | 1940 | GM World: A new Plant rises in Sydney (PC) | |
| Roger Gibbs | Miscellaneous | 1940 | Holden wartime activities - Manufacturing a 2 pounder Artillery Gun | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | June 1942 | Essington Lewis to Hartnett re visit to GM | |
| Holden | GMH | 1942 | GM World: Australia Beats its Ploughshares into Guns (PC) | |
| Holden | GMH | c1943 | GM World: GM Products in action (PC) | |
| Phil Virgona | Advertising | 1944 | Womans Weekly advertisement for Holden built Torpedos | JPG |
| Phil Virgona | Advertising | 1944 | Womans Weekly advertisement for Holden built Bombers | JPG |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | July 1944 | PM Chifley to Hartnett re visit to GM | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | Oct 1944 | Govt invitation for GMH to submit proposal to build an Australian car. | |
| Hugh Healey | Pre 48_215 | Oct1944 | GM data "Market, Product and Cost data for proposed Australian car" | |
| Roger Gibbs | Miscellaneous | 1944 | Holden's first venture into 'real' Auto manufacture - The Pedal Car | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | Jan 1945 | Hartnett's proposal to Govt to build a car in Australia | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | Jan 1945 | Hartnett's MD's Directives for the Australian Car Project | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48_215 | Feb 1945 | PM Chifley's response to GMH proposal for a new car | |
| Holden | Pre 48_215 | 1944/45 | Green Light 50 years ago - a summary of Legislative steps by Federal Parliament in the eventual approval of an Australian Car Industry. | |
| Marcus McInnes | Pre 48-215 | 1936/45 | Bill Abbot on early planning for the Australian Car Project. | |
| Marcus McInnes | 48_215 | Mar 1945 | Bill Abbot's first Engineering report on the Australian Car Project | |
| Hugh Healey | 48_215 | May1945 | Australian Seating Buck testing and approvals | |
| Marcus McInnes | 48_215 | July1945 | Hartnett to Quarry - proto 2008 job loacl approval push | |
| Marcus McInnes | 48_215 | Aug1945 | Quarry to Hartnett - latest design review in US and reasons for rejection | |
| Graham Hales | 48_215 | Dec 1945 | Project submission for 48/215 Holden manufacture | |
| Holden | Frigidaire | 1945 | GM World: Frigidaire in action in the Pacific | |
| Marcus McInnes | 48-215 | 1945 | Bill Abbot's recollections of engineering activities at GM to prepare for 48-215 | |
| Marcus McInnes | GMH | 1945 | Advertisement by Myer for GMH designed and built Caravan. | JPG |
| Frank Shetliffe | 48_215 | 1946 | History of GMOO approvals of investments in the New Australian Car | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1946 | GMH Wheelbarrow and Scooter production | |
| Holden | GMH | 1946 | Australia's Industrial Opportunity - report on the GMH AGM 31 May 1946 | |
| Greg Alford | Service | 1947 | Service Dept Annual Conference and Dinner (signed menu) | |
| Holden | Holden | 1947 | Sir Edward Holden Obituary | |
| Holden | Holden | c 1947 | Jack Rawnsley Talk on the Origin and Dev of the 48-215 Holden | |
| Marcus McInnes | Holden Family | 1947 | A history of the Holden Family. | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Invitation to Prime Minister Chifley to launch the new car and letters re date shift. | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | First Holden Brochure | |
| Holden | Holden | 1948 | November 29 issue of Sydney Daily Mirror, with Holden announcement | |
| Holden | Holden | 1948 | November 29 issue of Sydney Sun, with Holden announcement | |
| Roger Gibbs | Miscellaneous | 1948 | Personal recollections of the launch of the 48/215 Holden | |
| Marc McInnes | Eng - History | 1948 | History of Russell Stuart Begg, Chief Engineer of the first Holden | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Official Presentation of the New Holden | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | New Australian Car Publicity and Press releases | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Speeches made at the Release of the New Australian car | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Program details for release of the New Australian car | |
| Holden | Holden | 1948 | Mr Bettle speaks about the christening of the new Holden | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Press Releases for the New Australian Car | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | General Motors New Australian Car | |
| Holden | GMH | 1948 | GM World: Australia Builds a Motor Car | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1948 | Details of the Melbourne street Circuit used to test the 48_215 | |
| Holden | Sales | 1948 | Customer's receipt for purchase of a 48_215 | |
| Holden | GMH | 1948 | Personnel Directory of staff | |
| Marc McInnes | 48-215 | c1948 | "Before Lang Lang" - An account of incidents that occurred while road testing three prototype cars for Project 320 (48-215) - before Lang Lang! | |
| Holden | 48-215 | 1949 | Road Test of the new Holden 48-215, March 1949 | |
| Marc McInnes | Body Engineer | 1949 | Short bio of Charles Phillips, Holden Body Engineer in 1949 | JPG |
| Holden | Holdens & GMH | 1949 | Detailed body delivery quantities from Woodville between 1917 and August 1949 | |
| Holden | Public Affairs | 1950 | A 1950's view of the story behind "Body by Holden" and "The Story of Holden" | |
| Holden | 48_215 | 1951 | Uncommon poster for 48_215 Sedan and Utility | JPG |
| Holden | Marketing | 1952 | Advertisements in "The Australian Womans Weekly" and " Womans Day and Home" magazines | |
| Holden | Marketing | 1953 | Brochure advertising a novel by Frank Clune "Land of Australia", recounting a trip around Australia in a Holden, calling at the Plants on the way. | |
| Holden | Finance | 1953 | Financial Review article defending against criticism in Parliament of the GMH profits | |
| Holden | Holden | 1953 | Article from "The Sun" newspaper of May 1953 about the 100,000th Holden milestone. | |
| Holden | Finance | 1953 | Fin Review article defending GMH profit making. | JPG |
| Warwick Bryce | Engineering | 1953 | The true story of how the 'FX' Holden got its nickname. | |
| Holden | GMH | 1954 | Further Expansion - announcing expanded facilities incl Dandenong plant | |
| Holden | Holden | c1954 | "The Holden Story" - issued by Public Relations | |
| Holden | Holden | 1956 | Sheet Music for "Holden' you in my Holden" | |
| Harold Ingamells | P.G. Testing | 1954-57 | Building the Proving Ground | |
| Holden | Export | 1956 | Holden Export brochure | |
| Barry Black | FX/FJ | 1948-56 | Restorer's Hints | |
| Barry Black | FX/FJ | 1948-56 | Restorer's Hints - Service Bulletins | |
| Barry Black | FX/FJ | 1948-56 | Nasco Accessories list | |
| Harold Ingamells | P.G. - Testing | Pre-1957 | History of GM-H Durability Testing | |
| Neil Pogson | Holden | 1957 | Problems in establishing an Auto Manufacturing Plant in Australia - Lecture by F.P. Callahan | |
| Chris Shattock | Proving Ground | 1957 | The story of The Great Kangaroo Hunt at the Proving Ground | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1957 | GMH Apprentice Evening Program | JPG |
| John Laurie | GMNZ | 1957 | Remember when Holden cars were built in New Zealand? | |
| Phil Virgona | GMH | c1957 | List of films available from the GM-H Film Library. | |
| Holden | GMH | 1958 | Congratulation telegrams on the production of the half millionth Holden | |
| Holden | Holden | 1958 | Elizabeth Plant construction site 3rd July 1958 | |
| Holden | Holden | 1958 | Elizabeth Plant alternative design model. | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1958 | GMH Apprentice Evening Program | |
| Holden | Materials | 1958 | Freight cost estimates for shipping vehicles between plants | |
| Ron Hastings | GMH | 1930s-60s | A history of Dunstan Hastings, how he came to GMH from Argentina to Plant Manager of two Holden Assembly Plants | PDF |
| John Crennan | Sales & Marketing | 1960's | Remember when? - Memories of a 16 year old Mail Boy at Fishermens Bend | |
| Holden | GMH | 1960 | Letter confirming details of addition of PTY to company name. | |
| Holden | Holden | 1961 | Brief History of H A Frost | |
| Holden | Holden | 1961 | History of Arthur Rymill and the brothers Irwin (Directors) | |
| Holden | Holden | 1961 | Letter from Hoglund to Bettle 1951 re proposed volume increases for Holden | |
| Holden | Holden | 1961 | "Speakers Notes" - GMH facts and figures, first issue from GMH Public Affairs 1961 | |
| Holden | Holden | 1962 | History of Holden and Birks | |
| Holden | Holden | 1962 | Walsall Observer article "Holden name liked to Wasall" | |
| Holden | GM Corp | 1962 | "The World-Wide Corporation in a modern Economy" | |
| Holden | Elizabeth | 1963 | Invitation/Information card for Press attending visit of Queen Elizabeth to Elizabeth Plant, 21st February 1963 | |
| Stewart Underwood | Elizabeth | 1963 | The Queen Among us | |
| Roger Gibbs | Elizabeth | 1963 | The day the Queen came to Town | |
| Holden | Elizabeth | 1963 | Layout of the original Elizabeth Plant office block nominating individual's desk locations. | |
| Holden | Tech Centre | 1964 | Tech Centre opening flyer showing Harold Holt giving a speech.10 June 1964 | |
| Harold Ingamells | Proving Ground | 1964 | Proving Ground Brochure | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1964 | GMH Apprentice Evening Program | |
| Allan George | Dandenong | 1964 | Advertisement in The Sun, 2nd July 1964, for workers for Dandenong Plant | |
| Holden | Fishermens Bend | 1965 | Layout of Fishermens Bend plot in 1965 | |
| Stewart Underwood | Elizabeth | 1965 | Nov 1965 People extract: SOP Elizabeth and closure of Birkenhead Plant | |
| Chris Shattock | Engineering | 1965 | Four young Engineers - and how one became a famous playwrite instead! | |
| Chris Shattock | Engineering | 1966 | People Magazine extract - various people | JPG |
| Hugh Videion | Engineering | 1966 | Seat Belt Integrity Demonstration on 1966 Holden HR | |
| Holden | Holden | 1967 | "The Holden saga" by Frank S Daley: An address to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. | |
| Simon Kuek | Acacia Ridge | 1967 | GM World review of HB Torana - "Tough enough for the Outback!" | |
| Holden | Management | 1967 | 25 Year Club Dinner menu and member listing | |
| Warwick Byrce | Engine | pre-1969 | Presentation on development of the Holden V8 engine by Fred James and Ed Silins | |
| Bill Cuthbertson | Holden | 1969 | GMH Apprentice Evening Program | JPG |
| Stewart Underwood | Elizabeth | 1969/71 | Body-in-White sketches - HQ Coupe, Torana. | |
| Holden | Hurricane | 1969 | Full technical specifications and discussion of the Holden Hurricane. | |
| Holden | Hurricane | 1970 | Address to the SAE Australia on Holden Hurricane design features and development, by E.G. Taylor, J.E. Hutson and D.D. Webster | |
| Holden | Engineering | 1970 | Torana GTR_X Engineering Report | |
| Warwick Bryce | Engineering | c1970 | 186 DIESEL Red Motor | |
| Neil Pogson | Pagewood | 1971 | Plant Layouts | |
| Frank Shetliffe | GMH | 1973 | A short history of Holden | |
| Frank Shetliffe | GMH | 1973 | A short history of Holden part 2 | |
| Chris Shattock | Eng - Test Trip | 1973 | Nullabor - Ivy Tanks as remembered by Hugh Videion and Chris Shattock | |
| Colin Lewis | Dandenong | 1973 | Guide to the Commercial Assembly Plant, Dandenong Assembly | PDF |
| Neil Pogson | Asm Plants | 1973 | Your Visit to GM Commercial Asembly Plant, Dandenong | |
| Neil Pogson | Pagewood | 1974 | Plant Statistics - Equipment, Employment, Wages, etc. | |
| Chris Shattock | Proving Ground | 1974/78 | PG Manager recalls "interesting times" at the PG | |
| Holden | Holden | 1975 | Certificates of registration of GM-H and GM-H Sales as Foreign Companies operating in South Australia | |
| Holden | Holden | 1975 | What you should know about GMH | |
| Holden | Fishermens Bend | 1976 | Jack Rawnsley: A Brief Summary of my 50 years in the Workforce | |
| Holden | Fishermens Bend | 1976 | Jack Rawnsley: Thoughts on some other projects. | |
| Holden | Fishermens bend | 1976 | Jack Rawnsley: A Talk on Some Unrecorded Items of Holden History | |
| Chris Shattock | Engineering | 1977 | "The Australian" article re Reg Hall retirement | |
| Neil Pogson | Bedford | 1978 | You See Them Everywhere - Bedford Commercials vehicles since 1931 | |
| Holden | Engineering | 1980 | Engine Technology Presentation to SAE by Warwick Bryce | |
| Roger Gibbs | Fishermens Bend | c1980 | What the Customer Wanted - Chuck Chapman | |
| Harold Ingermells | Engineering | 1981 | Request for Commercial Vehicle Test Trip to Bourke | |
| Holden | Family II Engine | 1981 | A Tour Guide's notes to the Family II Engine plant | |
| Holden | Electric Vehicles | 1981 | A GMH update Bulletin on the then current development of Electric Cars. | |
| Holden | Family II Engine | c1981 | Details of work stations on the Ingersol-Rand engine assembly loop. | |
| Holden | Family II Engine | 1983 | Family II engine facts | |
| Neil Pogson | Shared Manfr | 1983 | Nissan Astra shared program announced. | |
| Neil Pogson | Executive | 1986 | Closure of the FB Executive Dining Room | |
| Holden | Acacia Ridge | 1986 | Sale of Acacia Ridge site | JPG |
| Neil Pogson | Holden | 1986 | Announcement of the split into HMC and HECC | |
| Neil Pogson | Holden / HMC | 1986 | Conditions of Employment for HMC Award Free Employees | |
| Holden | Holden | 1986 | Holden's new structure - Full comments from Chuck Chapman on HVO/HEO split (Auto Reviews) | |
| Holden | Holden | 1987 | Holden - Chapman has his say on his 12 years at Holden (Auto Reviews) | |
| Neil Pogson | Holden | 1987 | Announcement of Toyota Joint Venture, Stage 1 | |
| Holden | Holden | 1987 | How the Joint Venture will work (Auto Reviews) | |
| Holden | Marketing | 1987 | Holden Marketing Dept Restructure | |
| Holden | Sunraycer | 1987 | Sunraycer article about drivers John Harvey and Molly Brennan | |
| Marcus McInnes | Sunraycer | c1987 | World Solar Challenge - Quiet Achiever to Tesla - Holden’s Role | |
| Warwick Bryce | HEC | 1988 | Holden's secret Overhead Cam V8 engine | |
| Holden | Holden | 1989 | An Appraisal of Holden and the Australian Auto Industry by John Bagshaw (Auto Reviews) | |
| Neil Pogson | Holden | 1990 | The World of Holden - VN era | |
| Neil Pogson | Holden | 1992 | Announcement of Toyota Joint Venture, Stage 2 | |
| Holden | Corp Affairs | 1992 | Holden Vehicle Operations - A History | |
| Jeff Jamieson | Elizabeth | 1992 | Honda/Holden Joint Projects | |
| Holden | GMH | 1992 | Four Designers at the National Museum with their cars (see also Photos) | |
| Holden | GMH | 1994 | In the Beginning.. An article by Frank Shetliffe | |
| Neil Pogson | Electric vehicles | 1994 | GM EV1 Electric car specifications | |
| Neil Pogson | Prod Development | 1994 | The Saga of the Saab 2.3L Turbo engined Commodore | |
| Marc McInnes | Holden | c 1994 | Recording of a discussion with Charlie Patterson | |
| Marc McInnes | 50th Anniversary | 1994 | Marc's outline of activities to celebrate 50th Anniversary | |
| Peter Gibbs | Fishermens Bend | 1998 | Holden 50th Anniversary - 3 Men and their Icon. | JPG |
| Neil Pogson | Holden Engine Co. | 1998 | Working With the World | |
| Marc McInnes | 50th Anniversary | 1998 | Jack Rawnsley's comments on draft copy of "Heart of the Lion" book, including interesting comments on 48-215 design, | |
| Marc McInnes | 50th Anniversary | 1998 | Marc conceived and outlined the "Heart of the Lion" book, | |
| Hugh Videion | Holden | 2012 | Eulogy for Chuck Chapman | |
| Neil Pogson | Publication | 2019 | List of corrections in the Iconic Treasurers Archive book | |