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ETA Foods Factory

1957 establishments in AustraliaBuildings and structures in the City of MaribyrnongHeritage-listed buildings in MelbourneIndustrial buildings completed in 1957Manufacturing plants in Melbourne
Modernist architecture in AustraliaUse Australian English from August 2019
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The former ETA Foods Factory is a heritage-listed building as an important Modernist industrial building in Victoria, Australia, notable for its glass curtain wall design. The building was constructed in 1957 in Braybrook, a suburb of Melbourne, on Ballarat Road.

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ETA Foods Factory
Ballarat Road, Melbourne Braybrook

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N -37.780128 ° E 144.8592 °
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Ballarat Road (Footscray-Caroline Springs Road)

Ballarat Road
3019 Melbourne, Braybrook
Victoria, Australia
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