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In 31 March 1925, Geelong was selected to be the Australian Ford Motor Company headquarters. Mr P.W. Grandjean, secretary of Ford have been spying out the land for six month, he said this will be the biggest news ever. The Geelong Advertiser put the news to their largest headline. With the help from the Australian government and the Canada Ford Association, they built the factory 100 acres (40 hectares) big. The factory has 200,000 square feet (18,250 square metres) of floor space. It can store over 100 cars. The factory is located at Geelong Harbor Trust, North Geelong. When the factory was finished, 500 men had been employed. It was estimated about 15, 00,000 pounds (3 millions) to build the whole thing. It was rename to the Ford Company of Australia Proprietary Limited. In June 1925, the first car that the factory produced was the Ford Model T. In was the first Ford car ever to be in Australia. 3 years later, in 1928, the Ford Model A was developed. Sadly, in 1961, the Melbourne Ford Factory was announced to be the headquarter in Australia.