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Original Lessees of Fyshwick Industrial Estate 		

Introduction

This research guide lists the first commercials sites made available for leasing in the newly developed industrial estate of Fyshwick in 1955. It also includes plans showing several of the sections listed as well as the successful businesses & lessees.

The first plan shows the Department of Works, Plant & Store Depot which 
was the first building constructed in the suburb ‘Fyshwick’ (the area was previously called Molonglo). This building still stands at 255 Canberra Ave.

Prior to 1955, Canberra's major industrial estate was located between
Wentworth Ave and the Molonglo River where the Kingston Foreshore
Development is now located.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR LEASE  -  FYSHWICK.

Applications  addressed  to  the  Secretary,  Department
of  the  Interior  Canberra,  and  enclosed  in  sealed  envelopes
endorsed  "Application  for  Industria1  Sites"  will  be  received  until
2 p.m.  on  14th  January,  1955  for  leases  for  a  term  of  99  years  under
the  City  Area  Leases  Ordinance,  of  the  blocks  indicated  hereunder -

DIVISION OF FYSHWICK

Block	
Section	Reserve
Value	Building
Covenant	Survey
Fee.	
		£	£	£     s    d	
1	8	700	2500	4.  0.  0.	
2		550	2500	4.  0.  0.	
3		700	3000	4.  0.  0.	
4		800	3500	4.  0.  0.	
5		600	2500	4.  0.  0.	
6		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
7		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
8		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
1	9	1300	5000	4.  0.  0.	
2		450	2000	4.  0.  0.	
3		450	2000	4.  0.  0.	
4		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
5		600	2500	4.  0.  0.	
6		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
7		450	2000	4.  0.  0.	
8		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
9		650	3000	4.  0.  0.	
10		600	2500	4.  0.  0.	
11		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
12		450	2000	4.  0.  0.	
13		550	2000	4.  0.  0.	
14		500	2000	4.  0.  0.	
15		1300	5000	4.  0.  0.	
1	12	3000	10000	12. 0.  0.	
2		1100	5000	8.  0.  0.	
3		1000	4000	6.  10. 0.	
4		1000	4000	6.  10. 0.	
7		3500	15000	14. 0.  0.	
1	13	700	3500	6.  0.  0.	
2		950	4500	6.  0.  0.	
3		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
4		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
5		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
6		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
7		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
8		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
9		800	3500	6.  0.  0.	
10		600	3000	4.  0.  0.	
11		550	3000	4.  0.  0.	

The  conditions  of  lease  will  provide  for  the  commencement 
and   completion  of  an   approved  building  in  accordance  with  the  
building  covenant  set  out  herein,  within  6  months  and  12  months  
respectively  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  the  lease,  or  within  
such  further  time  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Minister.

• • • •• 2

Blocks  may  be  used  only  for  the  main  purpose  of  an  
industry  or  industries  other  than  a  noxious  trade,  and  for  any  
purpose  subsidiary  to  the  main  purpose,  including  not  more  than  
one  residence.

	Applicants  shall  state  the  nature  of  the  industry  they  
propose  to  conduct  on  the  land.   The  blocks  now  offered  are  not  
available  for  noxious  trades.   When  dealing  with  the  applications,  
preference  will  be  given  to  applicants  who  are  at  present  lessees  
of  land  in  Section  7  Kingston  (Causeway  Temporary  Industrial  Area),  
and  who  have  not  already  been  granted  leases  of  industrial  sites  
at  Fyshwick,  provided  any  such  applicant  prepared  to  surrender  
his  existing  lease  in  Section  7  Kingston  not  later  than  12  months  
after  the  grant  of  a  new  lease  of  lend  now  offered  at  Fyshwick.
Applicants  seeking  such  preference  should  state  full  particulars  
of  leases  held  Section  7  Kingston.

If  an  applicant  applies for  more  than  one  block,  he  should  
nominate his  order  of  preference  of  blocks.   No  blocks  may  be  
transferred  without  consent  of  the Minister  prior  to  the
completion  of  an  approved  building.

Lessees  of  Block  11  to  15  and  24  to  29  inclusive,  in  
Section  11  may  make  their  own  arrangements  jointly  or  severally  
with  Commissioner  for  Commonwealth  Railways  for  the  construct-
ion  maintenance  and  use  a railway  siding  on  land  to  be  provided  
for  the  purpose  adjoining  those  blocks.

At  all  times  during  its  currency,  each lease  will  be  
subject  to  the  laws  in  force  in  the  Australian  Capital  Territory
and  special  attention  is  invited  to  the  provisions  of  the  City  Area  
Leases  Ordinance  1936-1951  and  the  Regulations  there  under.
Attention  is  also  invited  to  the  requirements  of  the Canberra
Building  Regulations  and  the   Canberra  Sewerage  and  Water  Supply
Regulations.

The  annual  rent  of  a  block  for  the  first  twenty  years  of
the  lease  shall  be  five  per centum  of  the  reserve value  of  the
block  as  indicated,  and  thereafter  five  per  centum  of  the
unimproved  value  of  the  block  after  its  re-appraisement   as
provided  for  under  the  City  Area  Leases  Ordinance.   Rates and
similar  charges  are  payable  as  determined  by  the  Minister.
Until  sewerage  is  provided,  sewerage  rates  will  not  be  charged.
When  sewerage  is available  lessees  will  be  required   to  connect.

Each  applicant  shall  state  the  unimproved  value  placed  by
him  upon  the  parcel  of  land.   Before  a  lease  is  granted,  a
successful  applicant  shall  pay  a  sum  equal  to  the  difference  (if
any)  between  the  reserve  value  and  the  unimproved  value  as  stated
by  the  applicant.   In  addition,  he  shall  pay  the  first  year's
rental  and  the  survey  fee.

A  person  who  is  not  a  British  Subject  is not eligible  to
hold  a  lease  unless  approved  by  the  Minister.   Applicants  are  to
state  whether  they  are  British  subjects.

Subject  to  the  conditions  stated  above,  a  lease  of  a
block  will  be  granted  to  the  applicant  placing  the  highest  
unimproved  value  upon  that  parcel  of  land.   In  the  event  of  two  
or  more  applicants  placing  the  same  unimproved value  on  a  block,  
and/or  having  the  same  order  of  preference,  the  Minister  may  
determine  by  ballot  or  otherwise  the  applicant  to  whom  the lease  
may  be  granted.

The  conditions  set  forth  herein  are  not  exhaustive,  and  
a  draft  copy  of  the  lease  may  be  inspected  at  the  Department  of  the
Interior,  Acton,  A.C.T.

	No  application  necessarily  accepted.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR LEASE  -  FYSHWICK.

Applications  addressed  to  the  Secretary,  Department
of  the  Interior,  Canberra,  and  enclosed  in  sealed  envelopes
endorsed  "Application  for  Industrial  Sites”  will  be  received
until  2  p.m.  on  Tuesday  27th  September,  1955,  for  leases  for  a
term  of  99  years  under  the  City  Area  Leases  Ordinance,  of  the
blocks  indicated  hereunder.

DIVISION OF FYSHWICK

Block	
Section	Reserve
Value	Building
Covenant	Survey
Fee.	
		£	£	£     s    d	
					
1	11	800	5,000	4.  0.  0.	
2		350	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
3		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
4		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
5		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
6		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
7		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
8		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
9		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
10		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
11		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
12		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
13		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
14		700	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
15		550	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
16		500	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
17		500	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
18		500	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
19		600	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
20		600	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
21		600	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
22		500	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
23		500	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
24		550	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
25		850	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
26		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
27		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
28		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
29		600	3,000	4.  0.  0.	
30		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
31		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
32		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
33		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
34		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
35		300	2,500	4.  0.  0.	
36		350	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
37		800	5,000	4.  0.  0.	
7	12	600	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
8		600	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
9		600	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
10		1,200	5,000	4.  0.  0.	
11		800	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
12		800	3,500	4.  0.  0.	
5		1,100	5,000	8.  0.  0.	

The  conditions  of  lease  will  provide  for  the  commencement 
and   completion  of  an   approved  building  in  accordance  with  the  
building  covenant  set  out  herein,  within  6  months  and  12  months  
respectively  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  the  lease,  or  within  
such  further  time  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Minister.

• • • •• 2

Blocks  may  be  used  only  for  the  main  purpose  of  an
industry  or  industries  other  than  a  noxious  trade,  and  for  any
purpose  subsidiary  to  the  main  purpose,  including  not  more  than
one  residence.

Applicants  shall  state  the  nature  of  the  industry  they
propose  to  conduct  on  the  land.    The  blocks  now  offered  are  not
available  for  noxious  trades.   When  dealing  with  the  applications,
preference  will  be  given  to  applicants  who  are  at  present  lessees
of  land  in  Section  7  Kingston  (Causeway  Temporary  Industrial  Area),
and  who  have  not  already  been  granted  leases  of  industrial  sites
at  Fyshwick,  provided  any  such  applicant  is  prepared  to  surrender
his  existing  lease  in  Section  7  Kingston  not  later  than  12  months
after  the  grant  of  a  new  lease  of  land  now  offered  at  Fyshwick.
Applicants  seeking  such  preference  should  state  full  particulars
of  leases  held  in  Section  7  Kingston.

If an applicant applies for more than one block, he should
nominate  his  order  of  preference  of  blocks.   No  blocks  may  be
transferred  without  the  consent  of  the  Minister  prior  to  the
completion  of  an  approved  building.

Lessees  of  Block  11  to  15  end  24  to  29  inclusive, in
Section  11  may  make  their  own  arrangements  jointly  or  severally
with  the  Commissioner  for  Commonwealth  Railways  for  the  construct-
ion  maintenance  and  use  of  a  railway  siding  on  land  to  be  provided
for  the  purpose  adjoining  those  blocks.

At  all  times  during  its  currency,  each  lease  will  be
subject  to  the  laws  in  force  in  the  Australian  Capital  Territory
and  special  attention  is  invited  to  the  provisions  of  the  City  Area
Leases  Ordinance  1936-1951  and  the  Regulations  thereunder.
Attention  is  also  invited  to  the  requirements  of  the  Canberra
Building  Regulations  and  the  Canberra  Sewerage  and  Water  Supply
Regulations.

The  annual  rent  of  a  block  for  the  first  twenty  years  of
the  lease  shall  be  five  per  centum  of  the  reserve  value  of  the
block  as  indicated,  and  thereafter  five  per  centum  of  the
unimproved  value  of  the  block  after  its  re-appraisement  as
provided  for  under  the  City  Area  Lease  Ordinance.   Rates  and
similar  charges  are  payable  as  determined  by  the  Minister.
Until  sewerage  is  provided,  sewerage  rates  will  not  be  charged.
When  sewerage  is  available  lessees  will  be  required  to  connect.

Each  applicant  shall  state  the  unimproved  value  placed  by
him  upon  the  parcel  of  1and.   Before  a  lease  is  granted,  a
successful  applicant  shall  pay  a  sum  equal  to  the  difference  (if
any)  between  the  reserve  value  and  the  unimproved  value  as  stated
by  the  applicant.   In  addition,  he  shall  pay  the  first  year's
rental  and  the  survey  fee.

A  person  who  is  not  a  British  subject  is  not  eligible  to
hold  a  lease  unless  approved  by  the  Minister.   Applicants  are  to
state  whether  they  are  British  subjects.

Subject  to  the  conditions  stated  above,  a  lease  of  a  block
will  be  granted  to  the  applicant  placing  the  highest  unimproved
value  upon  that  parcel  of  land.   In  the  event  of  two  or  more
applicants  placing  the  same  unimproved  value  on  a  block, and/or
having  the  same  order  of  preference,  the  Minister  may  determine  by
ballot  or  otherwise  the  applicant  to  whom  the  lease  may  be  granted.

The  conditions  set  forth  herein  are  not  exhaustive,  and  a
draft  copy  of  the  lease  may  be  inspected  at  the  Planning  and
Development  Branch,  Department  of  the  Interior,  Acton,  A.C.T.

No  application  necessarily  accepted.

LESSEES OF LAND IN INDUSTRIAL AREA
FYSHWICK.

BLOCK	SECTION	                LESSEE	
1	8	J.P. Wilson	
2	8	W.G. Burden	
3	8	G.C.O. Kennedy & R.A. Sylvester	
4	8	C.V. O'Neill & Sons Pty.Ltd.	
5	8	New Century Homes Ltd.	
6	8	T.A. Gelnnon	
7	8	Carrier Air Conditioning Ltd.,	
8	8	D. Pennington & A.W. Powell	
10	8	Humes Ltd.	
1	9	R. Grinham	
2	9	H.L. Bartlett Pty.Ltd.,	
3	9	D. Greenwood	
4	9	Adam Ingram & Son	
5	9	H. Aur	
6	9	R.E. Gudgeon	
7	9	J.C. Thomson & Sons Pty.Ltd.,	
8	9	C. Tobler & Co.	
9	9	D.C. Smith Pty.Ltd.,	
10	9	Causeway Sawmills Pty.Ltd.,	
11	9	R. Eglitis	
12	9	Canberra Pipes Pty.Ltd.,	
13	9	Thermotank (Aust.) Pty.Ltd.,	
14	9	Forner & Co.	
15	9	Capital Cordial Co.Pty.Ltd.	
2	10	T.R. Wobstenholme	
1	11	J. Watt	
2	11	Stacey & Benson Pty.Ltd.	
3	11	Makin & Bearse Pty.Ltd.	
4	11	K. Dimpel	
5	11	Koorey Bros.	
6	11	Kingston Trading Co.Pty.Ltd.	
7	11	G. Tholl	
8	11	Canberra Metal Fly Screen Works	
9	11	Bradford Insulation Pty. Ltd.	
10	11	J.N. Trevillian	
11	11	E.P.M. Concrete Pty.Ltd.	
12	11	Ready Mixed Concrete Pty.Ltd.	
13	11	H.C. Tope (Monaro Trading Co.)	
14	11	Canberra Interior Linings	
15	11	Rennes & Burton Pty.Ltd.	
16	11	I.I.K. Builders	
17	11	G. Vodicka	
18	11	M. Green	
19	11	J.S. Crapp & Sons.	

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20	11	E. Driver & Co.	
21	11	K.K. Builders	
22	11	Grunberg & Donehoe	
23	11	F.A. Somes	
            24 & 30	11	A.C.T. Engineering Co.Pty.Ltd.	
25	11	Canberra Wholesales Pty.Ltd.	
26	11	Butterworth Bros. Box. Co.,	
27	11	J. Dorman	
28	11	McConnell Building Co. Canberra Pty.Ltd.,	
29	11	J.B. Young Ltd.,	
32	11	Kingston Plumbing Co.Ltd.	
33	11	A. Shlager	
34	11	G.L. Baines	
35	11	Burrow and Lowe	
36	11	Simmie & Co.Pty.Ltd.	
37	11	McKerrow W. D.	
1	12	Elvin & Co. j	
2	12	Specified Concrete Pty.Ltd.	
3	12	J.E. & H.O. Bellchambers	
4	12	Plaster Homes (Canberra) Pty.Ltd.	
5	12	Selmer Engineer Pty.Ltd.	
6	12	Aust. Forest Products Pty.Ltd.	
7	12	A. Howlett	
8	12	J.M. Cassin Pty.Ltd.	
9	12	S.D.C. Kennedy & Bird Pty.Ltd.	
10	12	E.T. Frohlich & Co.	
11	12	G.J. Mezey.	
12	12	A.V. Jennings Const. Co.Pty.Ltd.,	
1	13	Cadona - Silvio	
2	13	Selmer & Knevitt Engineering 	
		Pty.Ltd.,	
3	13	Peters {Property Holdings) Pty.Ltd.,	
4	13	Bombala Timber Co., Pty.Ltd.,	
5	13	S.D.B. & A.D. Ogilive	
6	13	W.A. Reid	
7	13	Canberra Sawmilling Co.,	
8	13	A.P. Voveris	
9	13	John Howard Co. Pty.Ltd.,	
10	13	Pinus Timber Mills	
11	13	Cavanaghs Sawmills Pty.Ltd.	
18	13	Robert C. Taylor	
            257	-	N.S. McGregor