Manufacturing in Australia
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"Made in Australia" redirects here. For the 2013 film, see Made in Australia (film).
Manufacturing in Australia peaked in the 1960s at 25% of the country's gross domestic product, and has since dropped below 10%. At one stage manufacturing employed almost a third of Australia's workforce.[1] Automotive manufacturing in Australia began in the 1920s and came to an end in 2017.
Australia's greatest manufacturing achievement was the manufacture of the Beaufort, a twin-engined torpedo bomber, during World War II.[2] Australia's manufacturing sector is diverse with the largest sub-industries being food, beverage and tobacco, machinery and equipment, petroleum, coal and chemicals and metal products.[3]