page_title: Ashfield, New South Wales
section_title: Industrial history
hierarchical_section_title: Ashfield, New South Wales / History / Industrial history
caption_attribution_description: English: The Peek Frean tower at the intersection of Parramatta road and Frederick street, Ashfield. The property is now operated by the Ashfield branch of Bunnings Warehouse.
context_page_description: Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district.
  Ashfield's population is highly multicultural. Its urban density is relatively high for Australia, with the majority of the area's dwellings being a mixture of mainly post-war low-rise flats and Federation-era detached houses. Amongst these are a number of grand Victorian buildings that offer a hint of Ashfield's rich cultural heritage.
context_section_description: While never a noted industrial suburb, Ashfield has had a couple of significant industries. On Parramatta Road near Frederick Street was the Australian Six motor car factory which opened in 1920. The site later became an AWA factory producing radio valves and other components. The site has since been turned into a commercial and residential development. On the other side of Frederick Street was the Peek Freans biscuit factory, the tower of which was (and still is) a familiar site to passing motorists on Parramatta Road. However, this factory is also no longer industrial, serving today as a large Bunnings Warehouse.
caption: Former Peek Freans biscuit factory, now a Bunnings Warehouse (2009)
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