Former Gilbertsons/SBA Foods meatworks

Looking back through old photos, I realised I’ve never posted my photos from the former meatworks in Altona.

Originally Gilbertson’s Meat Processing, the plant was later renamed SBA Foods. SBA Foods closed down in 1999 and moved their operations to Tasmania.

Not much remained of the abatoir itself when we went, and the main building had been partially gutted by fire. In one room makeshift skate ramps had been built. Where better a place to skate than an abandoned meat processing plant?

The site has since been demolished. My photos are from 2011.

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x Kitten of Doom

~ by Kitten of Doom on February 5, 2015.

Posted in Melbourne misc suburbs, Things I see, Urban exploration
Tags: abandoned, altona, factory, gilbertsons, meat processing, meatworks, Melbourne, sba foods, Urban exploration, Victoria

8 Responses to “Former Gilbertsons/SBA Foods meatworks”

way cool.
I got into a meatworks once, but there was an alarm inside 😦

sedge808 said this on February 5, 2015 at 4:30 pm | Reply
- Pre-2011 or later?
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on February 5, 2015 at 5:47 pm | Reply
  - Later…2014.
    
    sedge808 said this on February 5, 2015 at 6:55 pm
i would love to come and explore with you’s sometime before they pulled down/rebuilt mont park mental hospital i used to walk my dog through there and used her as an excuse to explore the buildings (sorry officer i had to get my dog) it was a creepy place but alot of history

Bill said this on May 5, 2015 at 3:24 am | Reply
- Worked there in 1971.
  Kewin was foreman.
  
  Jacob Krolo said this on May 15, 2018 at 12:27 am | Reply
is this place still abandoned? and where can i find it?

Ryan said this on August 17, 2016 at 6:13 pm | Reply
- It was demolished a while ago; sorry.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on August 18, 2016 at 2:23 am | Reply
I used to do escort the payroll there many years ago.

Tony Karas said this on May 2, 2017 at 9:57 pm | Reply