BUNKERS, TUNNELS, ETC
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
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Air Raid Shelter or Bunker near
the Turbot Street Overpass, Brisbane
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COAST DEFENCES
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY DEFENCES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
QUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
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Bankstown Bunker (1 Fighter Sector HQ) |
Bankstown Remote Receiving Building | Berrima Gaol, Ammunition Storage |
| Bunker/Tunnel
under Sydney Town Hall (Sydney) |
Chullora Bunkers and tunnels |
Circular
Quay Tunnels - 1 Fighter Sector Headquarters in a Tunnel (Sydney) |
| Camden (Operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
Clarence
Railway Tunnel (Used for CW storage) |
Coffs
Harbour (Operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
| Coffs Harbour Bunker | Coffs Harbour Bunker | |
| Dubbo (Non-operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
Glenbrook
Railway Tunnel (Used for CW storage) |
HMAS Watson tunnels and bunkers, South Heads, Sydney |
| Kingswood Ordnance Depot, US Army, for storage of Chemical Weapons | Kurrajong
Ridge "Bunker-like" structures (Blue Mountains, Sydney, near Richmond airfield) |
Mohuya (Operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
| Myambat Australian Advanced Ammunition Depot | Newington Armaments Depot also known as Newington US Naval Magazine | Nowra (Transmitting Building and Remote Receiving Building) |
| Picton
Railway Tunnel (Used for CW storage) |
Potts
Point Tunnels, Garden Island (Navy Tunnels) |
Rathmines (Operations Building and Remote Receiving Building) |
| Richmond (Operations Building and Remote Receiving Building) |
Tank Traps - Tenterfield | Williamtown (Remote Receiving Building) |
NORTHERN TERRITORY
5
Fighter Sector Headquarters |
Katherine
Road CW Munitions Storage Depot (87 miles south of Darwin) |
No. 5 Central
Reserve Explosive Area Winnellie near Berrimah Hospital south of Stuart Highway |
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Safe Naval Oil Storage, Darwin, NT Underground Oil Tunnels |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
| Air Raid Shelter behind the Unley Council Chambers, Adelaide | Air Raid Shelter at Goodwood, Adelaide | Air Raid Shelter at the Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, Adelaide |
| Air Raid Shelter Islington Railway workshops (Tube Mills), Adelaide | Air Raid Shelter at Outer Harbour, Adelaide | Gawler (Operations Building, Remote Receiving Building and Transmitting Building) |
| Mount Gambier (Remote Receiving Building) |
Prospect Oval Air Raid Shelter | |
| South
Road Bunker (Adelaide) |
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
6 Fighters Sector Headquarters |
Albany (Operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
Ardath Ammunition Depot |
| Booraan Ammunition Depot | Busselton (Remote Receiving Station) |
Guilford (Fighter Sector HQ) |
| Guildford Ammunition Depot |
Merredin (Transmitting Building) |
Narrogin No 25
Inland Bunker (180kms SE of Perth - there are 3 bunkers at Narrogin) |
| Pearce (Operations Building, Transmitting Building and Remote Receiving Building) |
Rottnest Island Tunnels |
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The US Army, had 6 sites in
Australia during
Can anyone help me with more information on these sites? |
Utilization of
semi-underground buildings
In Australia during WW2
The
Australian Bunker Project
"In search of WWII underground
facilities (bunkers) on Australian soil."
Can you tell me some more about any of the above?
Can you tell me about other
Bunkers, Tunnels, or Fortifications
In Australia during World War 2?
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This page first produced 13 May 2003
This page last updated 14 December 2011