BUNKERS, TUNNELS, ETC
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
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Air Raid Shelter or Bunker near
the Turbot Street Overpass, Brisbane
FIXED
COAST DEFENCES
(Forts and Coastal gun batteries)
ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY DEFENCES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
QUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
| Albury Ammunition Factory |
Bankstown 1 Fighter Sector HQ's Bunker (1 Fighter Sector HQ) |
Bankstown Remote Receiving
Building (at Picnic Point) |
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Bankstown W/T Station - Transmitting Station (Bass Hill) |
Berrima Gaol, Ammunition Storage | Broken Hill Ammunition Factory |
| Bunker/Tunnel
under Sydney Town Hall (Sydney) |
Camden Operations Building | Camden Wireless Telegraphy W/T Transmitting Building |
| Chullora Bunkers and tunnels |
Circular
Quay Tunnels - 1 Fighter Sector Headquarters in a Tunnel (Sydney) |
Clarence
Railway Tunnel (Used for CW storage) |
| Coffs Harbour Bunker | Coffs Harbour Bunker | Coffs Harbour Operations Bunker |
| Coffs Harbour Transmitting Bunker | Dubbo (Non-operations Building and Transmitting Building) |
Glenbrook
Railway Tunnel (Used for CW storage) |
| Goulburn Ammunition Factory | Hay Ammunition Factory | High Cross Park Air Raid Slit Trenches |
| 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 | Richmond Remote Receiving Building |
| Rutherford Ammunition Factory | St. Mary's
Ammunition Dump 27 miles west of Sydney manned by 630th Ordnance Company |
Tamworth Ammunition Factory |
| Tank Traps - Tenterfield | Wagga Ammunition Factory | 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 | Finsbury Munitions Factory |
| Gawler (Operations Building, Remote Receiving Building and Transmitting Building) |
Glenelg Air Raid Shelter | Hendon Ammunition Factory |
| Mount Gambier Remote Receiving Building RAAF | Mount Gambier Transmitting Building RAAF | Port Pirie Ammunition Factory |
| South
Road Bunker (Adelaide) |
TASMANIA
Derwent Park Ammunition Factory |
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
6 Fighters Sector Headquarters |
Albany Operations and Transmitting Building | Albany Remote Receiving Building |
| Ardath Ammunition Depot | Booraan Ammunition Depot | Busselton Remote Receiving Station |
| Busselton Transmitting Station | Guilford (Fighter Sector HQ) |
Guildford Ammunition Depot |
| Kalgoorlie Ammunition Factory | Merredin W/T Transmitting Station | 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 | Welshpool Ammunition Factory |
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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
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 01 October 2025