COST MILLIONS
AUSTRALIA’S BIG ORDNANCE BASE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 24. The existence of Australia, s greatest ordnance depot near Albury, at the junction of the New South Wales and Victoria State railways systems, has been officially revealed. lhe depot, which covers more than zUuu acres of former bush land, has been built in the last two years, and cost millions of pounds. Storehouses are packed with tens of millions ot pounds wortK of material, representing the bulk .of the United States Lend-Lease ordnance supplies. The depot also has a huge motor transport park. The inland site for the depot was selected at a 1 time when an attack on Australia by. Japan was feared imminent. Nearly 20 miles of super lines nave been built to accommodate trains from New South Wales and Victoria.
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Grey River Argus, 25 November 1943, Page 2
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