Australia’s Huge Ordnance Depot
Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. j MELBOURNE, Nov. 24. The existence of Australia’s greato* ordance depot near Albury at the juno tion of the New South Wales and Victoria State railways systems, hM been officially revealed. The which covers more th.au 2000 acre*, stands on former bush land and has bee* built iu the last two years at a cost of millions of pounds. storehouses ar* packed with teus of millions of pound* worth ol material representing the bulk of United States Lend-Lease ordnane* supplies. The depot also has a bug* motor transport park. The inland site for the depot wsi selected at the time when an attack o*. Australia by Japan was feared imminent. Nearly 20 miles of spur tinea have been built to accommodate the trains from New South Wales and Victoria.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 280, 25 November 1943, Page 4
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