Albury An Arsenal
(Rec. 11 a*m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The existence of Australia’s greatest ordnance depot near Albury at the junction of New South Wales and Victoria State railway systems has been officially revealed. The depot, which covers more than 2000 acres of former bushland, has been built in the last two years at a cost of millions of pounds. Storehouses are packed with tens of millions of pounds worth of material, representing the bulk of 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 time when an attack on Australia by Japan was feared imminent. Nearly 20 miles of spur lines have been built to accommodate trains from New South Wales and Victoria.
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Northern Advocate, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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129Albury An Arsenal Northern Advocate, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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