Location
Lat 36° 0' 32S Long 146° 58' 9E  Ettamogah is located in New South Wales in Australia. To the south is Albury.

RAAF Ettamogah
The former military installation of RAAF Ettamogah was located in Ettamogah along Central Reserve Road off the Olympic Way at One Tree Hill. Prior to development, this area was grazing lands owned by the Coleman, Knobel and Gale families, with farm names including Currumbeene and Buchhorn.

Construction
In 1926, the surrounding farms were purchased by the Australian Defence Department for development into an airfield and military installations.

Wartime History
During 1942, an ammunition depot was established by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 110 hectares area at Ettamogah.

Wartime units based at RAAF Ettamogah
2 Central Reserve

Postwar
Operated by the RAAF. In 1961, handed over to the Australian Army's 311 Supply Company. In 1982, the ordnance depot was closed with all munitions removed by 1990.

Today
Four bunkers can be seen in the side of the hill from the old Hume Highway (Wagga Road). Remains of the depot can also be seen from Central Reserve Road which can be accessed from the Olympic Way (Gerogery Road).

References
Australian Armourers Association - No 2 Central Reserve
The Border Mail - 'Depot may be developed' (January 11, 2007)
The Border Mail - 'Ammunition dump just not for sale' (June 16, 2012)
Thanks to Daniel Leahy for his assistance with this page

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Last Updated
October 23, 2019