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Author
Underwood, Robin
Title
Wartime efforts - A runaway success
In
VicRoads centenary : keeping Victorians connected for 100 years. 1913-2013
Editor
Darragh O'Keeffe
Imprint
Faircount Media Group, Bondi Junction, NSW, 2013, pp. 84-85
Abstract

During World War II, the Country Roads Board built several airfields in Victoria and the Northern Territory, such as at Katherine, Fishermen's Bend and East Sale. Here Robin Underwood recalls his tme working on the construction of the Avalon airfield.

Source
ASBS08681

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