ArMy PreSence in South AuStrAliA - Defence SA

Army – Multi user depot
8. Army has seven Multi-User Depot to support
Reserve training in South Australia:
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• Berri. The Berri depot occupies four ha and
is situated on Crawford Terrace.
• Elizabeth North. The Elizabeth North
depot occupies 36 ha and is situated on
Broadmeadows Road.
• Kadina. The Kadina depot occupies one ha
and is situated on Francis Street.
• Mt Gambier. The Mount Gambier depot
occupies four ha and is situated on
Sherperdson Road.
• Pt Lincoln. The Pt Lincoln depot occupies
four ha and is situated on Flinders Road.
• Pt Pirie. The Pt Pirie depot occupies one ha
and is located on Warnertown Road.
• Victor Harbor. The Victor Harbor depot
occupies one ha and is located in
Maude Street.
Army – Cadet unit depot
9. Army has two Army Cadet Unit (ACU) to
support Cadet training in South Australia:
• Murray Bridge. The Murray Bridge depot
occupies one ha and is situated on
Caroline Street.
• Clare. The Clare depot occupies four ha and
is situated at the intersection of Beare, Hope
and Powell Streets.
Training Areas and ranges
10. There are five training areas and ranges to
support ADF training in South Australia:
• Woomera Prohibited Area. Located around
450 km north-west of Adelaide and covering
12,700,000 ha (127,000 sq km) the Woomera
Protected Area (WPA) is the largest landbased
range in the world. Bounded to the
south by the Trans Australian Railway, the
east by the Woomera to Roxby Downs road,
the west by the 280 north line from the
township of Watson and the north by a more
ad hoc line passing through the northern
sections of the Tallaringa Conservation Park
and Coober Pedy and in part following the
Oodnadatta Track. Approximately two-thirds
of the WPA is State Crown land covered
by pastoral leases issued by the South
Australian Government. The land to the west
of longitude 133 degrees is owned by the
Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal community.
A small region to the north is owned by the
Pitjantjatjara community. There are small
parcels of Commonwealth land. Water
for the complex is serviced by the
Defence-owned Port Augusta-Woomera
Pipeline. WPA comprises a number of
separate precincts including the Woomera
village itself, Camp Rapier (Woomera West),
the Woomera Airbase Technical Area, RAAF
Woomera (a bare-base airfield capable of
operating aircraft up to Boeing 747 heavy
jets and fast-jet aircraft such as the F-18).
The major areas are:
– Woomera Test Range. The Woomera
Test Range is the area stretching from
the township of Woomera village in
the south east, to Maralinga in the
west and beyond Coober Pedy in the
north. It comprises specialist test and
evaluation sites, space launch facilities,
demolition areas, an EW site, and a
fully instrumented air weapons range.
Other areas include specialised target
sites and live-firing ranges. It has
been used as an international testing
ground for missiles and space related
activities since the end of World War
II because of its unique attributes.
The range hosts a wide spectrum of
ground, air and space activities for
Australian and international government
and commercial organisations.
Defence has recently committed
to a major defence modernisation
program for this capability.
– Woomera Village. Occupying an area
of 4,715 ha Woomera village is located
on Commonwealth land approximately
180 km north west of the main regional
township of Port Augusta and some
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