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Military site

Type - Military site
Anzac Rifle Range Moorebank
Ermington Naval Storage Depot
Fort Denison
HMAS Penguin
HMAS Rushcutter
HMAS Waterhen
HMAS Watson
Holsworthy military reserve
Newington Armoury
The Redoubt
United States Army Depot
Victoria Barracks
Wynyard Barracks

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Military site

Anzac Rifle Range Moorebank

Rifle range established near Liverpool for military use.

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Ermington Naval Storage Depot

Storage depot used by the United States Army during World War II and then by the Australian Navy. It was redeveloped for housing in the twenty-first century.

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Fort Denison

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Rocky island in Sydney Harbour, colloquially known as Pinchgut, on which a Martello tower fort was built in the 1840s and 50s.

HMAS Penguin

Royal Australian Navy training establishment on Middle Head, Sydney Harbour.

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HMAS Rushcutter

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) depot, radar and anti-submarine training school which was decommissioned in 1960 and transferred to the state for public recreation in 1979.

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HMAS Waterhen

Royal Australian Navy base at Waverton specialising in mine warfare.

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HMAS Watson

Naval base and maritime warfare training establishment at South Head.

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Holsworthy military reserve

Training area and artillery range for the Australian Army since World War I. It covers an area of bushland and barracks east of the Georges River and west of Heathcote Road south of Liverpool.

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Newington Armoury

Military magazine operated first by the army and from 1921 by the navy, it was closed in 1999 as new storage rules created operational difficulties and to accommodate the athlete's village for the 2000 Olympic Games. Remnants of the 1897 structures remain.

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The Redoubt

Military enclosure to protect soldiers, convicts and supplies on rising ground near the Crescent in Parramatta Park.

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United States Army Depot

Military depot established bythe US Army during World War II on Glebe Island.

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Victoria Barracks

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Army quarters in Paddington with a range of sandstone buildings dating from 1841 to the Edwardian period, that comprise one of the best groups of colonial buildings in Sydney. The Barracks housed British soldiers until 1870 before occupation by colonial forces and the Australian Army.

Wynyard Barracks

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Barracks and parade ground constructed for the the military in the early days of the colony. They were used until the new Victoria Barracks were completed in 1848.