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Army Aviation Corps contract DPR/TV/1326
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The letting of the first major contract for the Army Aviation Centre at Oakey, Qld, was announced recently by the Commonwealth Minister for Works, Senator R.C. Wright. The new Director of the Army Avi...F04464
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Army builds airstrip DPR/TV/1609
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
On sleepy Lord Howe Island, 480 miles east of Sydney, NSW, Army engineers are pressing ahead with the building of a 3,300 foot emergency airstrip for use when the regular flying boat service ends. Hea...F04657
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Army builds Lord Howe Island airstrip DPR/TV/1604
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Sixty Army engineers have been given the task of building an emergency airstrip on Lord Howe Island, because a flying boat service will close down after twenty one years of operations. The engineers, ...F04654
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Darwin "under attack" in air exercise: code named "Castor Oil"
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This RAAF Public Relations TV news item is a further supplement to AWM film F02774. Visuals show Mirage "defenders' at Darwin; airfield defence guards; RAF Vulcans; Canberra bombers and Sabre jets at ...F02775
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The Army at Oakey DPR/TV/1519
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
One hundred and two miles west of Brisbane on the lush rolling plains of the Darling Downs lies the small prosperous township of Oakey. Since its settlement last century Oakey (population 2,100) has b...F04563