Wallgrove Aerodrome

picture info	Wallgrove Aerodrome ''Wallgrove Aerodrome'' was a Royal Australian Air Force satellite and emergency airfield at Doonside, New South Wales, Australia during World War II. The aerodrome was built in 1942 and the runway was 5000 ft (1524m) long and 150 ft (45.72m) wide running NW-SW. After World War II the aerodrome was closed in 1946 and reverted to farmland. A number of former Revetment (aircraft), revetments are still in existence and the runway can still be located. An industrial area has been built over the southern end of the aerodrome. Parent Aerodrome Fleurs Aerodrome ReferencesOzatWar website Former Royal Australian Air Force bases Military history of Sydney during World War II {{Australia-WWII-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Doonside Doonside is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Doonside is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Featherdale Wildlife Park and the Nurragingy Nature Reserve are popular local tourist attractions. History The traditional owners and early settlement The Duruk people were once the owners of local land. The area now known as Doonside was named 'Bungarribee' (Bung meaning the 'creek' and garribee meaning 'cockatoo'). In 1802, Governor Philip Gidley King reserved a large proportion of land for a Government Stock Reserve. For the next twenty years the land was used as grazing land for cattle and sheep by convict herdsmen. In 1822 part of the Government stock run was granted by Governor Thomas Brisbane to Scottish immigrant, Robert Crawford. Robert first named his 1,000 acre (4 km²) Milton before renaming it "Hill End". In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]