Name of site: | Wirlinga Ammunition Depot |
Description: | Wirlinga is an active Defence site located in southern NSW. The site has been used as an explosive ordnance storage depot for Defence Explosive Ordnance, Improvised Explosive Device and demolitions training. During WW2 it was used for storage of significant quantities of chemical warfare agent filled munitions. |
Client: | Department of Defence |
Date: | Commenced 2021. Ongoing. |
Size & Terrain: | 370 hectares of open, dry grassland with large patches of marsh, crossed by numerous creeks containing protected species of flora and fauna. |
Project details: | Commencing in March 2021, this project involved several geophysical surveys across seven areas of the Depot. |
Discovery: | Some 8,000 targets have been investigated as of May 2023. |