Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker
Lalbert Road LAKE BOGA, SWAN HILL RURAL CITY

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Statement of Significance
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Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker - Physical Description 1
The former RAAF transmitter bunker is a barrel-vaulted reinforced concrete structure, largely concealed beneath an earth mound. The street frontage has a central entrance in the form of a projecting tunnel with a sloping concrete slab roof, which contains a timber door frame, without door leaves, and concrete steps leading down into the bunker. At each end of the bunker is a projecting chimney-like shaft, and one half of the bunker has a pair of smaller projecting shafts, which apparently acted as vents.
Internally, the bunker has vaulted ceilings and an exposed earth floor. The internal space comprises a central lobby flanked by two enclosed rooms accessed via rectangular doorways with timber-door frames. At the extreme end of each room, small square hatches provide access to the vertical concrete shafts, which contain steel ladders and were evidently intended as emergency exits.Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker - Intactness
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Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker - Physical Conditions
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Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker - Historical Australian Themes
Thematic Environmental History
13.6 The Wars
Veterans Description for Public
Former RAAF Transmitter Bunker - Veterans Description for Public
The former RAAF transmitter bunker off Lalbert Road in Lake Boga, dates from the Second World War. The bunker is associated with the brief but significant period in Lake Boga's history when the town was the site of the largest inland military airbase in Australia. Along with the other surviving structures associated with the base the bunker provides valuable evidence of a significant aspect of wartime operations in Victoria. It is one of the few remaining buildings associated with the Flying Boat Repair Depot, and the only one south of the Murray Valley Highway.
The bunker is a barrel-vaulted reinforced concrete structure, largely concealed beneath an earth mound. The street frontage has a central entrance in the form of a projecting tunnel with a sloping concrete slab roof, which contains a timber door frame, without door leaves, and concrete steps leading down into the bunker.
Internally, the bunker has vaulted ceilings and an exposed earth floor. The internal space comprises a central lobby flanked by two enclosed rooms accessed via rectangular doorways with timber-door frames. At the extreme end of each room, small square hatches provide access to vertical concrete shafts, which contain steel ladders and were evidently intended as emergency exits.Heritage Study and Grading
Swan Hill Rural - Rural City Of Swan Hill Heritage Study Stage 2
Author: Allom Lovell and Associates
Year: 2001
Grading: B
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Former RAAF Transmitter BunkerVic. War Heritage Inventory
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Lake Boga Honour RollVic. War Heritage Inventory
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