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and
Centenary Drive. The site was said to have been the largest secret manufacturing plant in Australia which was used for the production of military weapons, plane components, tanks, HE Bombs and ordnance. Over two thousand men and women were employed to work at the factory on a daily basis. During
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An underground "bunker" and tunnel system is located on this site. It is directly under a block of flats in
Davidson Street and Marlene Crescent. The entrance to the "bunker" is by steel doors set in concrete into the hillside in a railway cutting which runs from alongside the railway line parallel
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Apart from the bunker, there is also a network of storage facilities that extend under the railway workshop. Sometime between 1977 and 1978 the steel access doors were fitted with locks (Railway SL type). The airshafts for this "bunker" are still clearly seen from the Hume
Highway and some of them
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the war the factory produced components for 700 Beaufort, 380 Beaufighter and up to 50 Lincoln aircraft. Over 54 ACI tanks were built as well as 60 General Lee tanks that were adapted for use in the
Australian Military, as were local jeeps in the 1970s. The factory also produced 81 cupola
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to
Marlene Crescent at a platform called the Railwelders and which leads under the block of flats. The doors to this "bunker" were welded up in the late 1980s. The steel doors are no longer visible, and the associated area has been back filled.
309:(RAAF headquarters during World War II) on the corner of Marion and Edgar Street Condell Park. Access to this network of storage facilities was from a steel door, bolted into the side of a stormwater drain which runs along the old
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on 6 January 1793. In the 1950s, many immigrants from Europe were housed in the area. Once established, they moved to other parts of Sydney. Chullora was the name used for one of the estates in this area. Chullora is an
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Chullora is part of a contiguous area with no or very low population between the Inner West area to the east and the
Greater Western Sydney area to the west, alongside neighbouring suburbs like
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previously serviced and repaired suburban and inter-urban trains, although this has now been outsourced to the private sector. Chullora does not have its own railway station. The
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Although a large part of
Chullora is taken up by railway infrastructure, these are exclusively used for freight, and there is no passenger rail station in or around the suburb.
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is the main road that runs to the south of
Chullora. To the south it is bound by Brunker Road. To the west it is bounded by Rookwood Road (
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are within metres of the roadway. It has also been alleged that a tunnel approximately 6 km (4 miles) long connects this complex with
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387:. In 2011, Volkswagen Group Australia opened their new national head office on Muir Road, complete with a parts distribution centre.
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Sydney warehouse at the
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region. The suburb is entirely industrial and commercial, and in the 2021 census recorded a population of 14.
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building in Chullora. It then runs under the Hume Hwy and eventually under the rail workshop.
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before its closure. A Big Bicycle is located outside the Chullora Recycling Centre and is a
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Chullora Market Place is a shopping centre on Waterloo Road in neighbouring
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operate bus services for this region. The nearest railway station is
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Suburb of City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
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The suburb of Chullora was originally part of the area known as
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540:. Published in Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers.
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269:has perhaps brought the suburbs back to its roots.
573:"Chullora Munitions Site - Western Sydney Bunkers"
503:Lawrence, Joan; Brian Madden; Leslie Muir (1999).
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410:Chullora within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown
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379:. Chullora was the home to the headquarters of
1650:Military history of Sydney during World War II
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484:List of World's Largest Roadside Attractions
376:The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
912:118th General Hospital (United States Army)
506:A Pictorial History of Canterbury Bankstown
439:and its predecessors from 1958 until 1989.
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58:" at the old Chullora Recycling Centre
671:suburbs, localities, and other topics
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513:: Kingsclear Books. pp. 91–92.
991:LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown
679:within City of Canterbury Bankstown
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278:major wartime manufacturing plant
598:ABS – Quickstats 2021 – Chullora
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226:Sydney central business district
1273:Bankstown District Cricket Club
420:, but is named after Chullora.
97:15 km (9 mi) west of
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1278:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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311:Roads & Traffic Authority
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1568:Earlwood Aboriginal Art Site
1563:Duck River (New South Wales)
1020:Public transport bus service
981:Canterbury Boys' High School
669:City of Canterbury Bankstown
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219:City of Canterbury-Bankstown
111:City of Canterbury-Bankstown
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1558:Cooks River Sewage Aqueduct
1548:Canterbury Bankstown region
1237:Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
1191:Georges River National Park
961:Bankstown Girls High School
511:Alexandria, New South Wales
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429:Electric Carriage Workshops
352:Australian Financial Review
265:'. The construction of the
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1171:Canterbury Park Racecourse
537:The Book of Sydney Suburbs
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395:Chullora Railway Workshops
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1603:Roselands Shopping Centre
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996:Malek Fahd Islamic School
971:Birrong Girls High School
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935:No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF
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1206:Mirambeena Regional Park
1041:Public transport by rail
966:Bankstown Senior College
534:Pollen, Frances (1990).
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146:Suburbs around Chullora:
1283:Canterbury Bankstown FC
437:Urban Transit Authority
89:47 m (154 ft)
1625:List of Sydney suburbs
1093:Hurlstone Park station
677:Suburbs and localities
624:33.89083°S 151.04750°E
433:Chullora Bus Workshops
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381:Dick Smith Electronics
238:Greater Western Sydney
1543:Bethungra, Canterbury
1166:Belmore Sports Ground
1152:Sports facilities and
1103:Leightonfield station
986:Georges River Grammar
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356:Sydney Morning Herald
222:local government area
1613:Wolli Creek Aqueduct
1553:Chipping Norton Lake
1083:Chester Hill station
629:-33.89083; 151.04750
284:, Brunker Road, the
236:. It is part of the
1326:Paulini Curuenavuli
1288:Chester Hill Rhinos
1242:Canterbury Hospital
1181:Dunc Gray Velodrome
1001:St Euphemia College
696:Bankstown Aerodrome
620: /
385:roadside attraction
367:News Corp Australia
327:Sydney Olympic Park
130:Federal division(s)
118:State electorate(s)
1573:Henry Lawson Drive
1528:Ashfield Reservoir
1461:Federal divisions
1216:Terry Lamb Complex
1138:Wiley Park station
1088:East Hills station
1078:Canterbury station
1006:Sefton High School
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347:Nine Entertainment
228:, in the state of
1645:Suburbs of Sydney
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1578:King Georges Road
1538:Bankstown Central
1351:Taj El-Din Hilaly
1302:Notable residents
1268:Bankstown City FC
1232:Bankstown Airport
1133:Villawood station
1118:Punchbowl station
1058:Bankstown station
956:Al Amanah College
940:Sydney gang rapes
930:Milperra massacre
282:Rookwood Cemetery
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1336:Alex Dimitriades
1304:past and present
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1113:Panania station
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1098:Lakemba station
1073:Campsie station
1068:Birrong station
1063:Belmore station
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