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LOCATION
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Address The Crescent EDINBURGH
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Salisbury Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) DSTO (former Salisbury Explosives Factory) Site - Portion of the Headquarters Area (Former Administration Section) - Buildings 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27 and 28
Registered Name DSTO (former Salisbury Explosives Factory) Site - Portion of the Headquarters Area (Former Administration Section) - Buildings 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27 and 28
Significance These area includes a broad range of different buildings from the two-storeyed HQ2, to a one-time hospital and a canteen building, to two bunker-type storage buildings and two air-raid shelters. All except the air-raid shelters are similar to others of the larger site with their red-brick construction. These buildings are some of the most significant architecturally on the large site and have been associated with the administration of the larger site since the inception of the explosives factory. Consequently the group has been an integral part of the large explosives factory built during World War II and which was converted for use by the Anglo-Australian Joint Project after the war. It has continued to be used as a site for the design and development of defence science projects since that time.
Subject Index Manufacturing and processing - Munitions Manufacture; Manufacturing and processing - Office [Manufacturing]
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 06-MAR-2008
REFERENCE
LGA Salisbury
State Heritage ID 26030
Heritage Number 21956
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
d - it is an outstanding representative of a particular class of place of cultural significance
g - it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 6046/456 D78952 A503

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