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Warragul Fuel Storage Tank

Other Name

Rural City of Warragul Depot (former)

Location

188 NORMANBY STREET,, WARRAGUL VIC 3820

File Number

Original Hermes No: 31853

Level

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former World War Two Fuel Storage Tank, constructed c.1940, at 188 Normanby Street, Warragul.

How is it significant?
The former World War Two Fuel Storage Tank is of local historical significance to Baw Baw Shire. It is of potential historical significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant as a rare surviving example of a fuel tank constructed during World War Two as part of a program of locating fuel storages in strategic locations throughout the country in case of invasion. It provides tangible evidence of the wide range of measures undertaken by the Commonwealth Government to improve Australia's defensivecapabilitiesduring World War Two. (Criteria A & B)

Group

Military