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Heritage listing for Breddan Airfield
Breddan Airfield, located north of Charters Towers, has been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Queensland Heritage Council Chair David Eades said the airfield was initially constructed as a dispersal field for Charters Towers before being developed into a major World War II maintenance, repair and salvage base.
"Breddan became one of the largest RAAF aircraft and motor transport engineering repair facilities in north Queensland," Mr Eades said.
"In 1943 about 40 buildings were built on the site which included maintenance hangars, engineering workshops, torpedo stores, personnel camps, a power station and medical facilities.
"At its largest in 1943 a total of 1200 personnel lived on the base.
"The base was abandoned after 1947 but a significant number of its features still remain on site including the aid station and two types of reinforced concrete igloos which were used to store torpedos and torpedo war heads.
"It is hoped that heritage listing will help conserve and protect this important war time relic as a reminder to us now and to future generations about how close we came to war in north Queensland," Mr Eades said.
The property is state-owned land which is now being leased for grazing purposes.
Breddan Airfield was identified as part of the WWII component of the statewide heritage survey being undertaken by the Department of Environment and Resource Management's Heritage Branch.
The Queensland Heritage Council is the state's independent peak body and advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Places that are entered in the Heritage Register are considered of importance to Queensland’s history and are protected under heritage legislation.