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Heritage listing for Charters Towers war relics
Two World War II relics, located at the Charters Towers Airfield, have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Queensland Heritage Council Chair David Eades said both the Charters Towers Airfield Bore Sight Range and Compass Swinging Platform clearly demonstrate the role of Queensland airfields in the air war in the South West Pacific area.
"Charters Towers Airfield was constructed for the US Army in early 1942 to provide dispersal facilities for the main Townsville air base at Garbutt in the event of Japanese air raids," Mr Eades said.
"During 1942 the US 3rd Bombardment Group was based at Charters Towers while undertaking strikes against Japanese bases in the south-west Pacific.
"From 1943 the airfield served as a US aircraft replacement and training centre at which time the gun firing range, known as a bore sight range, and the compass swinging station were constructed," he said.
During 1942 at Charters Towers Airfield, the US Army began experimenting with replacing machine guns fixed in the noses of certain aircraft with heavier calibre guns.
"The bore sight range was used to test the accuracy of these guns. It was the only known example of its type in Queensland with an adjustable nose wheel platform to accommodate different types of aircraft," Mr Eades said.
"Around this time a compass swinging station, or platform, was constructed on the northern side of the NE-SW runway which consisted of a circular concrete slab with a compass rose inscribed on the surface.
"Aircraft were pushed onto the platform and aligned with each of the 16 main cardinal points of the compass, starting with north. Any variations in compass bearings were noted and then compass magnets were adjusted."
Mr Eades said the nearby Breddan Airfield was also recently added to the Heritage Register.
"These places demonstrate very dramatically the threat we were facing from Japanese air bombardment during the second world war," he said.
"It is hoped that heritage listing these important war time relics will help conserve and protect them as reminders of how close we came to war in north Queensland."
The Charters Towers Airfield Bore Sight Range and Compass Swinging Platform were 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.