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Moval date for DSTO M/Nong which i added and has been changed is now correct. DSTO M/Nong staff WILL be out by May 07, as i stated before.

History
I have added some events to the historical timeline, principally providing background on antecedent defence science agencies and establishments in Australia. Peter Bell (talk) 01:58, 6 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks.
 * 1940 - Department of Munitions established. Salisbury Explosives Factory and Finsbury Munitions Factory built within Adelaide suburbs.
 * One minor point, and a question:
 * a) In 1940, Salisbury was a "country town", not a suburb of Adelaide, and the factory was at least a couple of miles from the "country town".
 * b) Did they really put a munitions factory at Finsbury? Semi-rhetorical - I guess the danger depends on what sized munitions they were making, how big the stockpiles were, and how big the blast mounds around them were ... Many of the blast mounds at "Salisbury" are still in place ...
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:15, 6 December 2010 (UTC)


 * You're right, Pdfpdf - they're suburbs now, but they were paddocks in 1940. I've changed it to "rural environs of Adelaide".  Re the second point, Finsbury Munitions Factory was its name, but it only made the metal bits: shell casings, cartridges and fuses.  They were railed to Salisbury for assembly and filling with explosives and propellants. The factory complex is still there - drive down Torrens Road and turn right at Audley Street.  Peter Bell (talk) 21:01, 7 December 2010 (UTC)


 * "They were railed to Salisbury ... " - Ahhhh. Signs of a bygone age! Most of those rail lines have now been pulled up. (The spur-line to GMH (Elizabeth) is still there, but there are now trees growing in the middle of it, and where there are roads, there is bitumen covering it.) I'll have to find myself an excuse to take a drive down Torrens Road. Thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


 * During the war there was a branch line built from Woodville to the Finsbury complex, then north to Gillman Junction where it joined the old line through Dry Creek to Salisbury. The Finsbury line was closed in 1979.  The narrow streets between the factory buildings were surveyed as railway lines, and you can still see spur lines entering some of the buildings.  The Al Khalil mosque on Torrens Road is on the site of Finsbury railway station.  Peter Bell (talk) 00:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Dry Creek explosives depot
I noted that the Dry Creek explosives depot is not far away from DSTO in Adelaide. Is this a coincidence? --NearEMPTiness (talk) 13:45, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Probably coincidence at most. The Dry Creek depot page says it was established in 1906. As the discussion above says, the Salisbury and Finsbury munitions factories weren't built until 1940, the Salisbury one was where the munitions were finished and that was out in the country then. Probably more significant how close it was to the Smithfield munitions store. That had rail connection via a spur line from Smithfield railway station. --Scott Davis Talk 04:24, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the comment. I have now found the location and entered the coordinates. Therefore, I see that they are not adjacent to each other. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 05:43, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

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