 Lat
35° 7' 0S Long 147° 22' 0E Largest Australian city with harbor and airfields.
Sydney
Harbor
 Sydney's Harbor. Green Island naval base in the harbor, used by Australian and American warships at the start of the war. In late May - early June, 1942 it was the target of several Japanese attacks, including midget submarines and shelling.
Japanese Missions Against Sydney Harbor
May 29 - June 8, 1942
| HMAS Kuttabul |
| Sunk by torpedo from Japanese midget submarine, salvaged, displayed at AWM |
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Royal Australian Navy Heritage Center
Displays the conning tower from one of the midget submarines sunk on May 31, 1942.
| Sydney Airport |
Construction
Built prior to the war.
Today
Still in use today as Sydney's main international airport.
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National Maritime
Museum
Collection includes WWII coaster Krait
HARS
(Historical Aircraft Restoration Society)
Private restoration facility, Greinert aircraft recovered from Papua New Guinea
Bringelly
Lat 33° 55' 60S Long 150° 43' 60E Located to the west of Sydney.
| Bringelly Airfield (Emergency Landing Strip) |
Wartime Use
Sheep pasture, used as a wartime emergency landing strip with rail line nearby.
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Liverpool
Memorial
to Airacobra pilot George Cantello who was killed in a crash near this location on June 8 , 1942.
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