Camp Bulimba

Apollo Barge Assembly Depot

The US Army Transportation Service was allocated the former Apollo Candle Works site at Bulimba for the establishment of a supply depot which included warehouses and assembly of small boats and barges. Later known as the US Engineer Boat Yard at Bulimba Point, it received prefabricated barges from the USA for local assembly.

Place information

Location

167 Apollo Road

Bulimba, QLD 4171

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Place type

Military camp

History

Around the time of the arrival of the first American forces in Brisbane, the Australian military forces established a mobile anti-aircraft battery on the site adjacent to the Apollo Ferry terminal. Three sheds belonging to Vaccum Oil were used to house the crews of two 40mm Bofors guns.

In 1942 initial survey work at the former Apollo Candle Works site was undertaken by the Department of Interior’s Works and Services Branch Queensland, for the establishment of a US Army Transportation Service depot. A single requisition from the USASOS provided for the work to be undertaken by the Allied Works Council at...

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