ROCKLEA MUNITIONS FACTORY
COMPO ROAD, ROCKLEA

visits since 6 August 2000

The Rocklea munitions factory was located at Compo Road (now called Evans Road), Rocklea. It is not very far from the large American Army Depot that was located at the corner of Boundary Road and Orange Grove Road. After the war this depot became the Australian Army's Damour Barracks. They have since been demolished and a housing estate built.

A large Hostel was built at Moorooka to house many of the personnel who worked at the Rocklea Munitions Factory.

Rocklea Munitions Factory on Compo Road (now called Evans Road)
You can just see the slopes of Tooheys Hill in the background

Rocklea Munitions Factory

Photo of Ammunition Factory building taken 6 May 2001
on corner of Chrome St. and Commerce St. at Salisbury

There is a small Air Raid type concrete bunker between the above building and the small RSL Memorial Park which is located between Commerce Street and Industries Road.

The students of the nearby Moorooka State School could see the camouflaged roofs of the large Rocklea Munitions Factory from their school windows. They were camouflaged to look like roads and tennis courts.

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 6 August 2000

This page last updated 01 August 2004