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WWII Strauss Airstrip
1980 Stuart Hwy, Noonamah
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Permanent Declaration
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Nominated
01/MAY/98
Nomination Accepted
01/MAY/98
Assessment Report Considered
24/AUG/00
Signed By Minister
06/OCT/03
Gazetted
13/OCT/03
Publish Notice Of Declaration
18/OCT/03
Statement Of Heritage Value
Strauss Airstrip, dating from 1942-45, is one of the last surviving and most intact World War Two pursuit fighter installations in northern Australia. An important strategic component of the Allied defence of northern Australia, Strauss played a pivotal role in the air war against Japan by providing a base for the use of P40 Kittyhawk and Spitfire fighter squadrons.
Strauss was used by large numbers of American and British aircraft during the war, and has associations with Australia's engagement during the 20th Century in the crucial alliance with the United States and Great Britain.
Artefacts at Strauss Airstrip represent significant elements of a wartime airstrip with the potential to contribute to an understanding of the role of the pursuit fighter squadrons in Darwin during World War Two, in addition to informing the lives of servicemen in a (then) remote theatre of war.
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Strauss Airstrip and its associated sites are located within a trapezoidal area approximately 99 hectares in size (0.99km2, 3 kilometres, 570 metres wide at the southern end and 190 metres wide at the northern end). The airstrip is 1500 metres long (north south) by 50 metres (east west) and still has the original bitumen.
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