Department of Defence, 2009:

"Chapter 2 ‘The Defence Environment’ is a summary of the current management regime for SWBTA, incorporating case studies from military units that depend on SWBTA for part of their ‘raise, train and sustain’ cycle. In particular, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Clearance Diving School, the RAN Amphibious Force Element Group, 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), 1st Field Regiment (Royal Australian Artillery), and 82 Wing of Air Combat Group of RAAF have contributed their proud stories for incorporation into this chapter. The chapter thus provides a Defence context for the remainder of the report."

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"Inert or practice rockets, shells, bombs and projectiles are permitted to be fi red, dropped and thrown in all non high explosive (HE) impact areas in SWBTA but are largely confi ned to established target sites. Explosive munitions that may result in unexploded projectiles, ammunition or explosives remaining undetected can only be used within HE impact area, and are also mainly concentrated upon established target sites.

Three sectors in SWBTA — Pyri Pyri, Mt Hummock and Townshend Island — are identifi ed for use as HE impact areas. Within these sectors there are a number of specifi c target sites where live fi ring is concentrated. The selection of target sites anywhere in the Area is subject to a range
of safety and environmental constraints. For instance, targets may not be:

• constructed within 500 m of any shoreline, tidal creek or mangrove;
• within 100 m (500 m for air delivered munitions) of tracks and roads;
• placed against or attached to any tree; or
• placed in a position that would cause unnecessary damage to the environment.

The type of munitions used in the Area is variable, but includes all current ADF approved in-service munitions ranging from 5.56 millimetre small arms ammunition up to 2000 lb high explosive bombs dropped from aircraft. Bombing from aircraft is prohibited in the Pyri Pyri Sector. In accordance with Defence policy, munitions containing depleted uranium have never been used in SWBTA." 

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Citation and/or URL

 Department of Defence 2009, State of the Environment for Shoalwater Bay Training Area 2008, Department of Defence, Australian Government 

Spatial Coverage

Shoalwater Bay training area 

Temporal Coverage

Up to 2008 

Update Frequency

Not applicable 

Other Information

None