Wooloomanata Station

Wooloomanata Station was a sheep station located 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-north-west of Lara, Victoria, Australia.

Frederick William Armytage[1] built a single storey U-plan Italianate style bluestone homestead with an intricate encircling iron verandah c 1860-63.

The Australian Army hired the homestead for use as the Southern Command Training School in 1939 during World War II. In 1943, the Royal Australian Air Force hired the homestead as a pilots' and officers' mess while No. 79 Squadron RAAF (RAAF) was forming-up with Supermarine Spitfires at Wooloomanata Aerodrome which had been constructed at the property. The Works Training Unit of the RAAF also operated from the property.

References
  • "Place ID 3648". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment.
  • "Wooloomanata" and Wooloomanata, Victorian Heritage Database
  • OzatWar
  • Willingham, Allan (1986), Geelong region historic buildings and objects study, Geelong Regional Commission
Specific
  1. Hone, J. Ann (1969). "Armytage, Frederick William (1838–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 3. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 April 2017 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

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