UXO Warning and Advice
Standard
Defence issues the following standard UXO warning and advice: Allied Defence Forces used many sites throughout Australia,
during and after World War II, for encampments, field training, live firing of weapons and other military activities.
Some of these sites may be in your region. Dangerous items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) may still sometimes be found
on these sites. If you should find a suspicious item, that may be a UXO, do not touch or disturb it. Its been there for
many years, it wont hurt you if you dont disturb it.
Contact police they will arrange for military experts to attend and dispose of it.
Slight
Defence issues the following UXO warning and advice for areas assessed as having a slight UXO potential: Allied Defence
Forces used many sites throughout Australia, during and after World War II, for encampments, field training, live firing
of weapons and other military activities. This property is on such a site.A possibility exists that
Dangerous items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) may still be found on this site. If you should find a suspicious item,
that may be a UXO, do not touch or disturb it. It has been there for many years, it will not hurt
you if you do not disturb it. There are no known instances, in Australia where UXO have caused
injuries except when they were deliberately and intentionally disturbed.
Contact police they will arrange for military experts to attend and dispose of it. Defence recommends that all land
usage and development, within these areas, may continue without any further UXO investigation or remediation.
Substantial
Defence issues the following UXO warning and advice for areas assessed as having a substantial UXO potential:
Allied Defence Forces used many sites throughout Australia, during and after World War II, for encampments, field
training, live firing of weapons and other military activities. This property is on such a site. A
possibility exists that Dangerous items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) may still be found on this site.
If you should find a suspicious item, that may be a UXO, do not touch or disturb it. It has been
there for many years, it will not hurt you if you do not disturb it. There are no known instances,
in Australia, where UXO have caused injuries except when they were deliberately and intentionally disturbed.
Contact police they will arrange for military experts to attend and dispose of it. Defence recommends that all
land usage may continue without specific UXO search or remediation. Development and/or land usage re-zoning
proposals for land parcels considered to be subject to a substantial UXO potential should only proceed following
the conduct of UXO investigation and remediation.
Contact details for those UXO investigation and remediation companies that are members of the Defence UXO Panel (DUXOP) are available. Contact DUXOP.