Function

RAAF Williams – Laverton was established in 1925. Headquarters Air Force Training Group, the ADF School of Languages and the Defence International Training Centre is located at the site. This site will be partially divested to retain the critical capability, with the exact portions to be finalised through the divestment process.

This section of the site contains a golf course and vacant land. Government will engage with existing tenants as part of the divestment process.

Child care centre services will be retained within the Base.

Functions

RAAF Williams – Point Cook is the birthplace of the Australian Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Australian Air Force. It was established in 1913 as the location for the Central Flying School.

The site provides office space, an active airfield, a RAAF Museum, repository and a venue Cadet training.

There is ongoing maintenance of heritage buildings including painting and reroofing of unused married quarters.

Address

Point Cook Road
Point Cook VIC 3030

Size

342 hectares

Functions

Established in the 1870s, Newland Barracks is located in the City of Geelong. The site has been in continuous use by military volunteers, Army and the Army Reserves. The historic buildings have been adaptively repurposed for multiple uses.

The site serves as an Army Reserves training and Cadets training facility.

Address

198 Myers Street
Geelong VIC  3220

Size

1.1 hectares

Functions

Latchford Barracks is one of the 4 garrisons within the Albury-Wodonga Military Area. The Barracks is located approximately 10km away from the other garrisons and was originally built as a personnel staging camp during World War II.

This site serves as office space, logistics, live‑in accommodation, and provides field training areas, a simulation training centre and Army Reserves training facility.

Address

Bonegilla Road
Bonegilla VIC 3691

Size

220 hectares

Functions

Situated just over an hour from Melbourne, the partial divestment consists of a parcel of land at HMAS Cerberus, including the publicly accessible golf course, licenced to the Cerberus Golf Club. 

This section of the site provides a golf course and vacant land.

Government will engage with existing tenants as part of the divestment process.

Functions

This site is located in Newtown, Geelong and supports Air Force Cadets training.

This site serves as an Air Force Cadets training facility.

Address

48 Sherbourne Terrace
Geelong VIC 3220

Size

0.60 hectares

Functions

Established in the 1860’s, overlooking the shipping lanes to Melbourne, the fort was built to defend the entrance of Port Phillip Bay. It is now a preserved heritage site used for administration, archiving, historical research and the Fort Queenscliff Museum.

The site provides administrative functions, museum and Cadet training. Government will engage with existing tenants as part of the divestment process.

Address

1 King Street
Fort Queenscliff VIC 3225

Size

7 hectares

Functions

This site is approximately 10 km from Melbourne central business district. Defence Site Maribyrnong was historically used for a range of explosives manufacturing, laboratory research and equipment and material testing between its establishment in 1908 and closure in 2005. This site is currently undergoing divestment.

Defence Site Maribyrnong was added to the public divestment list in 2010. This site has been vacant since 2006.

Functions

This site is located approximately 1.5 km northeast of Melbourne’s central business district. The site includes 2 buildings comprising of offices.

The site serves as office space and training facility for Army Reserves, including the University of Melbourne regiment.

Address

65 Grattan Street
Carlton VIC 3053

Size

0.26 hectares

Functions

This site is located on the south-west corner of Victoria Barracks Melbourne. The Clinic is a two-storey heritage building built in 1937 for repatriation outpatient care for veterans. It was converted to office space in the post-war period. This site has been vacant since 1998. It was identified as surplus to Defence requirements in 2015.

The building is currently unused.

Significant maintenance, remediation, safety and security and heritage works were completed in December 2023.