Newspaper - Fortuna Villa article - Villa too cramped 1970, Bendigo Advertiser Newspaper, 17 July 1970

Historical information

This is an article from the Bendigo Advertiser and is about the Minister for the Army Mr AS Peacock's 1970 plan to relocate the AHQ Survey Regiment from Bendigo to Bonegilla. The article discusses various crowded workspaces at Fortuna including the stables, the crushing battery, WW2 galvanized iron huts and the Villa attic. The member for Bendigo MHR Mr David Kennedy seriously questioned the Minister's financial considerations stating that it would cost much more to provide the new workspace at Bonegilla rather than the expansion of some workspaces at Fortuna. The photo in the article shows the crowded workspaces that were discussed.

Physical description

Two A3 monochrome photocopied pages of a single newspaper article and one A4 photocopy

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