The RAAF established No. 16 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot Goulburn (No. 16 IAFD) at Lake Bathurst in New South Wales in 1942. It remained in use until 29 August 1944.

No. 16 IAFD is situated alongside the Goulburn to Canberra railway line near Tarago, some 40kms from Goulburn. Lake Bathurst is in fact the IAFD location for Goulburn. 

A view across part of the site showing two of the tank mounds

Photo:- Ian Jenkins

Concrete Fuel Pumping Station

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Tunnel entrance to an underground tank.

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Concrete entrance to underground tank and ventilation pipe

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Tank lid with counterweights

Tank lid showing twin counterweights

Inside the tunnel entrance showing the concrete tank and fuel pipe outlets

Photo:- Ian Jenkins

Wire mattress bases with railway line in the background