Bathurst Island Airfield, in Australia during WW2

BATHURST ISLAND AIRFIELD
BATHURST ISLAND, NT
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

The WWII Bathurst Island Airfield was a mostly all-over grass airfield. The RAAF guide states that there were three runways. You can see a partial runway at the top left in the 1940 photo below. And the 1941 photo below seems to show the other two partial runways. This WWII airfield is almost 2 kilometers from the current civilian airfield which was built in the 1970s. The main township now covers the site of the WWII airfield.

The RAAF Aerodrome Guide has the following entry for Bathurst Island ELG:-

Dimensions     5100ft NE-SW Natural surface
                      2700ft E-W Natural surface
                      2190ft NW-SE Natural surface

Remarks         Mission & 2 RAAF buildings to N. Cliffs
                      25ft to the S. Trees on W. side. Wireless
                      mast (60ft) N. side of W. end of E-W run.
                      Fuel, flares available. U.S. wet conditions
                      Adjacent to Mission Station

Photo:- via Barry J. Goodall