RAAF Memorial Park
R.A.A.F. (Royal Australian Air Force) Memorial Park is located on the corner of Belmore & Woodstock Avenues, Mt Druitt.
RAAF Memorial Park contains remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland, an endangered ecological community.
The park was officially opened and dedicated on the 27th of April 1992 by the late Air Commodore, Rex Taylor CBE. He was the original commanding officer of the first unit formed on this site in 1942, the No.11 Repair & Servicing Unit.
The park and bronze plaque were blessed by the Reverend Brian Hart. It was his great uncle, William Hart, who at Mt Druitt in 1912 became the first person to crash an aeroplane while flying over land in Australia!
Originally, the park was part of a 1000 acre block of land given to Major George Druitt of the 48th Regiment by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on the 31st of October 1821. Major Druitt was Chief Engineer under Governer Macquarie, and the land was granted to him as a reward for his years of service.
In March 1942, 690 acres of this was resumed under National Security Regulations. An air strip, two hangars and some workshops were then built on the site. The land was not handed back to its owner until January 1951.
We have prepared a guided Site Walk that you can do to learn more about the park, its value and the problems facing it first hand. Click on the link below, print out the pages and take them with you when you do the walk.
Click here to view the site walk!
The park has some remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland present, an endangered ecological community that has high conservational significance. Keeping this vegetation alive and healthy is an important task and there are several management issues associated with this. Click on the link below to view some of the environmental management issues facing the park.
Click here to view some of the environmental management issues of RAAF park.
These works have been undertaken by Blacktown City Council in conjunction with the Natural Heritage Trust.