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Good afternoon Regents Park Resident

Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information team at the Department
of Social Services.

It appears your request may have been sent to us in error, as internet
search results for Bankstown Bunker indicate that it was purchased by the
NSW Department of Housing in 1976.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Regents Park resident
<[3][FOI #13013 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2025 11:32 PM
To: FOI <[4][Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Bankstown Bunker

Dear Department of Social Services as the superseding agency for the
Commonwealth Department of Housing,

Kindly requesting site plans and title deed(s) of the Air Defence
Headquarters Sydney (ADHQ) "Bankstown Bunker" upon its transfer from the
Department of Defence to the Commonwealth Department of Housing in the
1970s.

And requesting reports and correspondence between Commonwealth Department
of Housing and the Defence Housing Authority in the 1970s especially in
1976 regarding the  construction of a housing estate on the site involving
Robertson and Hindmarsh Pty.

And also site plans and title deed(s) at the start of the 1976 Defence
Housing Authority construction of the housing estate involving Robertson
and Hindmarsh Pty.

Yours faithfully,

Regents Park resident

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