In 1950 Building 40 was constructed to accommodate the as the Area Approach Control Centre for Melbourne and Victoria.
The building housed the DCA’s development of electronic air-navigation equipment, which was world leading technology at the time.
Now our Essendon Fields Medical Centre calls this building home on the ground floor, with offices claiming the upper.
Click to view gallery of images. Photo supplied by CAHS of Building 40 in 1950
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