Jerrabomberra. Established in the late 1930s as the RoyalAustralianNavyWireless/Transmitting Station Canberra, the facility was commissioned into the RAN as
South Pacific. The RoyalAustralianNavy was initially a green-water navy, as the RoyalNavy provided a blue-water force to the Australian Squadron, which
former commissioned bases used by the RoyalAustralianNavy. "MANUS BASE TO BE CALLED H.M.A.S. TARANGAU". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1950. p. 4. Retrieved
Corps (WESC) were recruited for wireless telegraphy work at the RoyalAustralianNavyWireless/Transmitting Station Canberra, as part of a trial to free up