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Khaki And Green

The Story of War Games Preceding the Formation of the Wollemi National Park

By Michael Keats OAM, Yuri Bolotin and Brian Fox

Publisher: Design Portfolio Pty Ltd

Released: May 2025

Pages: 374

Price: $58

Free Delivery - Australia Wide



Table of Contents

# Section Page
01 Preface 8
02 Synopsis 15
03 Timeline of Key Events 31
04 Interpretation of the Permissive Occupancies Granted to the Army in the Area 39
05 Politics and Defence 43
06 What the Army Built for Exercises Icebreaker, Nutcracker and Sky High 1 51
07 Sappers on the job 67
08 Exercises Ben Tiger and Iron lady 77
09 The Sheyville Period 83
10 The Wollemi Area and the Army 111
11 Wilderness 123
12 National parks and Wildlife Service Concerns 135
13 Bushwalker Discoveries 143
14 Formation of the Wollemi National Park 155
15 Appendix 1: Exercise Sky High 170
16 Appendix 2: The Defence Act and Regulations 270
17 Appendix 3: Exercise Sky High 2 276
18 Appendix 4: Media Reports 282
19 Appendix 5: Key Place Names 312
20 Appendix 6: Historical Maps 320
21 Appendix 7: Report by Yuri Bolotin of a Visit to Camp Coridcudgy 324
22 Appendix 8: Report by Yuri Bolotin of a Visit to a Mock Vietnamese Village Site 330
23 Appendix 9: Recollections by Greg Hutchinson 336
24 Glossary 340
25 Abbreviations 346
26 Acknowledgements 350
27 The Authors 353
28 Bushexplorers Website 354
29 Bibliography 360
30 Index 368