The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Laayoune, Western Sahara. 1992-06. The United Nations (UN) Force Headquarters taken from the entrance. In the foreground is the UN satellite terminal which links the Headquarters to New York. The masts in the middle were erected by the Australian contingent to MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) and provided the high frequency radio communications to the mission. In the background on the hill is the non operative Tropospheric Scatter antenna used by the Moroccan Telephone Service to provide a link to Smara.
Laayoune, Western Sahara. 1992-06. Exterior of the offices occupied by personnel and CASA (air element), inside the quadrangle at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters for MINURSO (United Nations Missi
Laayoune, Western Sahara. Distant view of buildings utilised by the headquarters of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). On the left are white containers making up t
Laayoune, Western Sahara. The Swiss Medical Unit's compound, a contingent provided to MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). On the right hand side are demountable cont
Laayoune, Western Sahara. Distant view of buildings utilised by the headquarters of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). In the centre are the white containers makin
Laayoune, Western Sahara. Personnel from the Swiss Medical Unit, a contingent provided to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) lined up in the Units Compound. The
Laayoune, Western Sahara. 1992-06. A small donkey-drawn cart, carrying four gas bottles for delivery, travels down a street in town. This road was travelled daily by members of the Australian continge
