Lavarack Barracks
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Lavarack Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in Townsville, Queensland, and one of the country's largest military installations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lavarack Barracks, Townsville | 2 |
| Lavarack Barracks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1184757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lavarack Barracks Context triple: [Townsville, hostsFacility, Lavarack Barracks]
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A.
Moore Barracks
Moore Barracks is a British military installation named in honor of Sir John Moore, a renowned general of the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Kelley Barracks
Kelley Barracks is a U.S. Army installation in Stuttgart, Germany, best known as the home base of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).
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C.
Uniacke Barracks
Uniacke Barracks is a British Army installation in Harrogate that serves as the home of the Army Foundation College for training junior soldiers.
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D.
Lone Pine Barracks
Lone Pine Barracks is a major Australian Army training base located near Singleton in New South Wales.
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E.
Schofield Barracks
Schofield Barracks is a major U.S. Army installation in central Oahu, Hawaii, serving as a key training and operational base for Pacific forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lavarack Barracks Target entity description: Lavarack Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in Townsville, Queensland, and one of the country's largest military installations.
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A.
Moore Barracks
Moore Barracks is a British military installation named in honor of Sir John Moore, a renowned general of the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Kelley Barracks
Kelley Barracks is a U.S. Army installation in Stuttgart, Germany, best known as the home base of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).
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C.
Uniacke Barracks
Uniacke Barracks is a British Army installation in Harrogate that serves as the home of the Army Foundation College for training junior soldiers.
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D.
Lone Pine Barracks
Lone Pine Barracks is a major Australian Army training base located near Singleton in New South Wales.
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E.
Schofield Barracks
Schofield Barracks is a major U.S. Army installation in central Oahu, Hawaii, serving as a key training and operational base for Pacific forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Army base
ⓘ
military installation ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| garrison |
11th Brigade (Australia)
ⓘ
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ 3rd Brigade (Australia) ⓘ Combat Training Centre (Australia) ⓘ Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Australian Regiment units
|
| hasCapacity | several thousand personnel ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
accommodation blocks
ⓘ
armouries ⓘ communications facilities ⓘ gymnasium ⓘ headquarters buildings ⓘ logistics warehouses ⓘ medical centre ⓘ mess facilities ⓘ parade grounds ⓘ training areas ⓘ vehicle maintenance facilities ⓘ |
| hasUse |
administrative headquarters
ⓘ
army training ⓘ logistics support ⓘ operational deployment support ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Townsville
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Townsville
Queensland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ross River
ⓘ
surface form:
Ross River (Queensland)
Townsville ⓘ
surface form:
Townsville CBD
Shoalwater Bay Training Area ⓘ
surface form:
Townsville Field Training Area
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| locatedOnTerrainFeature | Mount Stuart (Queensland) ⓘ |
| location | Townsville ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Australian Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sir John Lavarack ⓘ |
| operator | Australian Army ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Department of Defence (Australia) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Australian Defence Force infrastructure
ⓘ
Townsville military precinct ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Vietnam War era expansion of Australian Army
ⓘ
deployment base for operations in Afghanistan ⓘ deployment base for operations in East Timor ⓘ deployment base for operations in Iraq ⓘ deployment base for operations in Solomon Islands ⓘ deployment base for operations in Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key northern Australian defence hub
ⓘ
one of Australia’s largest army bases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lavarack Barracks Description of subject: Lavarack Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in Townsville, Queensland, and one of the country's largest military installations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lavarack Barracks, Townsville
subject surface form:
Royal Australian Regiment
this entity surface form:
Lavarack Barracks, Townsville