Burglars caused over $20,000 in damage at a heritage naval station, pleading guilty to aggravated burglary and property damage.
Burglars caused more than $20,000 of damage when trying to rip copper wiring from the floor of a heritage-listed naval station building.
The four men, James Gary Taylor, Wayne Robert Blundell, Bradley Clyde Booth and Brendan Palmer, 31, all pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary in company and damaging Commonwealth property by joint commission.
The Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station, established in 1939, was integral to naval communications during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and played a significant role in defending the Australian mainland.
The Commonwealth heritage-listed site in Lawson is owned by Defence Housing Australia and the station was decommissioned in 2005.