Download coordinates as: Breddan is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

[7][8] The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some irrigated cropping in the north of the locality near the Burkedin River.

When completed the scheme included a pumping station, rising main, reservoir on Tower Hill, chimney stack, engineer's residence, workers' cottages, provisional school, tram track, bridge across the Burdekin River and several trestle bridges to carry the rising main across small creeks between the pumping station and the reservoir in the town.

The project cost around £80,000, exclusive of ongoing maintenance, the building of a weir in 1902 and construction of an aerial tramway (flying fox) across the river c. 1911.

On the departure of the US squadrons, Breddan was chosen for development as a major aircraft repair and salvage depot under RAAF control.

The construction program which took place during 1943 involved the erection of maintenance hangars, engineering workshops, torpedo stores, personnel camps, a power station and medical facilities.