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Point Ormond Coastal Fortifications
Point Ormand, PORT PHILLIP CITY

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    • Historical Australian Themes

      Point Ormond Coastal Fortifications - Historical Australian Themes

      Providing administrative structures and authorities - defence

      Usage/Former Usage

      Point Ormond Coastal Fortifications - Usage/Former Usage

      Not extant

      Veterans Description for Public

      Point Ormond Coastal Fortifications - Veterans Description for Public

      The Point Ormond Coastal Fortifications were part of the system of coastal forts established in Port Phillip Bay, beginning in the 1850s. The Jervois-Scratchley reports led to major works in the 1880s, when the system of coastal fortifications included Fort Queenscliff, South Channel Fort, coastal batteries at Williamstown, Port Melbourne and St Kilda (Point Ormond). The fortifications of this period were characterised by the use of earth mounding in front of extensive concrete emplacements, tunnels and magazines.

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