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  • POINT LONSDALE MARITIME AND DEFENCE PRECINCT

    2 POINT LONSDALE ROAD POINT LONSDALE, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1517
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    The Point Lonsdale Maritime and Defence Precinct including all buildings, structures, objects, ruins and archaeological features and deposits related to the location's strategic role in…

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  • FORMER FORT FRANKLIN (PORTSEA CAMP)

    3704 POINT NEPEAN ROAD 2-10 FRANKLIN ROAD PORTSEA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1090
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    The Former Fort Franklin (Portsea Camp) consists of a series of gun emplacements, associated barracks and parade ground, commandant's house and timber staff cottage as well as underground…

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  • GUNS AND EMPLACEMENTS

    BATTERY LANE PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1504
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    The guns and emplacements at Battery Hill, Port Fairy, comprise bluestone and concrete fortifications built by the Public Works Department in 1886-87; two guns installed in 1887, associated…

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  • SOUTH CHANNEL FORT

    PORT PHILLIP BAY, UNINCORPORATED

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1502
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    South Channel Fort, constructed between 1879 and 1888, was designed by Colonel Peter Scratchley of the Royal Engineers using the 'Twydall Redoubt' principles of sand parapets to be the key…

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  • FORT GELLIBRAND

    BATTERY ROAD WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1811
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    From the 1850s to the turn of the century a series of coastal defensive works were built in the Colony of Victoria in response to a perceived threat of attack from hostile warships. The…

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  • GUN (32 POUNDER)

    VICTORIA PARADE PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H2290
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    The 32 pounder gun (currently (2011) located in a modern timber-lined gun bay adjacent to the Portland Battery) was made at the Carron Ironworks in Scotland in 1811, probably as a 24…

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  • FORT NEPEAN GUN EMPLACEMENT

    POINT NEPEAN, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0004
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  • FORMER FORT FRANKLIN (PORTSEA CAMP)

    3704 POINT NEPEAN ROAD AND 2-10 FRANKLIN ROAD PORTSEA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0021
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  • FORT GELLIBRAND

    POINT GELLIBRAND WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-0178
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    From the 1850s to the turn of the century a series of coastal defensive works were built in the Colony of Victoria in response to a perceived threat of attack from hostile warships. The…

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  • CROWS NEST CAMP ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT

    THE ESPLANADE QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0085
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    Part of the WWII defences/landscapes of Queenscliff and Port Phillip. Installed during WWII after aerial warfare became a threat (after Pearl Harbour Attacks) and submarines were sighted in…

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  • CROWS NEST FORT

    14 THE ESPLANADE QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0088
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    Part of the 1880s defence networks for Queenscliff and Port Phillip. Significant single gun (HP) fortress. Probably partially intact below the current sand topsoil. Possible State Level…

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  • MOUNT MARTHA BUNKER 1

    ESPLANADE MOUNT MARTHA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0136
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  • MOUNT MARTHA BUNKER 2

    ESPLANADE MOUNT MARTHA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7821-0137
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  • WERRIBEE WORLD WAR TWO ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACMENT SITE

    137BEACH ROAD WERRIBEE SOUTH, WYNDHAM CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-2373
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    Archaeologically the site is considered to be of low significance. The key features of the site are the two large concrete pads on which the static 3.7 inch guns were located. Using…

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  • RSL HALL

    Ritchie Street PENSHURST, Southern Grampians Shire

    Southern Grampians Shire

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    The RSL Hall, Ritchie Street is a small weatherboard building located in Ritchie Street, on the edge of the township of Penshurst, and on axis looking north down French Street. It is not…

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  • Two Gun Barrels - former Officer Cadet School

    Point Nepean National Park,, PORTSEA VIC 3944 - Property No B2301

    National Trust

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    Both gun barrels (previously outside the gates and now located at the parade ground) at the former Officer Cadet School were classified. Classified: 17/09/1969

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  • South Channel Fort

    South Channel Island, Port Phillip Bay, VIC - Property No B2165

    National Trust

    VHR H1502
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    This man-made island was built for defence purposes in 1879-80 on a sandbank with bluestone rubble shoring. The fortifications include concrete and redgum dugout bunkers, underground tunnels…

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  • Crows Nest Camp Searchlight Emplacements, The Esplanade and 1 Flinders Street

    The Esplanade and 1 Flinders Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

    Queenscliffe Borough

    H7821-0083
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    Statement of Significance as recorded under the Queenscliff Heritage Study 2009 The following is the statement of significance from the Victorian Heritage Inventory: Part of the defensive…

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  • South Channel Fort

    SOUTH CHANNEL PORT PHILLIP BAY, Unincorporated

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

    VHR H1502
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    South Channel Fort, constructed between 1879 and 1888, was designed by Colonel Peter Scratchley of the Royal Engineers using the ?Twydall Redoubt? principles of sand parapets to be the key…

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  • The Former Fort Franklin (Portsea Camp)

    3704 POINT NEPEAN ROAD 2-10 FRANKLIN ROAD PORTSEA, Mornington Peninsula Shire

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

    VHR H1090
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    The Former Fort Franklin (Portsea Camp) consists of a series of gun emplacements, associated barracks and parade ground, commandant?s house and timber staff cottage as well as underground…

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  • Port Fairy Fort

    BATTERY HILL PORT FAIRY, Moyne Shire

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

    VHR H1504
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    The guns and emplacements at Battery Hill, Port Fairy, comprise bluestone and concrete fortifications built by the Public Works Department in 1886-87; two guns, installed in 1877 and 1887…

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  • Fort Gellibrand Williamstown

    POINT GELLIBRAND WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

    VHR H1811
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    From the 1850s to the turn of the century a series of coastal defensive works were built in the Colony of Victoria in response to a perceived threat of attack from hostile warships. The…

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  • Penshurst RSL Hall

    Ritchie Street PENSHURST, Southern Grampians Shire

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

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    The RSL Hall, Ritchie Street is a small weatherboard building located in Ritchie Street, on the edge of the township of Penshurst, and on axis looking north down French Street. It is not…

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  • Euroa RSL Memorial Park

    Kirkland Street EUROA, Strathbogie Shire

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

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    Preliminary Assessment - medium to high significance Possible Euroa Public & Residential Precinct

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  • Avenel War Memorial

    cnr Ewings Road and Queens Street AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE

    Vic. War Heritage Inventory

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    Preliminary Assessment - high significance Possible Central Avenel Precinct

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