Site of Lytton fortifications, 1887

1 January 1887
10 October 2012
10 October 2012

Site of Lytton fortifications, proposed 1877 and built 1880-82, from C. Kinloch Cooke, Australian defences and New Guinea, compiled from the papers of the late Major-General Sir Peter Scratchley, R.E., K.C.M.G., London, Macmillan and Co, 1887

View from Fort Kissing Point, Townsville, 2003. Peter Dunn

Copyright © Peter Dunn Collection

Fort Lytton on Brisbane River, 2007

Gun, Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island, 2009. Copyright, collection of the University of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the University of Queensland, 2012

Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island, 2009

Copyright © Collection the University of Queensland

Defences of Queensland - Original Scheme, codified by Sir Peter Scratchley, from C.

Plan of Lytton township and adjacent country for defence force purposes, 1886

Lytton, QLD
Australia
27° 25' 20.6904" S, 153° 8' 52.7208" E
1 January 1886
9 October 2012
9 October 2012

Location

Lytton, QLD
Australia
27° 25' 20.6904" S, 153° 8' 52.7208" E
Brisbane

Collection of Queensland State Archives, 620408

Plan of Lytton township and adjacent country for defence purposes. Surveyed and drawn by Lieutenant Owen, Queensland Defence Force, 3 chains to an inch. Government Engraving and Lithographic Office, Brisbane, c1886. Collection of Queensland State Archives, 620408

Grassy hills, concrete battlements and gun emplacements in Brisbane, Townsville and Thursday Island evoke the British imperial presence of the late nineteenth century.

Fragment of World War II Japanese Zero Fighter Plane

Fragment of World War II Japanese Zero Fighter Plane

Location

Australia
R5759
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
110mm
150mm
65mm

Civil Defence helmet, World War II

This British-style helmet (presumably an Australian-made example) was used during World War II by Civil Defence, a homefront organisation dealing with the impact (or possible impact) of the war on

Location

Australia
H46832
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
135mm
285mm
285mm
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