forts

Site of Lytton fortifications, 1887

1 January 1887

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

Fort Lytton on Brisbane River, 2007

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

Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island, 2009

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

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1886

9 October 2012

Location

Lytton, QLD

Australia

27° 25' 20.6904" S, 153° 8' 52.7208" E

See map: Google Maps

9 October 2012

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: colonial defence and coastal forts

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