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Signal station, South Head, Sydney, c. 1940, Sam Hood from State Library of New South Wales uploaded February 2021
Watsons Bay from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2017
'South Head Lighthouse' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
Sydney Ferry BINNGARRA passing Sydney Heads from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2012
French three-masted barque TOURAINE under tow near Sydney Heads from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
The Gap, Sydney, 188- / photographer unknown from State Library of New South Wales uploaded December 2010
Cliff top gun emplacement at South Head from Powerhouse Museum uploaded December 2008
The Lookout, South Head from Powerhouse Museum uploaded September 2008
North and South Heads, Sydney, NSW from Powerhouse Museum uploaded May 2008
Cliffs, South Head from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2008
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'South Head Lighthouse' RAHS/Osborne Collection
- Aussie-Pete 4 said:
- beachcomber australia said:
Cliffs, South Head
from Powerhouse Museum
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covid convict said:
If you zoom in at the PURL version, around the corner from The Gap (above the white water) you can see the fixed ladders used by fishermen to scale the cliffs...I gather this is 'Jacob's Ladder'...
Cliff top gun emplacement at South Head
from Powerhouse Museum
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sakshi sharma said:
very nice
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Tim Pruyn said:
Appears to be Hornby Battery. Judging from photograph angle, it appears to be taken from the steps of Hornby Lighthouse. The blur in the lower right hand corner of the photo appears to the railing on the lighthouse. This is gun appears to be a 9 inch 12 ton Rifled Muzzle Loading (RML) manufactured in 1872. The smoke in distance appears to show the battery on Signal Hill being fired. You can see artillerymen near the RML gun. You can also clearly see the sunken pathways between the batteries. This emplacement was refurbished in 1939 and had BL Mark 7 guns placed there as part of Sydney's WWII defences. This emplacement survives to this day, albeit without any guns. The RML pictured could possibly be the very same gun near HMAS Watson.
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BobMeade said:
orangetim - Good information! One of the WWII era guns survives. It crossed the harbour to Mosman. See it here: lifeasdaddy.typepad.com/lifeasdaddy/2008/03/the-big-gun-o...
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Tim Pruyn said:
Oh nice! I didn't know they kept any of the old 6in BL Mark 7 guns! Now, would that gun look nice back in it's original position!
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Whipper_snapper said:
Fascinating photograph. Please add to: Artillery where it will be a welcomed addition to the group.