| Photographs: | None |
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| List: | Register of the National Estate |
| Class: | Historic |
| Legal Status: | Registered (21/03/1978) |
| Place ID: | 2872 |
| Place File No: | 1/13/026/0004 |
| Statement of Significance: |
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This is probably the most important defence site of the whole Middle Head complex. It is interesting because works of many periods and technologies have survived side by side. Historically it dates from a time when defence was first moved away from Sydney Cove towards The Heads. (The Commission is in the process of developing and/or upgrading official statements for places listed prior to 1991. The above data was mainly provided by the nominator and has not yet been revised by the Commission.) |
| Official Values: Not Available |
| Description: |
| The first Battery was constructed in 1871 to the design of J Barnet, colonial architect. The Fort was a strategic site which received many additions until 1911. The whole is linked by underground tunnels, ancillary rooms and magazines. There is also an interesting underground power room with iron columns. |
| History: Not Available |
| Condition and Integrity: Not Available |
| Location: |
| Located at the end of Old Fort Road, Middle Head, Georges Heights. Includes all fortifications built between 1870 and 1911. |
| Bibliography: Not Available |
Report Produced: Tue Feb 9 23:15:03 2010