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WWII East Point Fortifications
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A collection of remnant WWII features located around the whole of East Point peninsula. The features include gun turrets, anti-aircraft battery sites, machine gun posts, Pee Wee's Camp, an engine room complex, a boom net anchorage point, boom net tower, a command post, two 9.2 inch gun emplacements and various concrete buildings and a number of underground structures.
The WWII East Point Fortifications are valued for their social associations with the events of World War II in Northern Australia.
The fortifications were the first fixed defences of Darwin, built in 1932-34 to protect the naval oil depot. The military facilities at East Point were further developed in the late 1930s as a response to the Japanese threat. They were one of the targets in Japanese air raids on Darwin (the first international armed conflict on Australian soil) which commenced on 19 February 1942. The site has a variety of remains demonstrating the complexity of a defence installation of the WWII period.
20/05/1993
21/06/1993
21/06/1993
Comment sought
17/11/1994
09/12/1994
30/11/1994
HAC2001/0040
Historic
Darwin Municipality
Fortifications built in 1932-34. Lot 6427(A), thru to Lot 6443(A)
inclusive.
Photo
   
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ViewWWIIEastPoint 140508_LR2.jpgEast Point Ack-Ack site14/JUL/21
ViewWWIIEastPoint 080508_LR1.JPGEast Point Ack-Ack site14/JUL/21
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ViewInstrument and Gazettal.pdf - 06/FEB/09
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Approximate Location
   
LAIS KeyStreet NumberStreet NameSuburbLocation CodeLot NumberLTO PlanPartTenure
200 05775 152ALEC FONG LIMEAST POINT2005775 - - Freehold
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