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Defence works at the Heads
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton David Syme & Co. Illustrated Australian News
This wood engraving was published in The Illustrated Australian News, 13 May 1885 and shows colonial defence works being built at Queenscliff, Victoria. The vignettes illustrate the defences at the He...ART19852
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Nine-inch gun, Queenscliff battery
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
gun emplacement; nine-inch Armstrong Rifle Muzzle Loading gun, mounted on an iron garrison carriage, at Fort, guarding the entrance to at The Rip, in the backgroundART19853
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Our torpedo defences
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This wood engraving was published in The Australasian Sketcher, 1 June 1885, page 89. It shows the work of the colonial Torpedo group in laying down mines, minefields and the torpedo defences at Quee...ART19849
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Queenscliff Easter encampment (Target practice with the heavy guns)
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Maker: after Samuel Begg Illustrated Australian News
Queenscliff in Victoria was one of the main bases for artillery training for the Victorian colony. This work shows volunteers in the garrison artillery training with a rifled muzzle loading gun.ART19850