In part 1 of ‘Fort Gellibrand – Understanding the Trace’ the fortification originally known as Williamstown Central Battery was examined through the gun positions and buildings which still exist on […]
Understanding the purpose and development of any fortification requires its ‘trace’ to be established (the outline of the fortification at a particular development stage).
Fort Gellibrand is located on Battery Road near Point Gellibrand at the southernmost tip of the Williamstown peninsula as it juts into Hobsons Bay and Port Phillip Bay. Fort Gellibrand […]
Governor Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB RN arrived in Melbourne on board the Queen of the South, commanded by Captain William Henry Norman (1812-1869), to assume the governorship of Victoria. […]
Victoria, formed as a British Colony 161 years ago, was to become the ‘Cradle of the Australian Navy’, the base from which the Commonwealth Federation developed its formidable Australian Naval […]
This is the story of, perhaps, an unspectacular man, a soldier who experienced both garrison posting and war, volunteering and public service. It is not an altogether new story, but […]
In 1859 Britain was swept with an anti-French fever whipped up by the Press as a result of the construction of the French warship La Gloire, the first armoured steam […]
The Victorian Navy came into being in 1855 when Her Majesty’s Colonial Ship (HMCS) Victoria was manned for the delivery voyage to Australia. This article just scratches the surface of […]
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