Description
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fort Banks
(Eastern Command Fixed Defences) is an old World War II bunker and
fortification complex that was used to protect the approaches to Botany
Bay. The fortification is located north of Cape Banks in La Perouse, New
South Wales Australia.Prior to World War II a portion of the land
located on Cape Banks that belongs to the New South Wales Golf Club was
utilized by the Australian Defence Forces for the construction of the
Cape Banks Battery. This was part of the Sydney Coastal Defences built
prior to & during World War II. The counter bombardment
fortifications consisted of two breech loading 9.2 inch gun
emplacements, underground plotting room, underground powder & shell
magazine, hydraulic pump room, & some short tunnels linking the
different sections.
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