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Fort Denison is a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 140 KB)Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour with the Sydney skyline. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 140 KB)Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour with the Sydney skyline. ...
Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. ...
Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. ...
Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ...
History Prior to European settlement, the island had the Aboriginal name Mat-te-wan-ye (sometimes Mallee’wonya). After the first fleet arrived in 1788, Governor Phillip and his Advocate General used the name Rock Island and not long after, the island became known as Pinchgut. See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...
1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Admiral Arthur Phillip (1786 portrait by Francis Wheatley, National Portrait Gallery, London) Admiral Arthur Phillip, RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. ...
 Fort Denison pre-1885. National Archives of Australia Once a 15 meter (49 ft) high sandstone rock, the island was flattened to provide standstone for nearby Circular Quay. Fortification of the island began in 1841, resumed in 1855 and was complete in 1857 as a defence against a feared Russian invasion during the Crimean War. At this point the island gained its current name after Sir William Thomas Denison, Governor of New South Wales from 1855 to 1861. Categories: Suburbs of Sydney | Incomplete Sydney suburbs ...
1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Combatants United Kingdom France Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease 256,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War lasted from 1854 until 1 April 1856 and was...
Sir William Thomas Denison KCB (Born May 3, 1804, England; Died January 19, 1871, England}. Governor of New South Wales January 20, 1855 - January 22, 1861. ...
The fortress features a distinctive Martello tower, the only one ever built in Australia and possibly the last one ever constructed by the British Empire. Construction used 8,000 tonnes of sandstone from nearby Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay. Walls in the tower are between 3.3 meters and 6.7 meters thick at the base and 2.7 meters thick at the top. Martello towers are small defensive forts built by the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
Neutral Bay Junction, part of the shopping area on Military Road Neutral Bay is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia. ...
The gunroom on the tower still contains three 8-inch muzzle loading cannons which were positioned before construction was complete. The width of passages within the tower are too narrow to permit these to be removed.
In May 1942 a Japanese submarine attack on Sydney Harbour took place. One of the vessels was fired upon by the American cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29) and some 5-inch shells hit Fort Denison causing minor tower damage which can still be seen today. 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ...
Combatants Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands. ...
The second USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. ...
Since 1992, the site has been managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, which has spent around A$2m conserving and upgrading the facilities. Significant contribution for the work was made by Origin Energy. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Origin Energy logo Origin Energy ASX: ORG is an Australian gas and electricity company. ...
Following publication of a Conservation Plan, further renovation commenced in 1999 and was completed in 2001. The conservation and adaptive re-use of the Island was awarded the NSW Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Conservation Award; a ‘Commendation’ in the National RAIA Awards; and a National Trust Heritage Award in 2001. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ...
Current Use Fort Denison is now a museum, tourist attraction and Sydney's only island cafe. The tourist facility contains a chronological exhibition of the island history from Aboriginal times.
It also operates a Harbour Navigational Facility, with tide gauge, navigation channel markers, foghorn and beacon. The Bureau of Meteorology operates a weather facility from the island and publishes observations at half hourly intervals on their website [1]. This tidal gauge is ready to be installed underwater in a marina. ...
Foghorns near Lizard Point, Cornwall Foghorns are a navigation aid for mariners. ...
At 1pm every day, a cannon is fired from Fort Denison to indicate the time to Sydneysiders. This practice started in 1906 and continued until World War II when it was stopped for fear of alarming residents, not recommencing again until 1986. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Famous Prank In 1900, with the Boer war raging in Africa, White Star Line ship Medic sailed to Sydney Harbour and dropped anchor in Neutral Bay. One evening the fourth officer, Charles Lightoller and four midshipmen rowed to Fort Denison and climbed the tower with a plan to fool locals into believing a Boer raiding party was attacking Sydney. They hoisted a makeshift Boer flag on the lightning conductor and fired one of the cannons located at the fort. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...
Combatants United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Orange Free State, South African Republic Commanders Frederick Roberts, Lord Kitchener Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, Paul Kruger Casualties 22,000 6,500 Civilians killed [mainly Boers]: 24,000+ The Second Boer War, also known as the South African War (outside of South Africa...
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Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ...
The conservative citizens of Sydney frowned upon this activity and after an investigation Lightoller accepted sole responsibility for the incident and was reprimanded. White Star Lines apologised and paid damages to the city.
Charles Lightoller went on to be the second officer onboard RMS Titanic and the most senior officer to survive the 1912 sinking of the ship. He was a key witness at both the British and American inquiries into the disaster. Cmdr. ...
RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Popular Culture Fort Denison featured in the 1959 film The Siege Of Pinchgut, known in the United States as Four Desparate Men. Directed by Harry Watt, written by Jon Cleary and starring Aldo Ray, the film was the final film production of the British-based Ealing Studios. Jon Cleary in an Australian writer of many books, among them The Sundowners and The High Commissioner. ...
Aldo Ray, also known as Aldo DaRe (25 September 1926 - 27 March 1991) was an American film actor. ...
Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ...
References - City Of Sydney Website; About Sydney - Fort Denison, [2], Accessed Jun 2006.
- NSW Government; Our Built Heritage Case Study: Fort Denison, [3], Accessed Jun 2006.
- Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, Fort Denison, [4], Accessed Jun 2006.
- Department of the Environment and Heritage; Fort Denison, Sydney, NSW, Australian Heritage Database (Place ID 1856), 1978.
- The Internet Movie Database; The Siege Of Pinchgut, [5], Accessed Jun 2006.
- Lightoller, C.H.; Titanic and Other Ships, 1935. (Available through Gutenberg Australia)
- O'Brien, J; Fort Denison, 8th February 2006, 702 ABC Sydney Radio Story, (Transcript)
External links Coordinates: -33.852434° 151.215095° Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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