Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct is the main attraction of
Fort Lytton National Park
Fort Lytton National Park is a national park in Lytton, Queensland, Lytton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its main attraction is ''Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct'', providing guided tours of historic Fort Lytton, a museum and ...
in
Queensland
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, Australia.
The Precinct contains historic
Fort Lytton
Fort Lytton is a heritage-listed 19th century coastal fort in the suburb of Lytton in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The name “Fort Lytton” is also used to describe the military base that surrounded the fort. Fort Lytton was built in ...
(a colonial coastal defence fort), and numerous other historic military buildings and structures from colonial times to the
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The precinct is at the epicentre of what was once a one square mile (259 ha) defence base strategically located at the mouth of the Brisbane River (the base was also called “Fort Lytton”). The precinct also contains Fort Lytton Military Museum and is the site of regular military re-enactments.
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Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct , Re-enactments
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Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
suburb of Lytton.
Gallery
Image:0207 Soldiers with spherical mine 173111(1).jpg , Submarine mining engineers at Fort Lytton c.1890.
Image:Fort Lytton 6inch Armstrong Disappearing Gun in Firing Position c1900.jpg , 100pdr Disappearing Gun in Firing Position at Fort Lytton c.1890.
Image:StateLibQld 1 182827 Military camp at Lytton, ca. 1899.jpg, Mounted infantry encamped at Fort Lytton c1899.
Image:0208 Fort Lytton River Boom and HMAS Kinchela.jpg , Anti-submarine barrier across Brisbane River at Fort Lytton 1943.
Image:4.7 inch gun and crew Fort Lytton 1943 AWM 060050.jpeg , 4.7inch gun emplacement at Fort Lytton 1943.
Image:155 mm gun and crew Lytton Qld Nov 1943 AWM 060027.jpg, Armistice day service beside 155mm heavy gun at Fort Lytton 11 Nov 1943.
Image:3.7 inch AA gunners Lytton Qld Nov 1943 AWM 060055.jpg, 3.7inch heavy anti-aircraft gun at Fort Lytton 1943.
Image:AWM063197Bofors Light AA Gun at Fort Lytton January 1944.jpg, Bofors light anti-aircraft gun at Fort Lytton 1944.
Notes and references
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External links
Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct website