REGIONAL FORTIFICATION LINKS

 

The following list is a "bald" set of links to Fortification Web Sites in Australia, New Zealand - and the South Pacific. It is by no means definitive or complete. The links have been drawn from the Webmaster's own "favorites" list. If your Web Site does not appear, or if you are aware of any further links that you feel ought to be added, - please contact the Webmaster at: ajscadden@paradise.net.nz

Please also advise of any "broken" or "terminated" links that you encounter.

 

Australia:

Australia @ War: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/index.htm

Australian Bunker & Military Museum: http://www.australianbunkermilitarymuseum.org/ 

Australian National Archives: http://www.gunplot.net/australiana/ausarchiveaddresses.html

Big Gun at Ben Buckler: [Armstrong 9.2" Mk. VI HP BL] (Bondi, Sydney, NSW): http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/localstudies/historical/big_gun.htm

Bunkers, Tunnels & Fortifications in Australia During W.W.II: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/bunkers.htm

Coastal and Harbour Defences of Sydney (NSW): http://members.tripod.com/~coastalgunner/index.html

Defence Heritage in and Around Sydney Harbour (NSW): http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Defence+heritage+in+and+around+Sydney+Harbour

Fort Bribie and Fort Bribie History (Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, QLD): http://indicatorloops.com/fortbribie.htm 

Fort Lytton (Brisbane, QLD): http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4303/lytton.html

Fort Scratchley Historical Society Inc. (Newcastle, NSW):    http://www.fortscratchley.org.au/ 

Guns of Western Australia (WA): http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/3050/guns.html

H.M.V.S "Cerberus" [Victoria's fast deteriorating Breastwork Monitor] (Melbourne, VIC): http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/cerberus.html

Indicator Loops (Submarine Detection): http://indicatorloops.com/loops.htm

National Library of Australia - (Home): http://www.nla.gov.au/

National Library of Australia - (Pictures Catalogue): http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/

North Fort - Home of the National Artillery Museum (Sydney, NSW): http://www.northfort.org.au/index.htm 

Returned & Services League of Australia: http://www.rsl.org.au/

Save the (H.M.V.S) "Cerberus" [Save the Cerberus Alliance] (Melbourne, VIC): http://www.cerberus.com.au/ 

The Leighton Battery Heritage Site (Buckland Hill, Fremantle, WA): http://www.artillerywa.org.au/RAAHS/Leighton.htm 

The Princess Royal Fortress (Albany, WA): http://www.forts.albany.wa.gov.au/  

Urbanadventure.org (Bunkers Section): A great collection of photographs of the Fortifications of Sydney (NSW): http://www.urbanadventure.org/main/bunkers/index.htm 

Warmuseums.com.au: http://www.warmuseums.com.au/ 

 

New Zealand:

Albert Park Air Raid Shelters (Auckland): http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/other/albert/

Archives New Zealand: http://www.archives.govt.nz/index.html

Canterbury and Westland Forts: http://www.angelfire.com/ne/4WDNZ/fortifications.htm

Capital Defence - Wellington's Built Military Heritage: http://capitaldefence.orcon.net.nz/

Department of Conservation (New Zealand): http://www.doc.govt.nz/ 

Fort Jervois (Lyttleton) - [Black Cat Group Ltd. -  tours of]: http://www.blackcat.co.nz/island.asp

Fort Stony Batter [Stony Batter Protection and Restoration Society Inc.] (Waiheke Island, Auckland) - 9.2" Mk. XV CB Bty: http://www.fortstonybatter.org.nz/index.html 

Fort Taiaroa (Dunedin) - 6" HP BL Bty. [The only fully restored example of this type of gun in New Zealand]: http://www.albatross.org.nz/Fort.htm 

National Library of New Zealand - (Home): http://www.natlib.govt.nz/index.html

National Library of New Zealand - ("Timeframes" Pictures Catalogue): http://timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/

New Zealand Historic Places Trust: http://www.historic.org.nz/

NZ Military History Links: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/links-military 

R.N.Z.N Indicator Loops - (Submarine Detection): http://indicatorloops.com/nz.htm 

Royal New Zealand Artillery Old Comrades Association: http://riv.co.nz/rnza/index.htm

Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association: http://www.rsa.org.nz/ 

"Stony Batter" (Waiheke Island, Auckland) -  9.2" Mk. XV CB Bty:                  http://www.ki-wi.co.nz/stonybatter.htm

Taiaroa Head and Rerewahine Battery Info. (Dunedin) - ["Visit Dunedin" Web Site]: http://www.visit-dunedin.co.nz/ 

The Godley Head Heritage Trust Inc. (Christchurch / Lyttleton) - 6" Mk. XXIV CB Bty: http://godleyhead.110mb.com/ 

The New Zealand Wars - (History of the 19th Century conflicts between Maori - and European settlers): http://www.newzealandwars.co.nz/index.htm

Timaru World War II "Smithfield" Site - 6" Mk. VII Bty: http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/smithfield/ 

Waikiti Downs Pistol & Rifle Club (Inc.) [West Coast, South Island]: http://www.nzrifle.com/cf_waikiti.htm 

Wellington's Coastal Defences: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Den/5417/

Wellington Rifles: Service Rifle and Living History Unit (Inc.) [Wellington] Home: http://www.hrs.org.nz/22nd/wellingon%20rifles.htm  Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wellingtonrifles/  

Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society Inc. (Karori, Wellington) - 9.2" Mk. XV CB Bty:  http://www.whfrs.org.nz/

 

The South Pacific:

Correigidor (Manila Bay, Philippines) - Then and Now: http://corregidor.org/ct&n_index.html

Fort Drum (Manila Bay, Philippines): http://www.concretebattleship.org/

Fort Siloso (Singapore): http://www.fortsiloso.com/index.htm#menu 

Fortifications of O'ahu (Hawaii, U.S.A): http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Mar/26/ln/ln02a.html

Fortress Vladivostok (Russia): http://www.dvgu.ru/eng/region/culture/fort/

Micronesian 6" Coast Guns: http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/UKNaval/UKNaval.html 

Micronesian 8" Coast Guns: http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Sapuk/Sapuk.html 

Pacific Wreck Database: http://www.pacificwrecks.com/   (More about Aeroplanes and Ships than Fortifications, - but well worth a look anyway).

Phra Chulachomklao Fort (Thailand) - Armstrong 6" HP BL Bty: http://www.paknam.com/phrachula.html 

Vladivostok Fortress (Russia): http://www.fortress.bosfor.ru/english/index.shtml 

Many of the above sites are not technically in the "South Pacific", - but they are included because they are integral to the South Pacific defence story.

 

A Few Important Sites Elsewhere:

Alex Jankovick's Web Sites (Slovenian ,Central & Southern European Fortifications): http://www.ars-cartae.com/index.htm

CDSG [The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc.] (U.S.A): http://www.cdsg.org/ 

Coastal Fortification on the Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A): http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/coastal.html 

Deutsches Atlantikwall Archiv: http://deutschesatlantikwallarchiv.de/index.htm

European Bunkersite: http://www.bunkersite.com/

Fort Eben-Emael (Belgium): http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/

Fortress Study Group (U.S.A): http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3337/

Fortress U.K. (United Kingdom): http://www.johnbray.org.uk/

International Forts Links: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1028/interfort.html

John Bray's Home Page - (Check out his photo albums for some really great Fortification photos from around the World): http://www.johnbray.org.uk/ 

Maginot Line (France): http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1491/

Martin Egger's Forts Links: http://home.datacomm.ch/martin.egger/fortifications.htm 

Military Fortifications of the World: http://alainlecomte.free.fr/index.htm

Military Ruins (Spain): http://josecadaveira.tripod.com/militaryruins/

Petrovaradin Fortress (Serbia / Montenegro): http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/627.php 

Pillbox Study Group (U.K.): http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/ 

Seacoast Fortifications Preservation Manual (San Francisco, U.S.A): Follow this link to download it in PDF format: http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/publications.htm (An absolute must for anybody involved  in the restoration of Fortifications).

SITE O International Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/siteointernational/Home 

SITE O Canada Regional Pages: http://www.siteocanada.org  

SITE O Central and South-Eastern Europe Regional Pages:
http://www.ars-cartae.com/siteo/index.htm

SITE O Scandinavia Regional Pages: http://www.fortress-scandinavia.dk

SITE O United Kingdom and Ireland Regional Pages: http://sites.google.com/site/siteointernational/site-o-regional-pages-1/uk-and-ireland

SITE O United States of America Regional Pages: http://www.mnstarfire.com/ww2/history/siteo/siteo.html  

Subterranea Britannica (U.K.): http://www.subbrit.org.uk/

The Fortress of Liège (Belgium): http://www.geocities.com/~brialmont/forts.html

Underground Kent (U.K.) http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/

Vallo Alpino Forts: (Italy, Italian text): http://utenti.lycos.it/valloalpinoit/

White Cliffs Underground (U.K.): http://www.castlekas.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm:

Wolfschanze (Hitler's Eastern Headquarters): http://www.stenboye.dk/wolfsch/indhold.htm

World War I (General History): http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/ww1.html

World War II (General History): http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/ww2.html

World War II and Cold War History (General History): http://www.century20war.co.uk/

 

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Long after the campaign,

only the fortifications remain

for the pigeons to defame.

 

- Vauban, Marshal of France. (1633 - 1707)

 

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