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I read that alot of these defences were built to protect the steel industry during WW2.
The military fortifications found here were built at various times, and are heritage listed. (See Historic Buildings) The armoury was placed here to protect this important industrial area, which contributed vitally needed steel during the war years for weapons and other products of the war effort. Although there are no longer any large guns here, the concrete bunkers can be clearly seen. These bunkers are connected to a series of underground tunnels, and in fact, the area is honeycombed with tunnels. Unfortunately, construction of the tunnels and fortifications has contributed to the destruction of many Aboriginal artefacts. (Ali, 1994; City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)
Civil Defence is an organisation comprising almost entirely of volunteers. It’s prime role is to give aid and assistance in time of emergencies in support of the professional emergency services. Members attend classes in many disciplines, such as life saving skills, First Aid, Search and Rescue, Fire Fighting, Water Rescue, Radiation Monitoring, Radio Communications, and looking after the welfare of those evacuated during an emergency
Mantid defence:
» Stands tall, erect on all legs with antennae pointed in direction of threat for enhanced reflexes.
» Outspread wings and legs creates an impression of a larger lower body.
» Red lining pronounced around labrum gives an air of mystery.
» Folded spiked forelegs (raptoral legs) held tightly against head creates an impression of a larger upper body, is frightening.
» It doesn't spit fire :)
Visiting a Defence housing construction site in Darwin, where more than 50 houses are under construction as part of the Economic Stimulus Plan.
Kevin Rudd took the opportunity to meet with builders and Defence Housing Australia staff before touring the construction site in the suburb of Lyons.
Tudor Defences
Henry VIII's reign saw increasing tensions with the continent and in 1522 a new gun battery was added south of the Square Tower - this structure would later become the Saluting Platform. The earth and timber ramparts around Portsmouth town were first repaired in the 1520s and then rebuilt entirely in stone between 1541 and 1544. The new defences had artillery towers covering the landward north and east sides whilst an additional square artillery tower covered the Camber. The Round Tower remained in use and was also upgraded with gun ports. Along with Southsea Castle, another Tudor construction dating from 1544, the new defences came close to being tested as the Battle of the Solent was fought against French forces in sight of the town in July 1545.
Henry VIII died in 1547 and his immediate successors - first Edward VI and then Mary I - made no major upgrades in Portsmouth. In 1560 Elizabeth I added Green Bulwark, an angular bastion, on the southern corner of the town's circuit wall and this would later be upgraded into King's Bastion. The Saluting Platform, initially a timber construction, was rebuilt in stone in 1568. These upgrades were all funded by the first state run lottery.
In 1588 Spain declared war on England commencing with the Spanish Armada. Despite its upgraded defences from earlier in the Tudor era, Portsmouth was identified as vulnerable to attack. A grand scheme for new town walls, complete with arrowhead bastions and similar in design to the fortifications at Berwick-upon-Tweed, was devised. The plan was implemented, built in earth for speed, between 1584 and 1586. Both the Saluting Platform and the Square Tower were incorporated into the defensive circuit with the latter converted into a powder store around 1600 (the Governor had moved out in 1580).
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one section of the De-Fence Project installation on Water street. Sadly, much of the lower portions have been removed by the State Parks Department.
DA's Assistant Mart Murusalu with the photo stand:
historic submarines / ex RN minehunters / Afghanistan
photo by OWatts
French Defence minister Michele Alliot-Marie (4thL) attends a press conference with her counterparts of the "5+5" initiative after a meeting, 11 December 2006 in Paris. (FromL) Tunisian Defence minister Kamel Morjane, Malta Secretary of State Anthony Abela, Morocco's minister of Defense Abederrahmane Sbai, Mauritanian Defence minister Abederrahmane Dia El Hadj, Libyan general in charge of Defence relations Ahmed Mahmoud Ali Al Zwai and Algerian Defence secretary of state Ahmed Senhadji. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ..(Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
giardino, Orto Botanico Cagliari
ph. Datura
Il libro di Draco Daatson - Parte XXIII
Io ardo ma non brucio, io non mi consumo, perché io sono la Vita stessa. Si può perdere qualcosa che si ha, non qualcosa che si è.
Quando l’Eterno tracciò un cerchio sulla superficie dell’Abisso, io ne ero già il centro.
Salvatore Brizzi
15 October, 2011 - Colonel William English, the Defence Attaché attended the Pozarevac World War I and II Liberation Memorial and Celebration.
U.S. Army Colonel (Retired) Teresa Parsons sees a patient at a Medical Civil Action program at Nanpei High School, Micronesia during Pacific Partnership.
A visit to Nothe Fort in Weymouth.
To get here we walk via the Old Harbour South, and up through Nothe Gardens. It is a paid for attraction, and is now a museum.
Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England, situated at the end of the Nothe Peninsula, which juts eastwards from the town of Weymouth, and Weymouth Harbour, into the sea to the north of the ex-military Portland Harbour. The fort is located next to Nothe Gardens.
The coastal defence was built between 1860 and 1872 by 26 Company of the Royal Engineers to protect Portland and Weymouth Harbours, with Portland then becoming an important Royal Navy base. Shaped like the letter D, the fort was built with bomb-proof casemates and deep magazines. The fort was abandoned in 1956 and purchased by the local council in 1961. It is now a museum and remains one of the best-preserved forts of its kind in the country.
The fort and its outer gateway have been Grade II* listed since 1974. Its fusee steps, located in Nothe Gardens, have been Grade II listed since 2000, and was constructed for hauling trolleys transporting ammunition, spares and stores from the quay to Nothe Fort. In 1978, the Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe, also became scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Grade II* Listed Building
Anti Aircraft Gun