Green Hill Fort
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Green Hill Fort is a heritage-listed fortification at Chester Street, Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. The fort is important in Australian military history as a strategic coastal defence installation in the period of transition from British to Australian responsibility for defence. The 1885 confrontation between Britain and Russia, which almost resulted in open conflict, galvanised the Australian colonies to jointly fund construction of the fortifications, and these represent an important and uncommon instance of pre-Federation Colonial cooperation on defence in the "national" interest. The fort was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 28 May 2008.
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1 BL 6 inch Mk II – VI gun,
- Australian Heritage Database page@
- Australian National Heritage List page@
- Commonwealth Heritage List page@
Location: -10.5826, 142.2122, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Green Hill Fort ⓘ
historic commonwealth heritage site in Thursday Island QLD
View from Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7210
Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7179-1
Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7179-2| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Australian Heritage Database page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Australian National Heritage List page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Commonwealth Heritage List page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | fort | Green Hill Fort | historical cultural heritage site, fort | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | View from Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7210 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7179-1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island QUT-7179-2 | Commons | ||
