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Plans re 6 inch Disappeaering GunsPlans of 6” Carriage and Disappearing Guns Mark I, II, II* and IV with working plans by Michael Ritchie 1988; List of mounted armament at forts (1) throughout the Commonwealth 1903 (2) Victorian distribution and inspection dates 1901; Details of Heavy Guns in Victoria July 1891.

More Portsea MemoriesNewspaper article describing Portsea from settlement in the 1840s to its development as a tourist destination

Queenscliff Maritime MuseumMagazine article about the Queenscliff Maritime Museumand the maritime heritage of the area

Pfalz 1914 CrewList of Officers and crew of Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer ‘Pfalz’ giving names and positions held in August 1914

Restoration of the 6 Inch Gun at PortseaTalk given to the local Liberal Party by Maj. Bernie Gaynor in February 2014 with correspondence re history of the gun at Fort Nepean that fired the first Allied shot of WWI - with a view to the restoration of the barrels by 5 August 2014. June 2010 to February 2014

Minister Will Unite Guns MonumentsNews report about the recovery (from the Army in South Australia and from scrap metal merchants in Melbourne) of the two barrels used in the first Allied shots fired in WWI and WWII; mounting and display of same at the entrance to Officer Cadet School, Point Nepean

The First ShotTwo newspaper articles related to the first shots fired in both world wars and the proposed search for the WWI shell in Port Phillip Bay

Point Nepean First Shot GunCrewDetails of the gun crew who fired the first Allied shot of WWI from Point Nepean

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