OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Victorian Defences gun shed Hastings 1905

DATE1905

MEDIAArchive

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.A116

HISTORY

In 1904 the Hastings 40 Pounder Battery together with the Victorian Rangers transferred to the Australian Army and became known as the 6th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery. The 40 pounder guns were replaced with 12 1/2 pounder field guns and two were sent to Hastings. Presumably this shed was designed to house the new guns.

DESCRIPTION

A plan of the Victorian Defences gun shed to be built at Hastings and dated 28.7.05. The plan includes the gun shed, new harness room and detail of harness brackets, and elevations. Produced by the Victorian Department of Public Works and signed by J.B. Cohen, district architect

SUBJECTS

Firearms, Storehouses

KEYWORDS

6th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery, Cohen, J. B., Victorian Department of Public Works