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POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. EXTERIOR OF SMALL CONCRETE BUILDING WHICH HOUSES INFRA-RED APPARATUS. THIS MACHINE THROWS AN INVISIBLE BEAM ACROSS FROM POINT LONSDALE TO NEPEAN, WHERE A SIMILAR MACHINE IS SITUATED. SHOULD THE BEAM OF INFRA-RED RAYS BE BROKEN BY THE PASSAGE OF A SHIP UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, THE APPARATUS IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY SETS THE SEARCHLIGHTS ON. PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. ONE OF THE POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHTS AT LONSDALE BATTERY WHICH THROWS ITS VAST RAYS ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO PORT PHILLIP. LIEUTENANT W.H. BURROW OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. UNDERGROUND LOWER PLANT AT POINT LONSDALE, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, WHICH SUPPLIES SOME OF THE CURRENT NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SEARCHLIGHTS.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. LOOKING FROM THE GUN POSITIONS AT POINT LONSDALE ACROSS THE RIP TOWARDS NEPEAN, PORT WAR SIGNAL STATION AND LIGHTHOUSE NEAR CAMERA. THE PORT
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. THE POWERFUL RAYS OF THE SEARCHLIGHT AT LONSDALE ARE SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE. LIEUTENANT W.H. BURROW, OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER
FORT PEARCE BARRACKS, PORT PHILLIP HEADS, VIC, 1946-04. THIS PANORAMA SHOWS IN THE FOREGROUND THE BARRACKS WHICH DURING THE WAR WERE OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE PERSONNEL (AA
Oslo, Norway. C. 1945-08. These photographs show how, with the aid of radar "magic eye" apparatus known as H2S, Allied bombers were able to pin-point their targets and bomb with maximum effect and acc
