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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. 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. EXTERIOR OF BATTERY OBSERVATION POST AT LONSDALE BATTERY, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, SHOWING CAMOUFLAGE.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. SEARCHLIGHT OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES SHINING OVER THE ENTRANCE OF PORT PHILLIP FROM LONSDALE. GUNNER P.M. MANNIX IS ON DUTY.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGING SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT POINT LONSDALE, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES WITH "IMITATION ROCK". LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIVATE P. JOHNSTONE AND CORPORAL R. MANLEY.
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
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
