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Photograph 051170 Second World War, 1939-1945FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGED SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WHICH FORMS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.

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FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. BUILDING A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS AS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. THE ACUTE ANGLE OF THE CHUTE WHICH CARRIES THE MATERIAL TO THE EMPLACEMENT IS PLAINLY SHOWN.
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGED SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WHICH FORMS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.

WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. THE PORT PHILLIP DEFENCES ARE BEING EXTENDED TO FLINDERS. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AND ENGINE ROOM IS SHOWN IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION. OWING TO THE PRECIPITOUS

WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CARPENTERS AT WORK ON SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS, AN ADDITION TO PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY FORTRESS ENGINEERS, PORT PHILLIP F

FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. THIS IS A PORTION OF A GENERAL EXTENSION OF THE PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES TO THIS AREA.

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 NEPEAN, VIC. 1943-04. THE ENGINES WHICH GENERATE THE POWER NECESSARY FOR THE WORKING OF THE POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHT AT POINT NEPEAN, PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.
