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Peron Battery

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the military. The former gun positions fell in disrepair and disappeared from public knowledge until walkways were established at the Cape in 1992, which made them accessible again. The former barracks had to be demolished by 1997, having fallen into disrepair, but the observation post and one of the gun positions, the northern one, were restored in the mid-2010s. The southern gun position however, is in poor condition.
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The former artillery barracks housing the battery staff were leased to the National Fitness Council after World War II. Camouflage nets were still covering the now abandoned gun positions by 1948 but Cape Peron became a tourist destination again after the war, despite still occasionally being used by
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in Australia in March 1942, protection of the Australian ports became a priority and, in May, a report was compiled as to the state of the coastal defences protecting Fremantle Harbour. This report recommended the establishment of two 155mm batteries, one on Garden Island, the other at Cape Peron, as
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at Buckland Hill but this was deemed insufficient to protect the port from long range bombardment by cruisers equipped with 8-inch guns. Instead, the 9.2-inch guns were placed on Rottnest Island as part of the Oliver Hill Battery, which allowed engagement of enemy ships before they reached a range
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Of the two main 155mm guns, one was a 1917A1 model while the other was a 1918M1, both with a range of 18 km. Australian improvements to the fire system meant that the guns could fire at a rate of six rounds per minute, up from four. The two guns were from a batch of 68 that were sent to
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The battery had its guns withdrawn in December 1944, after the threat of attack on Fremantle had passed, and its personnel moved to other batteries. After World War II, the 155mm guns of the Peron Battery were stored at the Australian Field Ordnance Depot at
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while the 18-pounder guns protected the a boom net which spanned between Cape Peron and Garden Island. The main battery was withdrawn again in December 1944 but the observation post and one of the
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During the mid-1930s, the Australian Government upgraded its coastal defence batteries protecting the major ports of the country from enemy attack. In Western Australia, protection of the
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where they could fire at Fremantle Port, having a range of 28 kilometre. The defence of Fremantle Port was deemed essential to national Australian security during a potential future war.
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and Cape Peron. Instead, the Cape became a popular tourist destination and the Australian Government even offered to lease the area to the Rockingham Road Board, a forerunner of the
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Australia during the war from the United States, of which 52 arrived in the country. At Cape Peron, the guns had a traverse of 270 degrees, allowing it to cover south as far as
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Both new batteries were initially established on the East Coast of Australia, and the K Battery personnel arrived in Fremantle in late 1942, initially without their equipment.
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but, by the time these arrived in Australia, Cockburn Sound was not used as a naval base anymore and this step was never carried out, with construction never started.
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well as search lights for each battery to guard the flanks of the Cockburn Sound anchorage. The two new batteries were given letters for identification, J for the
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These combined coastal defences were referred to as the Fremantle Fortress. Originally, the defence of the port was to be achieved through the placement of
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which were withdrawn once the Collie Secondary Battery became operational on Garden Island. The duty of the main guns was to cover the southern access to
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on the peninsular from the Western Australian State Government. The land was purchased as part of a plan to make it part of the
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and K for the Cape Peron one, part of a practice that had seen existing batteries named from A to H to distinguish them.
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was a priority. This was to be achieved by upgrading existing batteries and constructing new ones. At
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before being disposed off in the 1960s when the coastal defence system of Australia was dismantled.
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Because of the age of the main guns and, the decision was made to replace the 155mm guns with
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The infrastructure constructed for the new battery was two gun emplacements,
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in February 1942, Fremantle's importance increased, becoming the largest
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of the northern gun position of the Peron Battery with a replica of a
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The names and locations of the remaining features of the battery:
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Heritage listed World War II fortification in Western Australia
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State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Rockingham
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required the fortification of key points on Garden Island,
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of the Peron Battery are still preserved and accessible.
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Military use of Cape Peron commenced in 1916, when the
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Defending Fremantle, Albany and Bunbury, 1939 to 1945
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Point Peron “K” Battery Conservation Management Plan
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5.25-inch naval coastal artillery/anti-aircraft guns
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Additionally, it also operated two 217: 209: 201: 192: 7: 762:Gun Emplacement Storage Bunker South 729:Gun Emplacement Storage Bunker South 656:Gun Emplacement Storage Bunker North 623:Gun Emplacement Storage Bunker North 382:Additional batteries, equipped with 1770:1944 disestablishments in Australia 1304:Australian Broadcasting Corporation 196:Western Australia Heritage Register 266:, it was equipped with two mobile 14: 1334:State Register of Heritage Places 1297:Wynne, Emma (24 September 2014). 1218:State Register of Heritage Places 1115:State Register of Heritage Places 500:State Register of Heritage Places 287:State Register of Heritage Places 1765:1943 establishments in Australia 1269:portal.engineersaustralia.org.au 1178:"Fortress named a heritage icon" 1176:Acott, Kent (11 November 2019). 1148:portal.engineersaustralia.org.au 985: 932: 879: 826: 773: 720: 667: 614: 506:Remaining features and locations 50: 1570:Auxiliary Albany Submarine Base 1330:inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au 1214:inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au 1111:inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au 496:Register of the National Estate 1621:Rockingham Naval Memorial Park 460:and north over Garden Island. 324:newspaper that the defence of 246:, was the southernmost of the 1: 250:coastal defence batteries in 1238:Glyde, Robert Keith (1991), 433:With the arrival of General 409:in the Southern Hemisphere. 206:Cape Peron K Battery Complex 543:GPX (secondary coordinates) 502:listed on 13 October 2019. 289:listed on 13 October 2019. 1806: 921:Searchlight position North 1590:Roebuck Bay Seaplane Base 1057:, Grimwade Publications, 974:Searchlight position West 538:GPX (primary coordinates) 513:Map all coordinates using 463:The battery also had two 307:Commonwealth of Australia 232: 228: 189: 67: 49: 28: 1790:Peron, Western Australia 1703:Chesterfield Inn Stables 1494:Fremantle submarine base 1016:32.268456°S 115.688876°E 910:32.264522°S 115.686246°E 857:32.269282°S 115.689056°E 804:32.269787°S 115.688782°E 751:32.268308°S 115.687686°E 698:32.268421°S 115.687484°E 645:32.267421°S 115.687535°E 592:32.267426°S 115.687287°E 521:Download coordinates as: 384:6-inch Mk VII naval guns 97:32.267420°S 115.687291°E 1616:Rockingham War Memorial 1575:Princess Royal Fortress 1426:Emergency of March 1944 1421:Emergency of March 1942 388:6-inch Mk XI naval guns 1611:Fremantle War Memorial 1585:Exmouth Submarine Base 1560:Corunna Downs Airfield 1051:McKenzie-Smith, Graham 1021:-32.268456; 115.688876 963:32.26739°S 115.68469°E 915:-32.264522; 115.686246 862:-32.269282; 115.689056 809:-32.269787; 115.688782 756:-32.268308; 115.687686 703:-32.268421; 115.687484 650:-32.267421; 115.687535 597:-32.267426; 115.687287 430: 302: 254:. 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Index

Cape Peron
Peron
Western Australia
Australia

Panama mount
155 mm gun
32°16′03″S 115°41′14″E / 32.267420°S 115.687291°E / -32.267420; 115.687291 (Peron Battery)
Minister for Defence
Australian Army
Western Australia Heritage Register
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Cape Peron
Fremantle Fortress
Western Australia
Challenger Battery
Garden Island
155 mm guns
18-pounder guns
Cockburn Sound
Panama mounts
State Register of Heritage Places

Commonwealth of Australia
hectare
Henderson Naval Base
The West Australian
Fremantle Harbour
Rottnest Island
City of Rockingham

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