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The plaque recognises Princess Royal Battery and Magazine as an Historic Engineering Marker.
The Institution of Engineers Australia, through its Heritage Committees, established the Australian Historic Engineering Plaquing Program to acknowledge past engineering achievements and to draw public attention to the significant contributions they have made to society.The Plaquing Program is a means of bringing public recognition to significant historic engineering works and the engineers who created them. The Program is intended to contribute to the conservation of Australian engineering heritage.
Location
| Address: | Forts Road, Princess Royal Fortress, Mount Adelaide, Albany, 6330 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.030833 Long: 117.912222 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Government |
| Sub-Theme: | Colonial |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1988 |
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HISTORIC ENGINEERING
MARKER
Princess Royal
Battery & Magazine
These Works, Consisting Of Gun Emplacements
And A Magazine Blasted Out Of Solid Granite
Were Constructed Between 1891 And 1892 Under
The Supervision Of Mr. John Blackbourn,
Defence Engineer To The State of Victoria. The
Battery, Built To Guard Princess Royal Harbour
And King George`s Sound, Never Saw Hostile
Action But Its Design And Durability Are Good
Examples Of The Military Engineering Techniques
Of The Period.
DEDICATED BY
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA, 1988
