Fort Queenscliff, Queenscliff

Name: Fort Queenscliff
Address: Queenscliff, Australia

#4 among attractions in Queenscliff

Top attraction, Museum, Military museum

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Fort Queenscliff, in Victoria, Australia, dates from 1860 when an open battery was constructed on Shortland's Bluff to defend the entrance to Port Phillip. The Fort, which underwent major redevelopment in the late 1870s and 1880s, became the headquarters for an extensive chain of forts around Port Phillip Heads. Its garrison included volunteer artillery, engineers, infantry and naval militia, and it was manned as a coastal defence installation continuously from 1883 to 1946. The other fortifications and armaments around the Heads were completed by 1891, and together made Port Phillip one of the most heavily defended harbours in the British Empire. ()

Area: 18.05 acres (0.0282 mi²)Coordinates: 38°16'0"S, 144°38'60"E

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Fort Queenscliff – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Queenscliff High Light, Historical Museum, Queenscliff Low Light.

0.9 miE
Museum, Military museum, Maritime museum
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Queenscliff
24 min walk • The Queenscliffe Maritime Museum is a regional maritime museum in the town of Queenscliff at the entrance from Bass Strait to the bay of Port Phillip in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies within walking distance of the Searoad ferry terminal.
0.7 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Queenscliff High Light, Queenscliff
19 min walk • The Queenscliff High Light, also variously known as the Black Lighthouse, Fort Queenscliff Lighthouse or Shortland Bluff Light, stands in the grounds of Fort Queenscliff in Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia.
0.6 miE
Museum, History museum
Historical Museum, Queenscliff
16 min walk • The Queenscliffe Historical Museum is a regional cultural history museum in the town of Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. The museum is part of the Museum Accreditation Program.
0.7 miSE
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Queenscliff Low Light, Queenscliff
18 min walk • The Queenscliff Low Light, also known as the Queenscliff White Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in the township of Queenscliff in the Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia, at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula.
0.6 miE
38°16'8"S • 144°39'40"E
Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop - QG&W, Queenscliff
16 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Classes and workshops

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Which popular attractions are close to Fort Queenscliff?

Nearby attractions include Historical Museum, Queenscliff (16 min walk), Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop - QG&W, Queenscliff (16 min walk), Queenscliff Low Light, Queenscliff (18 min walk), Queenscliff High Light, Queenscliff (19 min walk).