Breakwater Battery

Breakwater Battery was a beachfront safeguard battery at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia amid World War II. Developed in 1939 to give assurance to Port Kembla from adversary transporting and submarines. Two 6 inch Mk XI weapon emplacements with related underground offices were built close to the southern barrier at Port Kembla. The battery and perception post now a military gallery were key structures of the war room for Fortress Kembla amid World War II.

The Aboriginal Middens on the site are being connected by another Aboriginal trail associating them with other essential Aboriginal locales close-by. The Breakwater Battery building and firearm emplacements speak to the military legacy and are key structures of the war room for Fortress Kembla utilized amid World War II. The Pilots and Signal Station speak to sea legacy, with an interpretive display to be finished by mid-year. An independently directed Heritage Trail with logical signage is open 7 days for each week with a pamphlet control accessible from Tourist Centers at Wollongong, Shellharbour, and Kiama, or by reaching us straightforwardly.

The Military Museum in the Breakwater Battery building is open for examination on the second and fourth Sundays of the month from 10am-2pm. Huge protests in the Museum incorporate a show on the Owen Gun created by Wollongong inhabitant Evelyn Owen and gathered locally for the Australian Army, two WWII air attack alarms utilized as a part of Port Kemble, and memorabilia and antiques from different clashes from WWI on.