Illowra Battery

Illowra Battery was an Australian Army coastal battery at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia, during World War II. It was also known as Hill 60 Battery.^[1]

History

Section post and No. 2 BL 6 inch Mk XI gun, October 1944 and No. 2 position today

No. 1 gun, October 1944 and as it appears today with former gun shield still present

Two large gun emplacements were constructed, housing BL 6 inch Mk XI guns and their shields held in storage from the decommissioned World War I cruisers HMAS Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Two large tunnels were built and are steep in descent and have a small gauge tramway used for hauling shells to the guns located at the 2 gun emplacements.

One of the other tunnels, this time looking downwards with another corridor to the left leading into the bunker complex

A concrete bunker is connected to the underground tunnel system.

References

↑ NSW Heritage Listing

Barracks, batteries, bunkers and forts, Sydney and surrounds

City of Sydney	Dawes Point Battery Fleet Base East Fort Denison Fort Macquarie Fort Philip Hyde Park Barracks Victoria Barracks

Greater Western and South Western Sydney	Bankstown Bunker Camp Warwick Holsworthy Barracks Ingleburn Army Camp Wallgrove Army Base 118th General Hospital

La Perouse, Malabar and Clovelly	Bare Island Fort Banks Henry Head Battery Malabar Battery

Mosman and Manly	Beehive Casemate Bradleys Head Fortification Complex Georges Head Battery Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position Middle Head Fortifications Shelly Battery Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net

Watsons Bay, Vaucluse and North Bondi	Ben Buckler Gun Battery Anti-motor torpedo boat defensive battery Steel Point Battery Signal Hill Battery

City of Wollongong	Breakwater Battery Drummond Battery Flagstaff Hill Fort Illowra Battery (Hill 60) Smiths Hill Fort

See also	Coastal defences of Australia during World War II Sydney Harbour defences

Coordinates: 34°29′29.43″S 150°54′58.30″E / 34.4915083°S 150.9161944°E / -34.4915083; 150.9161944

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