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A short film made during the war showing the guns at the main six-inch battery, the four-inch batteries and the steeple battery at Fort Dorset.
Description: No 3 Company and ambulance camp at Fort Dorset, showing tents, horse-drawn wagons and soldiers, circa 1912
Reference: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972. Smith, Sydney Charles 1888-1972 : No 3 Company and ambulance camp, Seatoun, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-053156-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23165261
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Description: View of Fort Dorset, possibly 1910s
Reference: View of part of Seatoun, Wellington, taken from above. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/2-045436-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22829286
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Description: Fort Dorset, 1914. The emplacements are on the ridge in the background
Reference: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972. Horses at Seatoun Military Camp, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/2-047512-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23165377
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Description: Guns at Fort Dorset, 1914
Reference: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19140528-51-01
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Description: Breaker Bay, 30 July 1919. Note the gun emplacements are just visible and the observation post at the top of the ridge
Reference: 1855 raised beach at Eve Bay. Breaker Bay, Point Dorset and harbour entrance beyond, 30 July 1919, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.006645)
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Description: View of Seatoun showing Fort Dorset, 1920
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00138-773
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Description: View of Seatoun in the 1920s, note the small number of buildings at Fort Dorset
Reference: Seatoun, Wellington. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15. Ref: PAColl-7081-13. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23023033
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Description: View of Seatoun, including Fort Dorset, 1927
Reference: Panorama of Seatoun, Wellington. Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand. Ref: Pan-1894-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/33031029
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Description: Fort Dorset camp, 1920s-1930s
Reference: Seatoun, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/2-048332-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23031829
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: The main six inch gun emplacements at Fort Dorset, 16 April 1937. During World War Two these were given massive concrete covers, similar in design to those that survive at Fort Opau
Reference: Working the guns at Fort Dorset, Seatoun. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 1/4-048821-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23203467
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Description: View of Fort Dorset, 1938.
Reference: Auckland and Seatoun, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Te Papa (E.001603)
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Description: Signallers at Fort Dorset. The main gun battery was on the ridge in the background, circa 1939
Reference: Signallers at Fort Dorset, Wellington. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 11. Ref: PAColl-6304-21. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22856368
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Description: One of the four inch gun emplacements at Fort Dorset, 1939
Reference: Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390912.2.49.8
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Description: Seatoun showing part of the Fort Dorset camp, 1940
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00157-19
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Description: 12pdr at Steeple Battery at Fort Dorset, circa 1941
Reference: Archives NZ, National Film Unit, "Camps, Guns and Tanks H.M.S. Leander Mechanised Hospital Middle East Review", 1942
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Description: 12pdr at Steeple Battery at Fort Dorset, circa 1941
Reference: Archives NZ, National Film Unit, "Camps, Guns and Tanks H.M.S. Leander Mechanised Hospital Middle East Review", 1942
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Description: 12pdr at Steeple Battery at Fort Dorset, circa 1941
Reference: Archives NZ, National Film Unit, "Camps, Guns and Tanks H.M.S. Leander Mechanised Hospital Middle East Review", 1942
Copyright: No known copyright
Description: 12pdr at Steeple Battery at Fort Dorset, circa 1941
Reference: Archives NZ, National Film Unit, "Camps, Guns and Tanks", 1941
Copyright: No known copyright
Description: View of Seatoun showing Fort Dorset, August 1947
Reference: Seatoun, Wellington, from Seatoun Heights. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/2-019130-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22802535
Copyright: Crown copyright administered by Archives New Zealand
Description: View of Breaker Bay showing Fort Dorset, February 1948
Reference: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s. Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Wellington - Photograph taken by W Walker. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/2-019131-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22818528
Copyright: Crown copyright administered by Archives New Zealand
Description: Beach around near Steeple Rock, shows the track around the coast, 12 November 1949
Reference: Pinnacle Rock, Seatoun, 12 November 1949, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.009088)
Copyright: No known copyright
Description: Breaker Bay, 12 November 1949. Note the searchlight emplacement on the rock and the small bridge providing access
Reference: Breaker Bay, 12 November 1949, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.009086)
Copyright: No known copyright
Description: Breaker Bay, 12 November 1949
Reference: Breakers Bays from west, 12 November 1949, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.009089)
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Description: Fort Dorset in 1957. To the right you can see the Steeple Battery
Reference: Regiment parading at Fort Dorset, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1957/4157-1-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22404732
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: Fort Dorset in 1957. To the left you can see the Steeple Battery
Reference: Regiment parading at Fort Dorset, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1957/4157-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22350042
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: Fort Dorset, 12 August 1958
Reference: Ministers view Fort Dorset, Wellington, for housing sites. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/2670-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23256924
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: View of Seatoun showing Fort Dorset, 19 September 1958
Reference: Seatoun and Wellington Heads from Seatoun Heights Road ...., 19 September 1958, Wellington, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997. Te Papa (CT.011125)
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Description: View of Seatoun showing Fort Dorset, 1958
Reference: Part two of a four part panorama of Seatoun, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/1408-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23222426
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: View of Seatoun showing Fort Dorset, 1958
Reference: Part three of a four part panorama of Seatoun, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/1409-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22659036
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: Fort Dorset, June 1975
Reference: RNZAF Official, sourced from https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/PR1545-R2-1-75.jpg.info
Copyright status: CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
Description: Fort Dorset, June 1975
Reference: RNZAF Official, sourced from https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/PR1545-R2-3-75.jpg.info
Copyright status: CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
Description: Fort Dorset, 16 March 1992
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00540-1-34
Copyright status: CC BY
Description: Fort Dorset, 16 March 1992
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00540-2-8
Copyright status: CC BY
Description: Fort Dorset, 16 March 1992
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00540-2-10
Copyright status: CC BY
Description: Fort Dorset, 16 March 1992
Reference: Wellington City Council Archives, 00540-2-6
Copyright status: CC BY
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