Palmer Head Fortress
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Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
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Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
Copyright status: No known copyright
Description: Installation of gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Archives NZ, AD88/3
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Description: Gun at Palmer Head Fortress, 1937
Reference: Wrights Hill Restoration Society
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Description: Moa Point radar station, circa 1943
Reference: None, from personal collection
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Description: Moa Point Observation Post and Radar Station, July 1945
Reference: Marriott, A F A, active 1945. Radio location at Palmer Head, Wellington. Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-0783-2-1029. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23057175
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: Moa Point Observation Post and Radar Station, July 1945
Reference: Marriott, A F A, active 1945. Radar station at Palmer Head in Wellington. Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-0783-2-1030. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22302120
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
Description: View of Palmer Head Fortress from Wellington Airport, 28 February 1949
Reference: Small aircraft at Rongotai Airport, Wellington. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-19498-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22855215
Copyright status: CC BY 4.0
Description: Palmer Head foreshore, the first of three searchlight emplacements visible on the right, 24 October 1956
Reference: Palmer Head, Wellington, 24 October 1956, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.008194), https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/130684
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Description: Tarakina Bay facilities, 15 June 1956
Reference: Maori terraced spur (Poito Pa) at Tarakina Bay, Wellington, 15 June 1956, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.008200), https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/130690
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Description: Entrance to the Fortress off Bowes Crescent, 14 March 1960
Reference: Group of unidentified people, sitting at top of a hill, looking down at the Motor Racing Hill climb, Palmer Head, Wellington. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1960/0885-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30651897
Copyright status: Unknown - see National Library website
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Description: Searchlight emplacement on large rock, 9 November 1968
Reference: Lyall Bay; St. Mary of Angels; Seatoun, 9 November 1968, by John Daley. Te Papa (E.007095), https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1286385
Copyright status: Te Papa All Rights Reserved