Fort Largs is a historic defence site in the coastal suburb of Taperoo near Port Adelaide, South Australia, approximately 18 km (11 mi) north west of Adelaide's...
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coming to court. A community protest against the sale of heritage-listed Fort Largs by the state government of South Australia took place on 25 October 2014...
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and shipping movements, Fort Largs surpassed it for strategic importance in 1890. By the close of the 19th century, the fort was largely unused and had...
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Fort Largs, including the former Fort Largs Police Academy, which had been the training facility for South Australia Police. The heritage-listed Fort...
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The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was a battle between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland. The conflict...
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temporary internment camps were also established on Bruny Island, Tasmania; Fort Largs, South Australia; and Garden Island, Western Australia. The camp on Rottnest...
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SAPOL Police Academy located adjacent to the old barracks adjacent to Fort Largs in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Taperoo. Cadets undergo a 52-week...
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RAA (PF) – Fort Largs 110th Heavy Battery, RAA (M) – Fort Largs Detachment, RAE (PF) – Keswick 20th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF) – Fort Largs 120th Heavy...
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Australia Military Road, Adelaide, running parallel to the coast, between Fort Largs and Henley Beach South, and extending south of the River Torrens through...
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introduced in South Australia. 1880: Fort Glanville opens. 1880: Reformatory Hulk Fitzjames commissioned and moored off Largs Bay. 1881: The Art Gallery of South...
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destroy the local economy. As a result of Jervois' report, Fort Glanville and Fort Largs were built to protect Port Adelaide. The "Russian threat" and...
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on Rundle Street 1884: Adelaide Trades and Labor Council inaugurated. Fort Largs opened. 1884: Grand Lodge of South Australia established 16 April with...
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Navy, 815 Naval Air Squadron in RFA Largs Bay UPI, Britain withdraws warship from Falklands BBC News, RFA Largs Bay leaves Southampton bound for Haiti...
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Coastal defences of Australia during World War II (category Forts in Australia)
155 mm guns Cape Pallarenda Battery, Pallarenda – 2 × 4.7 in Mk IV guns Fort Largs, Taperoo – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns Hummock Hill Battery, Whyalla – 4 × 3...
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for defence logistics along Military Road (in support of nearby Fort Largs and Fort Glanville).[citation needed] It remained the main line until 1908...
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artillery, being posted to Queenscliff in 1938. Subsequent postings included Fort Largs near Adelaide to help raise and train Militia and develop the artillery...
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First AIF. He underwent training with the 12th company Field Engineers at Fort Largs. He was however commandeered by Billy Hughes and William Baillieu to encourage...
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sentenced to 60 days detention. He spent time in Darlinghurst Gaol and Fort Largs, and was made to undertake hard labour at the latter. His father, Edwin...
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for defence logistics along Military Road (in support of nearby Fort Largs and Fort Glanville). It remained the main line until the Outer Harbor railway...
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regular presentation ceremonies for this award. They are usually held at Fort Largs Police Academy. Australian Honours Order of Precedence South Australia...
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Norman Etherington in an Alvis Saracen at a community protest against the sale of Fort Largs, 2014...
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and loading of US Navy, US Army and Merchant Navy ships. Protected by Fort Largs, Port Adelaide was an Army staging port from May 1942 to July 1942, with...
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fortifications being built at Fort Denison, South Head and other places, while in Adelaide, Fort Glandore, Fort Glenelg, and later Fort Largs were built." The play...
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police in dealing with the waterfront dispute. The brigade was based at Fort Largs and was equipped with service rifles and bayonets. The men were quickly...
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Battle of Almansa reenactment Eglinton Tournament of 1839 Largs Viking Festival Battle of Largs War and Peace Revival Whitehall Parade, London, commemorating...
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Thomas Brisbane (category People from Largs)
Brisbane House Hotel in Largs, a town located by the sea in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Thomas Makdougall Brisbane bridge in Largs Makdougall Brisbane prize...
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Fort William railway station serves the town of Fort William, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is on the West Highland line, between Spean Bridge...
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substantial Norse possessions in Scotland until the aftermath of the Battle of Largs in 1263. At Stamford Bridge, King Harold II repelled the invading Norwegian...
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Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network...
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people of Largs had been hoping for a railway connection since the mid-1850s. In 1864 the G&SWR started to plan a line from Dalry to Largs; the Caledonian...
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