Drummond Battery

Drummond Battery
Part of Kembla Fortress
Mount Saint Thomas, New South Wales
Black and white photograph of a concrete fortification
No. 2 BL 9.2 inch gun in 1944
TypeCoastal artillery position
Site information
OwnerAustralian Army (1942-1944)
WIN Television (current)
OperatorFort Drummond Mushrooms (1966-1972)
Site history
Built1942-1943
Built byPublic Works Department and Department of Main Roads
In use1942-1954?
Garrison information
Garrison13th Garrison Battalion, 2nd Garrison Battalion, 12th Battalion VDC

Drummond Battery, also known as Fort Drummond, is a heritage-listed former coastal artillery fortification and now television station and mushroom farm at 1 Television Avenue, Mt Drummond, Mount Saint Thomas, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It was built between 1942 and 1943 by the NSW Public Works Department and NSW Department of Main Roads. The Australian Army used the site from 1942.[1]

  1. ^ "Fort Drummond". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 9 January 2021.