Middle Head Fortifications

Middle Head Fortifications
Gun emplacements
LocationMiddle Head Road, Middle Head, Mosman, Mosman Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°49′38″S 151°16′05″E / 33.8272°S 151.2680°E / -33.8272; 151.2680
Built1801–1942
ArchitectJames Barnet
OwnerNSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Official nameChowder Bay Barracks Group, Chowder Bay Rd, Georges Heights, NSW, Australia
TypeListed place
Designated22 June 2004
Reference no.105254
ClassHistoric
Place File No1/13/026/0008
Official nameMiddle Head Military Fortifications; Middle Head Fortifications; The Old Fort
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.999
TypeFortification
CategoryDefence
Middle Head Fortifications is located in Sydney
Middle Head Fortifications
Location of Middle Head Fortifications in Sydney

The Middle Head Fortifications is a heritage-listed former defence establishment and military fortifications and now public space located at Middle Head Road, Middle Head, Mosman in the Mosman Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the Middle Head Military Fortifications or The Old Fort. The fortifications consist of the Outer Middle Head Battery located at the end of Old Fort Road, the Inner Middle Head Battery located at the end of Governors Road, and the Obelisk batteries reached by a path from the corner of Middle Head Road and Chowder Bay Road. The fortifications at Middle Head formed part of Sydney Harbour's defences. The property is owned by the Department of Planning and Environment. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

  1. ^ "Middle Head Military Fortifications". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00999. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.