Cannon Hill, Then and Now - Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Posted by: 
bucketeer
S 38° 23.336 E 142° 28.946
54H E 629466 N 5749990
Looking across Lady Bay and the Warrnambool Port in 1878 from Cannon Hill.
Waymark Code: WM7K9T
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/04/2009
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Then & Now
The Then Picture
View
from Cannon Hill across Warrnambool Bay in 1878. The cannon in the
foreground is one of the first placed there in 1866. The absence of
sand dunes between the sea and Lake Pertobe is notable.
Picture & details obtained from
Picture
Australia Website
Item held by Corangamite Regional Library Corporation
The Now Picture
Cannon
Hill gets it name from an artillery battery that was
originally located from the mid nineteenth century.
The cannons were installed in response to a perceived Russian invasion
threat at the time.
The battery was relocated to
Flagstaff
Hill around 1910, with the enbattlements and the original
guns remaining there.
Cannon Hill is now home to WW1 trophy & WW2 disposal guns.