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The following is a List of Coastal Batteries in Australia and Territories during World War II. The main threat came early in the war from German raiders and threat of Japanese raids or invasion, and hence all available ordnance was pressed into service, including some obsolete guns and field guns adapted for coast defence.
New South Wales
= Newcastle
=Park Battery, The Hill – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Scratchley Battery, Newcastle East – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns and 1 × 6-pdr 10 cwt gun
Wallace Battery, Stockton – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns
= Port Kembla
=Media related to Kembla Fortress at Wikimedia Commons
Breakwater Battery, Port Kembla – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Drummond Battery, Coniston – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns
Illowra Battery, Port Kembla – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
= Port Stephens
=Tomaree Battery, Shoal Bay – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
= Sydney
=Banks Battery, North of Cape Banks, La Perouse – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns
Casemate Battery, Middle Head – 2 × 6-pdr 10 cwt guns
Henry Battery, Henry Head, La Perouse – 2 × 18-pdr Mk IV guns
Hornby Battery, South Head – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Malabar Battery, Malabar Headland, Malabar – 2 × 6 in Mk XII guns
Middle Head Fortifications, Middle Head – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns, 1 × QF 12-pounder gun
North Battery, North Head – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns
Shelly Battery, Shelly Head, Manly – 1 × 12-pdr 12 cwt gun
Signal Battery, South Head – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
West Battery, West Head – 2 × 4.7 in guns
Note: A 6-pdr 10 cwt battery was under construction.
Northern Territory
Dudley Battery, Darwin – 2 × 4 in Mk VII guns and 1 × 6-pdr 10 cwt gun
East Battery, Darwin – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns, 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Emery Battery, Darwin – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Waugite Battery, Darwin – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Elliot Section – 1 × 6-pdr 10 cwt gun
West Point Section, Darwin – 1 × 6-pdr 10 cwt gun
Papua New Guinea
= Lae
=U Battery – 4 × 155 mm guns
= Port Moresby
=Paga Battery – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns, 2 6-pdr 10 cwt guns
Boera Battery – 2 (?) × 155 mm guns
= Rabaul
=Praed Point Battery – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Queensland
= Brisbane
=Bribie Battery, Bribie Island – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Skirmish Battery, Bribie Island – 2 × 155 mm guns
Cowan Battery, Moreton Island – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Rous Battery, Moreton Island – 2 × 155 mm guns
Lytton Battery, Lytton – 1 × 4.7 in gun
= Cairns
=False Cape Battery, East Trinity – 2 × 155 mm guns
= Torres Strait
=Endeavour Battery – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Goods Battery – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Kings Battery – 2 × 18-pdr Mk IV guns
Milman Battery, Thursday Island – 1 × 4.7 in gun
Turtle Battery – 2 × 155 mm guns
= Townsville
=Magazine Battery, South Townsville – 2 × 155 mm guns
Kissing Point Battery, North Ward – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Magnetic Battery, Magnetic Island – 2 × 155 mm guns
Cape Pallarenda Battery, Pallarenda – 2 × 4.7 in Mk IV guns
South Australia
Fort Largs, Taperoo – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Hummock Hill Battery, Whyalla – 4 × 3.7 in Mk II or III AA guns
Tasmania
Direction Battery, Hobart – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Pierson Battery, Hobart – 1 × 6 in Mk VII gun
Victoria
Cribb Battery, Port Phillip – 1 × 6 in Mk VII gun
Crow's Nest Battery, Queenscliff – 2 × 4.7 in guns and 1 × 14-pdr gun
Lonsdale Battery, Point Lonsdale – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Nepean Battery, Point Nepean – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Pearce Battery, Point Nepean – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Western Australia
= Albany
=Princess Battery, Albany – 2 × 6 in guns
= Fremantle
=Media related to Fremantle Fortress at Wikimedia Commons
Harbour Battery, Fremantle – 2 × 6-pdr 10 cwt, 2 × 18-pdr Mk IV guns
Leighton Battery, Fremantle – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Swanbourne Battery, Fremantle – 2 × 6 in Mk VII guns
Note: A 9.2 in Mk Xv battery was under construction.
= Garden Island (Cockburn Sound)
=Beacon Battery, Garden Island – 2 × 4 in ex-US naval guns
Challenger Battery, Garden Island – 2 × 155 mm guns
Collie Battery, Garden Island – 2 × 12-pdr 12 cwt guns
= Geraldton
=Geraldton Battery, Geraldton – 2 × 4 in ex-US naval guns, 2 × 18-pdr Mk IV guns
= Rockingham
=Peron Battery, Cape Peron – 2 × 155 mm, 2 × 18-pdr Mk IV guns
= Rottnest Island
=Bickley Battery, Rottnest Island – 2 × 6 in Mk XI guns
Oliver's Battery, Rottnest Island – 2 × 9.2 in Mk X guns
See also
Military history of Australia
Structure of the Australian Army during World War II
Anti-aircraft defences of Australia during World War II
Hobart coastal defences
Sydney Harbour defences