RAN STATION 301
PORT WAR SIGNAL STATION
NEWCASTLE, NSW
DURING WW2
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RAN Station 301, Port War Signal Station was built in September 1939 on Nobby’s Head on the landward section of the southern breakwater of Newcastle Harbour. The Port War Signal Station guarded the entrance to the Newcastle harbour and identified shipping coming and going.
Photo:- Cameron Alexander
North Eastern View
The Nobby’s Head facility had problems with communications with the Shepherd’s Hill Complex and prior to the communications problems being rectified the Port War Signal Station (RAN Station 301) was relocated to the Shepherd’s Hill Complex on 20 May 1940.
Photo:- Cameron Alexander
South Eastern View
RAN Station 301 remained in operation at the Shepherd’s Hill Complex until 20 November 1944 when the port of Newcastle was declared no longer a defended port.
Photo:- Cameron Alexander
Viewed from Southern Breakwater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Cameron Alexander for his assistance with this web page.
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This page first produced 30 May 2007
This page last updated 30 May 2007
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