Fort Scratchley

Fort Scratchley

Australia is a nation of the totally different culture of the immigrants of the Caucasians race and that of the native Aboriginal people. This is the land where no tourist returns dissatisfied, be it a lone traveler, a group traveler, a nature lover, a food freak, a wildlife photographer or an art lover or an offbeat tourist. This is the place which has every thing in store for the travelers of any category; a "Pandora's Box" of the nature!

Fort Scratchely, Newcastle: A brief history:
This particular place is the site where the Coast Defence Fort was located and is in a position that has a stance of being in command. Its main purpose was to guard the estuary of the Hunter River. It was twice renovated being built in 1882, firstly being modernized in the year 1892 and the second time in the year 1910.
This particular site has witnessed the pinnacle of the Australian coast defence from the loading of its guns. Fort Scratchley, Newcastle in Australia remains to be the only Australian Coastal Fort to have attacked on an enemy warship. It was at the time of Second World War that the guns of the Fort Scratchley's went into tremendous action in retaliation to an attack by the Japanese submarine.

Fort Scratchely, Newcastle has the most original gun placements and underground arms and ammunitions stores as well as magazines. It also has four 80 ponder rifled muzzle loading guns and two 6 inch Mark VII breech loading guns. With the subsequent change in the warfare this place was gradually vacated in the year 1972. This is the best place to be very close to the ambience of experiencing the time of the Second World War. It leaves the tourists totally speechless, when they witness the original ammunitions which were used in the process of protecting Hunter River from the foes. It gives them a very sublime experience of learning about the history of the Fort Scratchely.

Aim of the Museum:
The society of the museum of Fort Scratchely, Newcastle exists to cherish the military heritage of the fort, maintenance of the tunnels, gun emplacements and underground magazines. The Society's rare collection has the war relics, uniforms, records and photographs which are mainly related to the site and the history of the military of the Newcastle.

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