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Title
The Footbridge Down Under
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Well last stop under the footbridge before I leave Bare Island ( Sydney, Australia).
The bridge to the island was added in 1887. Until then, access relied on a flying fox, or a barge. It was by barge that the five major guns on the island - including a 12 tonne cannon - were brought across. During its operating years, the barracks were manned by about 70 soldiers (Henderson, 2016).
Bare Island was transferred to the Commonwealth in 1901. The garrison was reduced in 1902 and by 1908 it does not appear that any substantial military activity was occurring there.
In the early 1900s the fort was decommissioned and soon after it became the first war verterans' home in Australia. After petitioning from local womens' groups, in 1912 the first seven war veterans moved in (Henderson, 2016).
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September 17th, 2019
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