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Lithgow Arms is an Australian small arms manufacturer located in the town of Lithgow, New South Wales. Established by the Australian Government in 1912 as the Lithgow Small Arms Factory to ease reliance on the British for the supply of defence materials, it is currently owned by Thales Australia .
The Shepherds Hill military installations is a New South Wales state heritage-listed site, consisting of a former military gun battery emplacement, observation post and gunner's cottage at The Terrace in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1890 to 1940.
The gun battery was designed by NSW Colonial Government and built during 1893. It is also known as Ben Buckler Gun Battery 1893, 9.2 Disappearing Gun and Bondi Battery. The property is owned by Waverley Municipal Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 15 December 2006. [1] [2]
The Drill Hall (1906), Q-Store (former Gun Shed 1911) and the Parade Ground are important in illustrating the role of the New South Wales Department of Public Works in erecting buildings designed by the Government Architect's Office, New South Wales, under Walter Liberty Vernon as Government Architect 1890–1911, for the Commonwealth ...
Heckler & Koch HK69A1 L104A1/A2 37mm riot gun for baton rounds (used by Metropolitan Police, [85] [7] Kent Police, [35] South Wales Police, [86] Dyfed–Powys Police, [33] Hampshire and Thames Valley Police Armed Response, [52] Lancashire Constabulary, [87] Northumbria Police, [12] and Essex Police; [17] used with attenuating energy projectile ...
Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, New South Wales; Henry Head Battery, Sydney, New South Wales; Steel Point Battery, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales; Signal Hill Battery, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales; South Channel Fort, Port Phillip, Victoria Armstrong BL 6-inch Mk V disappearing gun at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand; Fort Lytton, Brisbane ...
It was designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Scratchley, after whom the fort was named and included three 9-in Rifle Muzzle Loader (RML) guns and a casemated battery of four 80 pounders. In 1889 three 6-inch BL and one 8-in BL disappearing gun were installed. The 80 pounders were replaced by quick-firing Nordenfelt machine guns in 1898.
In New South Wales there have been three gun amnesties: in 2001, 2003 and 2009. 63,000 handguns were handed in during the first two amnesties and over 4,323 handguns were handed in during the third amnesty. During the third amnesty 21,615 firearm registrations were received by the Firearms Registry. The surrendered firearms were all destroyed. [62]