Kissing Point Fortification

Kissing Point Fortification
Kissing Point Fortification, 2007
Location38-40 Howitt Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates19°14′24″S 146°48′15″E / 19.2399°S 146.8043°E / -19.2399; 146.8043
Design period1870s - 1890s (late 19th century)
Built1891 & 1939–1941
ArchitectPeter Scratchley, Edward Druitt
Official nameKissing Point Fortification & Jezzine Barracks (part)
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated5 February 2010
Reference no.601129
Significant period1880s - 2007
Significant componentswall/s - retaining, vista/s, parade ground/quadrangle/assembly ground, mounting block/stand, views from, machine gun mounting, magazine / explosives store, guns/weaponry/armament, lookout/observation platform, tunnel - military, casemate/s, drill ground/parade ground, gun emplacement, views to, objects (movable) - defence, ventilation shaft - military, store/s / storeroom / storehouse
BuildersA McMillan (Govt Foreman of Works c1890)
Kissing Point Fortification is located in Queensland
Kissing Point Fortification
Location of Kissing Point Fortification in Queensland
Kissing Point Fortification is located in Australia
Kissing Point Fortification
Kissing Point Fortification (Australia)

Kissing Point Fortification is a heritage-listed fortification at 38-40 Howitt Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Peter Scratchley and Major Edward Druitt and built from 1891 by A McMillan (Govt Foreman of Works c1890) and then from 1939 to 1941. It is also known as Jezzine Barracks. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2010.[1]

It is now the home of the Army Museum of North Queensland.

  1. ^ "Kissing Point Fortification & Jezzine Barracks (part) (entry 601129)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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