NOTES

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Wellington’s Vanishing Defence Heritage © Darcy Waters 1999-2004

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2/7/2004 Visited Fort Ballance. The caretakers house at Fort Ballance has gone.
Demolished? Removed? Anyone know? Most likely mid 2004 as people who have corresponded with me have talked about a caretaker letting them in.

 

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ERRATA : Wellington Public Hospital's 210 Block was not built for military use (unlike was listed in the Remains list on this site) . However there was another block that was (and has long since been demolished).

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The Krupp gun that once sat by the gates to Newtown Park has been cleaned up and now sits on top of the Gun Emplacement of the Gardens Battery (by the old Dominion Observatory) in Wellington's Botanic Gardens.

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The Student? hostel 213-217 Taranaki Street is nearing completion. The old outhouse on the site does not appear to remain.

The Gardens Battery and the Dominion Observatory (built over the battery's magazine) are now looked after by the Dept of Conservation

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The Gardens Battery and the Dominion Observatory (built over the battery's magazine) are now looked after by the Dept of Conservation

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The only remains of Fort Dorset are the remains of magazines, gun emplacements etc. along the ridge south of the Dorset Cove subdivision.

The area of the old north sportsfield, Nui Dat and Terendak is the Point Dorset Subdivision

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Due to recent work on this website "what's new" "(web)site map" and "links" pages are now in the "Admin." section on the navbar above.

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New Seatoun School on part of Fort Dorset land opened April 2002

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Construction of (what is supposed to be) student accommodation at 213-217 Taranaki St well under way as at the start of December 2001

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      Demolition of the buildings on the North end of Fort Dorset started sometime between the 2nd and 8th of September.

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      Ex Defence Department housing in Upper Taranaki St (No's 213 & 215) were removed somewhere between Tuesday 18th August and the 3rd September 2001. Also removed were prefabs located behind them at 217 Taranaki St

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      Fort Dorset - as at the 2nd of September 2001 the new school is well under way with construction of the two main buildings on the old parade ground. And all camp building south of the entrance gate demolished.

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