Beehive Casemate

"Beehive Bunker" redirects here. For the crisis management command centre under The Beehive in New Zealand, see National Crisis Management Centre.

One of three chambers/gun emplacements within the fortification

A larger fortification located above and adjacent to the Beehive Casemate in Obelisk Bay

Beehive Casemate is a historical fortification located on the banks of Obelisk Bay, in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Construction began in 1871 and was completed in 1874. The fort was constructed under the supervision of colonial architect James Barnet. The underground Casemate was one of the first to be locally designed and built after the withdrawal of British troops in 1870 and the Cardwell Reforms. The fortification contains three domed chambers that were used as gun emplacements, each chamber had a small opening or window for the gun to fire through with each window looking out towards the Sydney Heads. The underground chambers were made of brick and mortar and were built into the excavated cavities in the sandstone bedrock. They were intended to fire on enemy ships as they navigated the passages around Sow and Pigs Reef, within the entrance to Sydney Harbour. ^[1]^[2]

The Beehive Casemate was carved into the cliff face at Obelisk Bay on Sydney Harbour in 1871

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Barracks, batteries, bunkers and forts, Sydney and surrounds

City of Sydney	Dawes Point Battery Fleet Base East Fort Denison Fort Macquarie Fort Philip Hyde Park Barracks Victoria Barracks

Greater Western and South Western Sydney	Bankstown Bunker Camp Warwick Holsworthy Barracks Ingleburn Army Camp Wallgrove Army Base 118th General Hospital

La Perouse, Malabar and Clovelly	Bare Island Fort Banks Henry Head Battery Malabar Battery

Mosman and Manly	Beehive Casemate Bradleys Head Fortification Complex Georges Head Battery Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position Middle Head Fortifications Shelly Battery Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net

Watsons Bay, Vaucluse and North Bondi	Ben Buckler Gun Battery Anti-motor torpedo boat defensive battery Steel Point Battery Signal Hill Battery

City of Wollongong	Breakwater Battery Drummond Battery Flagstaff Hill Fort Illowra Battery (Hill 60) Smiths Hill Fort

See also	Coastal defences of Australia during World War II Sydney Harbour defences

Coordinates: 33°49′39″S 151°16′5″E / 33.82750°S 151.26806°E / -33.82750; 151.26806

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