Podcasts & Stories
Murder at the Fort – podcast
A favourite with visitors to the museum shop, this fascinating book is about 2 unsolved murders in Queenscliff written by former Victorian Police Force detective, Bob Marmion.
The lighter side of life at Fort Queenscliff
This little ditty was found by Jason McGregor in a copy of the “Fort Critic” (newspaper) on 28th February 1918 … enjoy The Queenscliff Dinkum
How many soldiers manned the fort?
A fortress engineer company that operated the searchlights and the minefields and a garrison artillery battery that operated the guns manned Fort Queenscliff. The total
Did the Fort’s guns ever fire?
The FORT HISTORY page discusses the shots fired from Fort Nepean, on order from Fort Queenscliff, at the beginning of both World Wars. While the
What happened at the Fort or near it during World War I & World War II?
In July 1917 the German commerce raider Wolf laid two minefields in Bass Strait. On 5 July 1917, the British freighter SS Cumberland hit one