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Fort Cowan Cowan
Gun emplacement, Fort Cowan Cowan
Location30 Jessie Wadsworth Street, Moreton Island, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°07′32″S 153°21′56″E / 27.1255°S 153.3655°E / -27.1255; 153.3655
Queensland Heritage Register
Official nameFort Cowan Cowan (Cowan Cowan Battery), RAN 3 Cowan Cowan, Fort Cowan
Typestate heritage (archaeological, built)
Designated1 October 2007
Reference no.602559
Significant period1939-45
Significant componentsmagazine / explosives store, gun emplacement
Fort Cowan Cowan is located in Queensland
Fort Cowan Cowan
Location of Fort Cowan Cowan in Queensland
Gunners manning a 6-inch Mk XI gun, November 1943

Fort Cowan Cowan is a heritage-listed World War II fortification at 30 Jessie Wadsworth Street, Moreton Island, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as RAN 3 Cowan Cowan, Fort Cowan and Cowan Cowan Battery. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 October 2007.[1]

The fort's main armament consisted of two BL 6 inch Mk XI naval guns.[2]

  1. ^ "Fort Cowan Cowan (Cowan Cowan Battery) (entry 602559)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ Dunn, Peter (24 April 2015). "Cowan Battery at Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island". Australia at War. Peter Dunn. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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