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Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo
is a heritage-listed historic site located at 43?51 Cowper Wharf Roadway, in the inner city
Sydney
suburb of
Woolloomooloo
in the
City of Sydney
local government area of
New South Wales
, Australia. It is also known as
The Gunnery
. The property is owned by the
Housing NSW
, an
agency
of the
Government of New South Wales
. It was added to the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
on 2 April 1999.
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History
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The building now known as The Gunnery was built c.1900. It was erected as a bulk store for the
Sydney Morning Herald
newspaper. During
World War II
the
Commonwealth Government
acquired the building for defence purposes and the
Royal Australian Navy
used it as a gunnery and instructional centre for trainees to practice their gunnery skills.
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HMAS
Mindari
, the former training site, was
commissioned
on 1 July 1945 and was
decommissioned
on 30 April 1948 and was initially used as a naval film laboratory and cinema before being repurposed as the Gunnery Art Gallery under the management of the
Ministry for the Arts
.
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A newspaper article in 1945 reported that HMAS
Mindari
is a gunnery instructional centre in Woolloomooloo. Its principal activity has been the training of Australian and Allied merchant seamen in the use of guns. For this it used a "dome," on the ceiling of which a cinema projects a plane. Members of the class shoot at this with
Oerlikons
and
Bofors
guns while attempts to distract their aim are made by the realistic sound of guns and planes."
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Present use
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After extensive renovations, in 2023, The Gunnery was reopened as a revitalised contemporary art space operated by Artspace and supported by the NSW Government. The transformation works were completed by Sydney-based architectural firm DunnHillam Architecture + Urban Design.
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Heritage listing
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The Gunnery was listed on the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
on 2 April 1999.
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References
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Attribution
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This Wikipedia article was originally based on
The Gunnery
, entry number 927 in the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under
CC-BY 4.0
licence
, accessed on 13 October 2018.
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Ships and
equipment
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- Current fleet
(
Anzac
-class frigate
,
Adelaide
-class frigate
,
Collins
-class submarine
,
Canberra
-class landing helicopter dock
,
Bay-class landing ship
,
Armidale
-class patrol boat
,
Huon
-class minehunter
,
HMAS
Sirius
,
Leeuwin
-class survey vessel
,
Paluma
-class motor launch
,
Young Endeavour
,
Cape-class patrol boat
)
- All ships
- Aircraft
- Naval procurement programme
- Equipment
- Craft of Opportunity Program
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Personnel
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Current
operations
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History
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Former
entities
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Current bases
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Former bases
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