One of the embrasures in the wall of the guardhouse on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.

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The Guardhouse was the first building in the Island it was designed to double as a fort so the guards could lock themselves inside in the event of a revolt by the prisoners. They could fire out these numbered embrasures

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Size: 5032px × 3354px
Location: Cockatoo Island, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Photo credit: © John_Buxton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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