page_title: List of heritage buildings and sites in Williamstown, Victoria
section_title: Battery Road
hierarchical_section_title: List of heritage buildings and sites in Williamstown, Victoria / Battery Road
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the bay from Gloucester Reserve, Williamstown, Australia
context_page_description: There are numerous heritage buildings and sites in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
context_section_description: Gellibrand Pier and Breakwater Pier (off Battery Road).
  Williamstown Lighthouse or Timeball Tower at Point Gellibrand (Battery Road). Built in 1855 by convict labour, this bluestone tower originally operated as a lighthouse and still operates as a timeball. The tower is part of the Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park, which is managed by Parks Victoria.
  Fort Gellibrand (Battery Road). A 2.8 hectare site located near Point Gellibrand at the southernmost tip of Williamstown, Fort Gellibrand is of historical importance to the State of Victoria for its association with the development of defence strategies for the colony in the nineteenth century and for its association with the convict hulk period of the penal system in the colony. The Point Gellibrand shore batteries were first developed as part of an immediate defensive system for the city and port of Melbourne, prior to the establishment of batteries at the Port Phillip heads. The fort site contains the only remaining visible physical evidence of the system of four battery positions at Point Gellibrand from this period. The batteries at the fort were upgraded in the 1870s and 1880s, and the fort remained an integral part of the defensive system for Port Philip up until the late 1880s and 1890s. Today, the Fort is home to a reserve commando regiment of the Australian Army, the 2 Commando Company of the 1st Commando Regiment.
caption: View of Williamstown Beach from Gloucester Reserve car park, Williamstown
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