• HPPA Picnic table sited on old Cottage pad. Fort Buckley was a defensive fort built in Wellington, New Zealand in 1885...
  • Constructed in Wellington's inner harbour in 1885, Fort Buckley was the first fort capable of defending the capital city's port from a naval attack.
  • Fort Buckley is held in high public esteem as it is a physical reminder of the response to the first serious threat to New Zealand since colonisation.
  • Fort Buckley was one of the first emplacements to be thrown up during the 1885 scare.
  • Fort Buckley was built in 1885 to help defend Wellington's inner harbour.
  • Fort Buckley was one of the first emplacements to be thrown up during the 1885 scare. The battery was armed with two 64pdr RML that were 77 feet apart with a...
  • Built in 1885, Fort Buckley was a hurriedly constructed 'Russian Scare' Battery designed to protect the inner Wellington Harbour from incursions by hostile vessels.
  • Constructed in Wellington’s inner harbour in 1885, Fort Buckley was the first fort capable of defending the capital city’s port from a naval attack.
  • ...kilometres.An original photo of the guns is shown on the Capital Defence site - "Sixty four pound gun at Fort Buckley, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington" 1886
  • Fort Buckley at the entrance to the Kaiwharawhara gorge housed a couple of guns for defense of the inner harbor and was originally built around 1885.