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[[File:Breakwater battery port kembla, new south wales.jpg|thumb|Gun emplacement 1 at the Breakwater Battery.]] 
'''Breakwater ''Battery''''', was a coastal defence battery at [[Port Kembla, New South Wales|Port Kembla]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] during [[World War II]].

Constructed in 1939 to provide protection for Port Kembla from enemy shipping and submarines. Two [[BL 6 inch Mk XI naval gun|6 inch Mk XI gun]] emplacements with related underground facilities were constructed near the southern breakwater at Port Kembla.

The battery and observation post (now a military museum) were key structures of the command centre for [[Fortress Kembla]] during World War II.

==Gallery==
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== See also==
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* [[Military history of Australia]]

==References==
* [http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2700586 NSW Heritage Listing]

==External links==
* [http://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/breakwater-battery-museum/ Breakwater Battery Military Museum] - Museums and Galleries of New South Wales

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[[Category:Bunkers in Oceania]]
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[[Category:History of Wollongong]]
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[[Category:Military installations established in 1939]]
[[Category:1939 establishments in Australia]]