Early Buildings on Spectacle Island
The following list was compiled in 1902 (The National Trust of Australia (NSW) letter of 4th September 1972) and shows the date of erection of each building present at that time. It also shows those buildings that were in the course of erection or which were then proposed. It serves to identify the early stages of the island's development.
1865
- Powder Magazine
- Small Arms Store
- Office
- Storekeeper's Residence
- Guard Room
1872-1877
1877
1884
- Shell Store
- Gun Carriage Shed
- Gun Cotton and Torpedo Store
- Storekeeper's Residence - additional room
1885
1890
1891
- Return Store
- Gun Mounting Shed
- Quick Firing Ammunition Store
- Detonator Store
- Filled Shell Store
- Laboratory
- Flagstaff
1893
1894
- 6 & 3 Pounder Quick Firing Ammunition Store
- Powder Magazine and Gun Cotton Store
- Wash-house and Armourer's Store
1895
- Lightning Conductors on 6 buildings
- Ammunition Racks
- Painting and Renovating Gunner's Quarters (Residence)
1896
- Bathing Place
- Recreation Room
1898
1899
- Ammunition Racks
- Salt Water Service
1900
1902
In Course of Erection
- Quick Firing Ammunition Store
Tenders Invited
- Filled Shell Magazine and Testing Room
Proposed
- New Laboratory Awning over Tramway Paint Store in portion of Cable Tank Tramway from Laboratory to Quick Firing Ammunition Store