Virtual Discovery #13 - Kembla cables
Part of a series of “Virtual Discovery” presentations featuring the military heritage of Rottnest island produced in parallel with Virtual Visit posts relating to the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia. This “Virtual Discovery” focuses on the buried cabling which provided the primary communications links between coast defence assets.
Buried cabling was designed to provide secure voice and fire control information between elements of the coast defence system – detection, identification, coordination and engagement. MM Kembla, a division of Metal Manufactures Limited, was established in 1916 at Port Kembla, NSW, and it was from this locality that the famous “Kembla” brand name originated. Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The name "Kembla" is Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl"
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The Rottnest Island was closed to the public for extended periods during the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March 2020. The success of “Virtual Visi” series at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia prompted the creation of a parallel series of “Virtual Discoveries” focussing on the military and heritage aspects of Rottnest island.
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