Great to catch with a gaming mate in recently and of course was showing him my recently completed Crimean Russians, to which he said "put those against my Maori Wars British and we can play the Defence of Melbourne". Mind. Blown. Of course we could!
So naturally I'm back in research mode now and revisiting this topic, but probably with alt-history in mind instead of VSF flavour (at least for now anyway!)
https://www.mhhv.org.au/lines-in-the-sand-hobsons-bay-defences-of-williamstown-sandridge-1854-1871-by-keith-quinton/
And both are available from here - unfortunately like many print on demand/low print count the costs for hardcopies are...very high. However, the author Keith Quinton has kindly made pdf versions available at cup of coffee prices, which I am enjoying now.
https://au.blurb.com/user/keithquinton
Of course I did suggest to my mate (lets call him Dave, mostly because thats his name) That perhaps an assault on the colonial fortification of Fort Scratchley in Newcastle might be a good initial fight. But like me, he grew up in Melbourne and wants to do the big one!
In the meantime, I'll get cracking on the next Russian battalion!
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The ‘Right Battery’ at Williamstown, Fort Gellibrand.
(Image from the Military History and Heritage Victoria website)
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