 The area features the Navy Heritage Centre, opened in 2004, and graffiti dating to the First Fleet in 1788.From its foundation until the establishment of the Two Ocean Policy and commissioning of HMAS "Stirling" in 1978, "Kuttabul" was the RAN's main naval base.With the establishment of two main bases, "Kuttabul" and Garden Island took on the additional designation of Fleet Base East.