Topic: MilitiaRC - NSW
NSW Militia - Rifle Clubs
1910
New South Wales Rifle Club List, 1910
One of the most important adjuncts to the militia system from 1903 to the re-organisation of 1912 was the role played by the Rifle Club movement in Australia. At the time, these clubs were seen as the reservoir of manpower for a potential guerrilla force should any invasion occur. The doctrine was almost a copy of that pursued by the Boer forces in South Africa which successfully held the Imperial Army at bay for nearly three years. For Australia, the invasion fear was uppermost in the minds of the population. This fear found its articulation in a novel written by Charles H Kirmess (the nom de plume for Frank Fox) called "Commonwealth in Crisis" which was first serialised in the "Lone Hand" magazine which was largely funded by the Commonwealth Government via Alfred Deakin. The story was about a Japanese invasion of the Northern Territory in 1912 requiring the Commonwealth to resist with a guerrilla force of irregulars trained through the rifle clubs.
So important were the rifle clubs for the defence of Australia that the Commonwealth provided the training staff, rifles and ammunition so the clubs could function. Members were drilled, wore uniforms and practised all the basic skills of soldiering as well as target shooting.
Below is the list of Rifle Clubs which existed in every town throughout New South Wales in 1910. The towns and cities are in alphabetical order. This particular date is the high point of the Rifle Club movement in Australia. With the coming of universal military training in 1912 and the Great War in 1914, the Rifle Clubs saw a decline in their importance within the Australian defence scheme.
Aberdeen - Rifle Club
Adaminaby - Rifle Club
Adams town - Rifle Club
Adelong - Rifle Club
Albion Park - Rifle Club
Albury - Rifle Club
Anson (Norfolk Island) - Rifle Club
Araluen - Rifle Club
Armidale - Rifle Club
Ashford - Rifle Club
Auburn - Rifle Club
Ballina - Rifle Club
Balranald - Rifle Club
Bangalow - Rifle Club
Barraba - Rifle Club
Bathurst - Rifle Club
Bega - Rifle Club
Bellinger - Bellinger River Rifle Club
Berridale - Rifle Club
Berry - Rifle Club
Bethungra - Rifle Club
Bigga .. - Rifle Club
Billinudgel - Rifle Club
Bingara - Rifle Club
Blackheath - Rifle Club
Blayney - Rifle Club
Bodangora - Rifle Club
Bombala - Rifle Club
Bongongo - Adjungbilly Rifle Club
Boolaroo - Rifle Club
Bourke - Rifle Club
Bowraville - Bowra Rifle Club
Braidwood - Rifle Club
Brewarrina - Rifle Club
Broken Hill
Australian Natives Association Rifle Club
Barrier YMCA Rifle Club
Broken Hill Rifle Club
Machester Unity Oddfellows
United Tramways Rifle Club
West Broken Hill Rifle Club
Brungle - Rifle Club
Buddigower - Rifle Club
Bumberry Siding - Rifle Club
Bungendore - Rifle Club
Bungonia - Rifle Club
Burrawang - Rifle Club
Burringbar - Rifle Club
Burrowa - Rifle Club
Byron Bay - Rifle Club
Camden - Rifle Club
Camira - Rifle Club
Campbelltown - Rifle Club
Candelo - Rifle Club
Capertee - Rifle Club
Cargo - Rifle Club
Casino - Rifle Club
Central Tilba - Rifle Club
Cessnock - Rifle Club
Cobar - Rifle Club
Cobargo - Rifle Club
Cobbora - Rifle Club
Coff's Harbour - Rifle Club
Collector - Rifle Club
Comara - Rifle Club
Condoblin - Rifle Club
Coolac - Rifle Club
Coolah - Rifle Club
Coolamon - Rifle Club
Cooma - Rifle Club
Coonabarabran - Rifle Club
Coonamble - Rifle Club
Coopernook - Rifle Club
Cootamundra - Rifle Club
Coraki - Rifle Club
Corndale - Rifle Club
Crookwell - Rifle Club
Cudal - Rifle Club
Dalgety - Rifle Club
Dapto - Rifle Club
Delegate - Rifle Club
Deniliquin - Rifle Club
Denman - Rifle Club
Dinton Vale - Rifle Club
Dorrigo - Rifle Club
Dubbo - Rifle Club
Dungog - Rifle Club
Dunoon - Rifle Club
Eden - Eden and Twofold Bay Rifle Club
Eltham - Rifle Club
Emmaville - Emmaville District Rifle Club
Eugowra - Rifle Club
Finley - Rifle Club
Forbes - Rifle Club
Forest Reefs - Rifle Club
Forster - Cape Hawke Rifle Club
Garfield - Rifle Club
Gerringong - Rifle Club
Gilgandra - Rifle Club
Gladesville - Gladesville - Balmain Rifle Club
Glen Innes - Rifle Club
Gollan - Rifle Club
Goolma - Rifle Club
Goulburn
Goulburn Railway Ambulance Rifle Club
Goulburn Rifle Club
Grafton - Rifle Club
Grattai - Rifle Club
Greenethorpe - Rifle Club
Grenfell - Rifle Club
Guerie - Rifle Club
Gulargambone - Rifle Club
Gulgong - Rifle Club
Gundagai - Rifle Club
Gunnedah - Rifle Club
Gunning - Rifle Club
Guy Fawkes - Rifle Club
Guyra - Rifle Club
Hargraves - Rifle Club
Hay - Rifle Club
Helensburgh - Rifle Club
Henty - Rifle Club
Hill End - Rifle Club
Hillgrove - Rifle Club
Hornsby - Rifle Club
Illabo - Bethungra Park Rifle Club
Illewong - Rifle Club
Inverell - Rifle Club
Jamberoo - Rifle Club
Jerilderie - Rifle Club
Jerrara - Rifle Club
Junee - Rifle Club
Kangaroo Valley - Rifle Club
Katoomba - Rifle Club
Kempsey - Rifle Club
Kiama - Rifle Club
Kogarah - Rifle Club
Koorawatha - Rifle Club
Kurri Kurri - Rifle Club
Kyogle - Rifle Club
Lake Cudgellico - Cudgellico District Rifle Club
Landsdowne - Rifle Club
Lawson - Rifle Club
Leadville - Rifle Club
Lismore
Lismore Railway Rifle Club
Lismore Rifle Club
Lithgow - Rifle Club
Little Plain - Rifle Club
Lockhart - Rifle Club
Lynch's Creek - Rifle Club
Macksville - Rifle Club
Maclean - Rifle Club
Maitland - Rifle Club
Manilla - Rifle Club
Manly - Rifle Club
Marulan - Rifle Club
Mathoura - Rifle Club
Methul - Rifle Club
Millthorpe - Rifle Club
Milong - Rifle Club
Milton - Rifle Club
Mimitybelle - Rifle Club
Mittagong - Rifle Club
Molong - Molong District Rifle Club
Monteagle - Rifle Club
Mullion Creek - Rifle Club
Mullumbimby - Rifle Club
Murrumbateman - Rifle Club
Murrumburrah - Rifle Club
Murrurundi - Rifle Club
Murwillumbah - Rifle Club
Muswellbrook - Rifle Club
Muttama - Rifle Club
Nabiac - Wallamba River Rifle Club
Nana Glen - Orara Rifle Club
Nangarah - Wood's Reef Rifle Club
Narrabri - Rifle Club
Narrandera - Rifle Club
Nerrigundah - Rifle Club
Newbridge - Rifle Club
Newcastle
Australian Natives Association Rifle Club
Newcastle Rifle Club
Newcastle Tramways Rifle Club
Nimbin - Rifle Club
Norfolk Island - Anson Rifle Club
Nowra - Rifle Club
Nullamana - Rifle Club
Nyngan - Rifle Club
O'Connell - Rifle Club
Ollara - Rifle Club
Orange
Orange Railway Ambulance Rifle Club
Rifle Club
Pambula - Rifle Club
Parkes - Rifle Club
Parramatta - Rifle Club
Peak Hill - Rifle Club
Penrith - Rifle Club
Picton - Rifle Club
Port Macquarie - Hastings Rifle Club
Portland - Rifle Club
Queanbeyan - Rifle Club
Quirindi - Rifle Club
Rhyanna - Rifle Club
Richmond - Hawkesbury Agricultural College Rifle Club
Rockdale - Rifle Club
Rockley - Rifle Club
Rockton - Rifle Club
Rolland's Plains - Rifle Club
Rouchel - Rifle Club
Rugby - Rifle Club
Running Stream - Rifle Club
Rye Park - Rifle Club
Rylstone - Rifle Club
Scone - Rifle Club
Shellharbour - Rifle Club
Singleton - Rifle Club
Smithtown - Rifle Club
Sofala - Rifle Club
Spring Ridge - Rifle Club
Springwood - Rifle Club
St Mary's - Rifle Club
Sunny Corner - Rifle Club
Sydney
AMP Rifle Club
Australian Natives Association Rifle Club
Clyde Engineering Works Rifle Club
Eastern Suburbs Rifle Club
John Sands Ltd Rifle Club
Lands Department Rifle Club
Metropolitan Railway Rifle Club
North Sydney Rifle Club
NSW Post and Telegraph Department Rifle Club
Randwick Rifle Club
South Sydney Rifle Club
Sydney Rifle Club
Sydney Training College Rifle Club
Sydney Tramway Rifle Club
Water and Sewerage Board Rifle Club
Western Suburbs Rifle Club
Wunderlich Employees Rifle Club
Yorkshire Society's Rifle Club
Tamworth - Rifle Club
Tarago - Tarago and Lake Bathurst Rifle Club
Taralga - Rifle Club
Tarcutta - Rifle Club
Taree - Rifle Club
Telegraph Point - Rifle Club
Temora - Rifle Club
Tenterfield - Rifle Club
Thyra - Rifle Club
Tingha - Rifle Club
Tomingley - Rifle Club
Tooloom - Rifle Club
Tooraweenah - Rifle Club
Towamba - Rifle Club
Towrang - Rifle Club
Tumbarumba - Rifle Club
Uki - Rifle Club
Urana - Rifle Club
Wagga Wagga - Rifle Club
Wallangra - Rocky Dam Rifle Club
Wallerawang - Rifle Club
Wardell - Rifle Club
Warialdi - Rifle Club
Warren - Rifle Club
Wauchope - Rifle Club
Wellington - Rifle Club
Wentworth - Rifle Club
Wentworth Falls - Rifle Club
Werris Creek - Rifle Club
White Cliffs - Rifle Club
Wilbetree - Rifle Club
Wilcannia - Rifle Club
Willawarrin - Rifle Club
Windsor - Rifle Club
Wingham - Rifle Club
Wollomombi - Rifle Club
Wollongong - Rifle Club
Wolumla - Rifle Club
Wongwibinda - Rifle Club
Woodenbong - Rifle Club
Woodhouselee - Rifle Club
Woolgoolga - Rifle Club
Wuuluman - Rifle Club
Wyalong
West Wyalong Rifle ClubYarranerie - Rifle Club
Wyalong Rifle Club
Young - Rifle Club
Further Reading:
Citation: NSW Rifle Clubs 1910
