Topic: MilitiaRC - Vic
Victorian Militia - Rifle Club
1910
Victorian 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 Victoria 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.
Amphitheatre - Rifle Club
Apollo Bay - Rifle Club
Ararat - Rifle Club
Areega - Areega and Carron Rifle Club
Arthur's Creek - Rifle Club
Aubrey - Rifle Club
Avoca - Rifle Club
Avon Plains - Rifle Club
Baccus Marsh - Rifle Club
Bairnesdale - Rifle Club
Ballan - Rifle Club
Ballarat
Ballarat Rifle Club
Canadian Rifle Club
Balmoral - Rifle Club
Barnawartha - Rifle Club
Bass Valley - Rifle Club
Beaconsfield - Rifle Club
Bealiba - Rifle Club
Beaufort - Rifle Club
Beeac - Rifle Club
Beech Forest - Rifle Club
Benalla - Rifle Club
Benambra - Rifle Club
Bendigo
Bendigo Rifle Club
South Bendigo Rifle Club
Berrimal - Rifle Club
Berriwillock - Rifle Club
Beulah - Rifle Club
Birchip - Rifle Club
Birregurra - Rifle Club
Blackwood - Rifle Club
Bonang - Border Rifle Club
Bonnie Doon - Rifle Club
Boolarra - Rifle Club
Branxholme - Rifle Club
Briagolong - Rifle Club
Bright - Rifle Club
Brim - Rifle Club
Brim Springs - Rifle Club
Broadford - Rifle Club
Bruthen - Rifle Club
Buchan - Rifle Club
Buckland - Rifle Club
Buckrabanyule - Rifle Club
Buffalo River - Rifle Club
Bulga - Rifle Club
Buln Buln - Rifle Club
Bulumwaal - Rifle Club
Buninyong - Rifle Club
Bunyip - Rifle Club
Burrumbeet - Rifle Club
Byaduk - Rifle Club
Camperdown - Rifle Club
Caniambo - Rifle Club
Carboor - Rifle Club
Carisbrook - Rifle Club
Cassilis - Rifle Club
Casterton - Rifle Club
Castlemaine - Rifle Club
Charlton - Rifle Club
Cheltenham - Rifle Club
Cheshunt - Upper King Rifle Club
Chewton - Rifle Club
Chiltern - Rifle Club
Christmas Hill - Rifle Club
Clunes - Rifle Club
Cobram - Rifle Club
Cohuna - Rifle Club
Colac - Rifle Club
Coleraine - Rifle Club
Corack - Corack District Rifle Club
Corryong - Upper Murray Rifle Club
Creswick - Rifle Club
Dandenong - Rifle Club
Dargo - Rifle Club
Darnum - Rifle Club
Daylesford - Rifle Club
Derby - Rifle Club
Dergholm - Dergholm and Poolaijelo Rifle Club
Diamond Creek - Rifle Club
Digby - Rifle Club
Dimboola - Rifle Club
Donald - Rifle Club
Doncaster - Rifle Club
Dookie - Rifle Club
Drouin - Rifle Club
Dumbalk - Rifle Club
Dunolly - Rifle Club
Eaglehawk - Rifle Club
East Metcalfe - Rifle Club
Echuca - Rifle Club
Egerton - Rifle Club
Elmore - Rifle Club
Emerald - Rifle Club
Ensay - Rifle Club
Eskdale - Rifle Club
Euroa - Rifle Club
Everton - Rifle Club
Ferntree Gully - Rifle Club
Foster - Rifle Club
Frankston - Rifle Club
Gaffney's Creek - Rifle Club
Garfield - Rifle Club
Garvoc - Rifle Club
Geelong - Rifle Club
Gellibrand - Rifle Club
Gelliondale - Rifle Club
Gembrook - Rifle Club
Genoa River - Rifle Club
Gisborne - Rifle Club
Glen Alvie - Rifle Club
Glen Thompson - Rifle Club
Glenorchy - Rifle Club
Glenrowan - Rifle Club
Gobur - Rifle Club
Goorambat - Rifle Club
Gordon - Rifle Club
Gormondale - Rifle Club
Goschen - Rifle Club
Granya - Rifle Club
Great Western - Rifle Club
Grenville - Rifle Club
Gunbower - Rifle Club
Gunyah Gunyah - Rifle Club
Hamilton - Rifle Club
Hanson - Rifle Club
Harrietville - Rifle Club
Harrow - Rifle Club
Heathcote - Rifle Club
Heywood - Rifle Club
Hopetoun - Rifle Club
Hopevale - Rifle Club
Horsham - Rifle Club
Inglewood - Rifle Club
Inverleight - Rifle Club
Inverloch - Rifle Club
Irrewillipe - Rifle Club
Jullukar - Rifle Club
Jumbuk - Rifle Club
Kaniva - Rifle Club
Karramomus - Rifle Club
Katamatite - Rifle Club
Katandra - Rifle Club
Kerang - Rifle Club
Keyneton - Rifle Club
Kiewa Valley - Rifle Club
Kilmore - Rifle Club
Kinglake - Rifle Club
Kinimakatka - Kinimakatka Farmers' Rifle Club
Kongwak - Rifle Club
Koondrook - Rifle Club
Koroit - Rifle Club
Kyabran - Rifle Club
Lake Bolac - Rifle Club
Lancefield - Rifle Club
Landsborough - Rifle Club
Lang Lang - Rifle Club
Launching Place - Rifle Club
Lauriston - Rifle Club
Learmonth - Rifle Club
Leigh Road - Bannockburn Rifle Club
Leongatha - Rifle Club
Leopold - Rifle Club
Lexton - Rifle Club
Linton - Rifle Club
Lismore - Rifle Club
Little River - Rifle Club
Loch - Rifle Club
Locksley - Rifle Club
Longwood - Rifle Club
Lorne - Rifle Club
Lubeck - Rifle Club
Macarthur - Rifle Club
Maffra - Rifle Club
Majorca - Rifle Club
Maldon - Rifle Club
Malmsbury - Rifle Club
Mansfield - Rifle Club
Mardan - Rifle Club
Marloo - Rifle Club
Marong - Rifle Club
Maryborough - Rifle Club
Matlock - Rifle Club
Melbourne
Boroondara Rifle Club
Brunswick Rifle Club
City Electric Supply Rifle Club
Coburg Rifle Club
Collingwood District Municipal Corporation Rifle Club
Collingwood Rifle Club
Dunlop Rubber Company Rifle Club
Essendon and Flemington Rifle Club
Fitzroy Rifle Club
Footscray Rifle Club
Government Printing Office Rifle Club
Hawthorn Rifle Club
Kew Rifle Club
Malvern Rifle Club
Melbourne Cricket Club Rifle Club
Melbourne Department of Public Works and Agriculture Rifle Club
Melbourne Rifle Club
Melbourne Tramways Rifle Club
Melbourne University Rifle Club
Melbourne University Rifles
Port Melbourne Rifle Club
Post and Telegraph Rifle Club
Prahan Rifle Club
Preston Rifle Club
Richmond Rifle Club
Sandringham Rifle Club
South and Port Melbourne Thistle Rifle Club
South Melbourne Rifle Club
South Yarra Rifle Club
St Kilda Rifle Club
Training College Rifle Club
Victorian Police Rifle Club
Victorian Railways Rifle Club
Mepunga - Rifle Club
Meredith - Rifle Club
Merino - Rifle Club
Merton - Rifle Club
Metung - Rifle Club
Mia Mia - Rifle Club
Mildura - Rifle Club
Milne's Ridge - Rifle Club
Minapre - Rifle Club
Minyip - Rifle Club
Mirboo North - Rifle Club
Mitre Lake - Rifle Club
Mitta Mitta - Rifle Club
Moe - Rifle Club
Molyullah - Rifle Club
Moonlight Head - Rifle Club
Mooroopna - Rifle Club
Morang - Rifle Club
Mortlake - Rifle Club
Mount Duneed - Rifle Club
Mount Prospect - Rifle Club
Mount Wills - Rifle Club
Moyston - Rifle Club
Murchison - Rifle Club
Murton - Rifle Club
Myrtleford - Rifle Club
Nagambie - Rifle Club
Narracan - Narracan Valley Rifle Club
Neerin - Rifle Club
Netherby - Rifle Club
Newham - Newham Rifle Club
Newstead - Rifle Club
Nhill - Rifle Club
Ninyeunook - Rifle Club
Noorat - Rifle Club
Noradjuha - Noradjuha District Rifle Club
Numarkah - Rifle Club
Nyah - Nyah and District Rifle Club
Nypo - Rifle Club
Omeo - Rifle Club
Orbost - Rifle Club
Ovens Valley - Rifle Club
Penhurst - Rifle Club
Piangil - Piangil and District Rifle Club
Pigeon Ponds - Rifle Club
Pomborneit - Rifle Club
Pomonal - Rifle Club
Poowong - Rifle Club
Port Campbell - Rifle Club
Port Fairy - Rifle Club
Portarlington - Rifle Club
Portland - Rifle Club
Quantong - Rifle Club
Queenscliff - Rifle Club
Queenstown - Caledonia Rifle Club
Rainbow - Rifle Club
Rapanyup - Rifle Club
Redhill - Rifle Club
Romney - Rifle Club
Roseberry - Rifle Club
Rushworth - Rifle Club
Rutherglen - Rifle Club
Sale - Rifle Club
Sandford - Rifle Club
Sea Lake - Rifle Club
Sea View - Rifle Club
Seymour - Rifle Club
Shepparton - Rifle Club
Shoreham - Rifle Club
Smeaton - Rifle Club
Smythesdale - Rifle Club
Sorrento - Rifle Club
South Barwon - Rifle Club
Springhurst - Rifle Club
St Arnaud - Rifle Club
Stacey's Bridge - Rifle Club
Stawell - Rifle Club
Steiglitz - Rifle Club
Stradbroke - Rifle Club
Stratford - Rifle Club
Strath Creek - Rifle Club
Strathbridge North - Rifle Club
Strathbridge South - Rifle Club
Strathmerton - Strathmerton Rifle Club
Swanpool - Rifle Club
Swift's Creek - Rifle Club
Talbot - Rifle Club
Talgarao - Rifle Club
Tallangatta - Rifle Club
Tallygaroopna - Rifle Club
Tanjil - Rifle Club
Taradale - Rifle Club
Tarnagulla - Rifle Club
Ten Mile - Ten Mile Mountain Rifle Club
Terang - Rifle Club
Thornton - Rifle Club
Thorpdale - Thorpdale and Narracan Rifle Club
Timboon - Rifle Club
Timmering - Rifle Club
Tolmie - Rifle Club
Tongala - Rifle Club
Toora - Rifle Club
Tooradin - Rifle Club
Trafalgar - Rifle Club
Traralgon - Rifle Club
Traynor's Lagoon - Rifle Club
Trentham - Rifle Club
Ultima - Rifle Club
Upper Traralgon Creek - Rifle Club
Violet Town - Rifle Club
Wahgunyah - Murray River Rifle Club
Walhalla - Rifle Club
Wall - Rifle Club
Walwa - Rifle Club
Wandiligong - Rifle Club
Wangaratta - Rifle Club
Wangrabelle - Rifle Club
Warragul - Rifle Club
Warrandyte - Rifle Club
Warrnambool - Rifle Club
Wedderburn - Rifle Club
Welshpool - Rifle Club
Werribee
Werribee Metropolitan Farm Rifle Club
Werribee Rifle Club
Willaura - Rifle Club
Wodonga - Rifle Club
Woodend - Rifle Club
Wood's Pond - Rifle Club
Wunghnu - Rifle Club
Wycheproof - Rifle Club
Yackandandah - Rifle Club
Yalca - Rifle Club
Yanac-a-Yanac - Rifle Club
Yandoit - Yandoit District Rifle Club
Yarraby - Rifle Club
Yarragon - Rifle Club
Yarran - Rifle Club
Yarrawonga - Rifle Club
Yea - Rifle Club
Yielima - Rifle Club
Further Reading:
Victorian Militia - Rifle Clubs
Citation: Victorian Rifle Clubs 1910
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Updated: Saturday, 30 May 2009 3:00 PM EADT
