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Tuesday, 7 October 2008
South Australian Light Horse location list 1910 Topic: Militia - LHS - SA
SA Militia - Light Horse
1910
Towns throughout South Australia with a Light Horse Troop, 1910
The 1903 re-organisation of the Light Horse expanded and consolidated the number of units throughout Australia. Below is a list of towns in South Australia where a Light Horse troop was based. The towns are listed alphabetically with the particular Troop or Squadron noted next to it.
Western Australian Rifle Clubs 1910 Topic: MilitiaRC - WA
WA Militia - Rifle Clubs
1910
Western Australian 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 Western Australia 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.
A
Albany - Plantagent Rifle Club Anaconda - Rifle Club Arthur - Arthur River Rifle Club
B
Bardoe - Rifle Club Beverly - Rifle Club Boogardie - Rifle Club Boulder - Rifle Club Boyagarra - Rifle Club Boyanup - Rifle Club Bridgetown - Rifle Club Broad Arrow - Borad Arrow and Paddington Rifle Club Brookton - Rifle Club Broome - Rifle Club Broome Hill - Rifle Club Bulong - Rifle Club Bunbury - Rifle Club Burtville - Rifle Club Busselton - Rifle Club
C
Cardiff - Mines Rifle Club Carnarvon - Rifle Club Claremont - Claremont and Cottesloe Rifle Club Collie - Collie Rifle Club Collie - Lyall's Mill Rifle Club Coogardie - Rifle Club Cottesloe - Claremont and Cottesloe Rifle Club Cranbrook - Cranbrook and Frankland Rifle Club Cuballing - Rifle Club Cue - Rifle Club Cunderdin - Rifle Club
D
Darkan - Darkan Rifle Club Darkan - West Arthur Rifle Club Davyhurst - Rifle Club Day Dawn - Rifle Club Derby - Rifle Club Dowerin - Rifle Club Dowse's Wel - Wurgabup Rifle Club Drakesbrook - Rifle Club
E
East Narrogin - Wandering Rifle Club Eradu - Rifle Club Eucla - Rifle Club
F
Fremantle - Fremantle District Rifle Club
G
Geraldton - Rifle Club Gin Gin - Rifle Club Gindalbie - Rifle Club Goomalling - Rifle Club Greenbushes - The Timber Corporation Mill Rifle Club Greenough - Rifle Club
H
Harvey - Rifle Club
I
Ida Hill - Rifle Club
J
Jarrahdale - Rifle Club
K
Kalgoorli - Rifle Club Kanowna - Rifle Club Karridale - Rifle Club Katanning - Rifle Club Kellerberrin - Rifle Club Kojonup - Rifle Club Kookynie - Rifle Club
L
Lake Darlot - Rifle Club Lancefield - Rifle Club Laverton - Laverton District Rifle Club
Lawlers
Lawlers Rifle Club Vivien Rifle Club
Leederville - Rifle Club Lennonville - Rifle Club Leonora - Gwalia Rifle Club
M
Malcolm - Rifle Club Maninga Marley - Rifle Club Margaret River - Rifle Club Meekatharra - Rifle Club Menzies - Rifle Club Merredin - Rifle Club Mertondale - Rifle Club Midland Junction - Rifle Club Moodearup - Rifle Club Mount Barker - Rifle Club Mount Erin - Rifle Club Mount Ida - Rifle Club Mount Magnet - Rifle Club Mount Sir Samuel - Rifle Club Mullewa - Rifle Club Mulline - Rifle Club Mundaring - Darling Range Rifle Club Murrin Murrin - Rifle Club
N
Nannine - Rifle Club Narrogin - Rifle Club Newcastle - Rifle Club Nookennillup - Rifle Club Norseman - Rifle Club Northam - Rifle Club Northampton - Rifle Club Nungarra - Black Range Rifle Club
O
Ora Banda - Rifle Club
P
Perth - Rifle Club Pingelly - Rifle Club Popanyinning - Rifle Club Preston Valley - Rifle Club
R
Ravensthorpe - Phillips River Rifle Club Roebourne - Rifle Club Roelands - Rifle Club
S
South Perth - Rifle Club Southern Cross - Rifle Club
W
Wagin - Rifle Club Waverley - Rifle Club Wellington Mills - Rifle Club Wiluna - Rifle Club Woodmilling - Rifle Club Wooraloo - Rifle Club Worsley - Rifle Club
Y
Yalgoo - Rifle Club Yarloop - Rifle Club Yorketown - Rifle Club Yundamindera - Rifle Club
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 Tasmania 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.
B
Beaconsfield - Rifle Club Bellerive - Rifle Club Bothwell - Rifle Club Bransholm - Rifle Club Burnie - Rifle Club
C
Campbell Town - Rifle Club
D
Deloraine - Rifle Club Devonport - Rifle Club
F
Fingal - Rifle Club Franklin - Rifle Club
G
George Town - Rifle Club Glenora - Rifle Club
H
Hastings - Rifle Club Hobart - Australian Natives Association Rifle Club Hobart - Metropolitan Rifle Club Hobart - Police Rifle Club Hobart - Tasmanian University Rifle Club Hollow Tree - Rifle Club Huonville - Rifle Club
K
Kempton - Rifle Club Kindred - Rifle Club King Island - Rifle Club
L
Launceston - Rifle Club Linda - Rifle Club
M
Macquarie Plains - Rifle Club Magnet - Rifle Club Mole Creek - Chudleigh and Mole Creek Rifle Club
N
Nook - Sheffield Rifle Club Nubesna - Rifle Club
O
Oatlands - Rifle Club
P
Penguin - Rifle Club Pontville - Brighton Rifle Club Preston - Rifle Club
Q
Queenstown - Mount Lyall Rifle Club
R
Railton - Rifle Club Richmond - Rifle Club
S
Smithton - Rifle Club St Mary's - Rifle Club St Patrick's River - Rifle Club Stanley - Circular Head Rifle Club Strahan - Rifle Club
South Australian Rifle Clubs 1910 Topic: MilitiaRC - SA
SA Militia - Rifle Clubs
1910
South Australian 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 South Australian 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.
A
Adelaide
Adelaide Catholic Rifle Club Adelaide Rifle Club Adelaide University Rifle Club Advertiser Rifle Club Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen Rifle Club Cyclists Rifle Club East Torrens Rifle Club Electric Tramways Rifle Club Hibernian Rifle Club School of Mines Rifle Club South African Soldiers' Association Rifle Club
Alford - Tickera Rifle Club Angaston - Rifle Club
B
Balhannah - Ambleside Rifle Club Blackwood - Rifle Club Blyth - Rifle Club Booleroo Centre - Rifle Club Bordertown - Tatiara Rifle Club Brinkworth - Rifle Club Burra - Rifle Club
C
Caltowie - Rifle Club Campbelltown - Rifle Club Clare - Rifle Club Clarendon - Rifle Club Cockburn - Rifle Club Crystal Brook - Rifle Club
D
Denial Bay - Rifle Club
E
Echunga - Rifle Club Elliston - Rifle Club Eudunda - Rifle Club
F
Farina - Rifle Club Farrell's Flat - Rifle Club Fowler's Bay - Rifle Club Frances - Rifle Club Freeling - Rifle Club Fulham - Reedbeds Rifle Club
G
Gawler - Rifle Club Gladstone - Rifle Club Glencoe - Rifle Club Glenelg - Rifle Club Goolwa - Rifle Club
H
Hamley Bridge - Rifle Club Hawker - Rifle Club Hog Bay KI - Dudley Rifle Club Hoyleton - Rifle Club Hummock Hill - Rifle Club
I
Iron Knob - Rifle Club
J
Jamestown - Rifle Club
K
Kapunda - Rifle Club Keith - Rifle Club Kilpara - Rifle Club Kingscote KI - Rifle Club Kingston SE - Port Caroline Rifle Club
L
Lamaroo - Rifle Club Laura - Rifle Club Leighton - Rifle Club Loberthal - Rifle Club Lucindale - Rifle Club
M
Mannum - Rifle Club Melrose - Mount Remarkable Rifle Club Meningie - Lake Albert Rifle Club Milbrook - Rifle Club Morgan - Rifle Club Mount Pleasant - Rifle Club Mt Lofty - Rifle Club Murat Bay - Rifle Club Murray Bridge - Rifle Club
N
Naracoorte - Rifle Club
O
Owen - Dalkey Rifle Club
P
Palmerston - Rifle Club Parilla - Rifle Club Peake - Rifle Club Penola - Rifle Club Penong - Rifle Club Petersburg - Rifle Club Pinaroo - Rifle Club Port Adelaide - Rifle Club Port Augusta - Rifle Club Port Broughton - Rifle Club Port Germain - Rifle Club Port Lincoln - Rifle Club Port MacDonnell - Rifle Club Port Pirie - Rifle Club Port Wakefield - Rifle Club
Q
Quorn - Rifle Club
R
Redhill - Rifle Club Renmark - Rifle Club
S
Salisbury - Rifle Club Semaphore - Rifle Club Spalding - Rifle Club Strathalbyn - Rifle Club Streaky Bay - Flinders Rifle Club
T
Tailem Bend - Rifle Club Tantanoola - Rifle Club Terowie - Rifle Club Tintinara - Rifle Club Tumby Bay - Rifle Club Tununda - Rifle Club
V
Victor Harbor - Rifle Club
W
Wasleys - Rifle Club Watervale - Rifle Club Williamstown - Rifle Club Willunga - Rifle Club Wilmington - Rifle Club Wirrabara - Wirrabara and Forest Rifle Club
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 Queensland 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.
Alberton - Rifle Club Allora - Rifle Club Atherton - Rifle Club Ayr - Rifle Club
Barcaldine - Rifle Club Beaudesert - Rifle Club Beenleigh - Rifle Club Biggenden - Burnett Rifle Club Black Ridge - Rifle Club Boonal - Rifle Club Bororea - Rifle Club Bouldercomb - Mount Usher Rifle Club Bowen - Rifle Club
Brisbane
Australian Natives Association Rifle Club Brisbane Rifle Club Brisbane Tramways Rifle Club City of Brisbane Rifle Club Qld Frontiersmen's Rifle Club Qld Irish Rifle Club Qld Police Rifle Club Railway and Public Works Rifle Club Speedwell Rifle Club The Press Rifle Club
Bundaberg - Rifle Club Bundaraba - St Helen's Rifle Club
Cairns - Rifle Club Canungera - Rifle Club Charleville - Rifle Club Charters Towers - Rifle Club Childers - Rifle Club Chillagoe - Rifle Club Chinchilla - Rifle Club Clermont - Rifle Club Clifton - Rifle Club Cloncurry - Rifle Club Coen - Rifle Club Cooktown - Rifle Club Coomera - Rifle Club Cooran - Rifle Club Cordalba - Rifle Club Crow's Nest - Rifle Club Croydon - Rifle Club Cunnamulla - Rifle Club
Dalby - Rifle Club Doctor's Creek - Rifle Club
Emerald - Rifle Club Engelsburg - Rifle Club Esk - Esk Gordon Rifle Club Eton - Rifle Club
Finch-Hatton - Rifle Club Forest Hill - Rifle Club
Gatton
Qld Agricultural College Rifle Club Rifle Club
Gayndah - Rifle Club Geham - Rifle Club Georgetown - Rifle Club Geraldton - Rifle Club Gin Gin - Rifle Club Gladstone - Rifle Club Golden Gate - Rifle Club Goodna - Gooodna District Rifle Club Gramzow - Rifle Club Greenmount - Rifle Club Gympie - Rifle Club
Halifax - Rifle Club Hambledon - Rifle Club Hampden - Rifle Club Helidon - Rifle Club Herberton - Rifle Club Howard - Rifle Club Hughenden - Flinders Rifle Club
Ingham - Herbert River Rifle Club
Ipswich
Ipswich Railway Rifle Club Ipswich Rifle Club
Irvinebank - Rifle Club Ithica - Rifle Club
Kilkivan Junction - Rifle Club Killarney - Rifle Club Kingaroy - Rifle Club Koorboora - Rifle Club
Laidley - Rifle Club Leyburn - Rifle Club Loganlea - Forest Rangers Rifle Club Longreach - Rifle Club
Mackay - Rifle Club Manly - Manly and Wynnum Rifle Club Marburg - Rifle Club Mareeba - Rifle Club Maryborough - Maryborough City Rifle Club Meadowvale - Fairymead Rifle Club Moore - Rifle Club Mossman - Rifle Club Mount Campbell - Rifle Club Mount Elliott - Rifle Club Mount Molloy - Rifle Club Mount Morgan - Rifle Club Mount Perry - Rifle Club Mungana - Rifle Club Murgon - Rifle Club Murray's Creek - Rifle Club
Nambour - Rifle Club Nanango - Rifle Club Nerang - Rifle Club Normanton - Rifle Club North Pine - Rifle Club Nudgee - St Joseph's College Rifle Club
O.K. - Rifle Club Oakey - Rifle Club
Pamona - Rifle Club Piabla - Rifle Club Pimpama - Rifle Club Pinkenba - Qld Meat Export and Agency Company Rifle Club Pittsworth - Rifle Club Plane Creek - Rifle Club Port Douglas - Rifle Club Port Moresby (Papua) - Rifle Club Pratten - Rifle Club Proserpine - Rifle Club
Raglan - Rifle Club Ravenswood - Rifle Club
Rockhampton
Central Railway Rifle Club Rockhampton Rifle Club
Roma - Rifle Club Rosewood - Rifle Club
Samaralia (Papua) - Rifle Club Samsonvale - Rifle Club Selhelm - Rifle Club Silver Spur - Rifle Club South Kolan - Bingera and South Kolan Rifle Club Southbrook - Rifle Club
Southport
Pacific Cable Rifle Club Southport Rifle Club
Springsure - Rifle Club St George - Rifle Club St Helena - Rifle Club Stannary Hills - Rifle Club Stanthorpe - Rifle Club
Tallebudgera - Rifle Club Thane's Creek - Rifle Club The Leap - North Side Rifle Club Thursday Island - Torres Straits Rifle Club Toogoolawah - Rifle Club Toowoomba - Darling Downs Rifle Club
Townsville
North Queensland Railway and Civil Service Rifle Club Townsville Rifle Club
Wallumbilla - Rifle Club Warwick - Rifle Club Waterford - Rifle Club Watsonville - Rifle Club Winton - Rifle Club Wondai - Rifle Club
Yandaran - Rifle Club Yangan - Rifle Club Yeulba - Rifle Club
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