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Friday, 31 October 2008

Tasmanian Rifle Clubs 1913
Topic: MilitiaRC - Tas

1913 Militia Rifle Club Structure and Location of Activity List in Tasmania

During the re-organisation of the Militia as a consequence of the 1910 Kitchener Report, a new system of raising the forces occurred. In so doing, areas whose population altered and were unable to sustain any Militia activity had functions removed. Other areas had the units peculiar to the particular state disbanded or amalgamated with other units. In 1911 there were specific 1,527 Militia activities spread over the continent of Australia. This increased to 1,772 Militia activities in 1912. However, the transition was not always linear. In the shake-up, 236 Militia activities were removed from various centres. The major reason for the removal of an activity related to population issues. The main item removed from an area was the rifle club.

The following is a list of all Militia Rifle Club activities that were in operation from a particular location in Tasmania during the 1913 year.

A

B
Beaconsfield, Tas: Rifle Club
Bellerive, Tas: Rifle Club
Bothwell, Tas: Rifle Club
Burnie, Tas: Rifle Club
C
Campbell Town, Tas: Rifle Club
D
Deloraine, Tas: Rifle Club
Devonport, Tas: Rifle Club
E
Ellendale, Tas: Rifle Club
F
Fingal, Tas: Rifle Club
Franklin, Tas: Rifle Club
G
Geeveston, Tas: Rifle Club
George Town, Tas: Rifle Club
Glenora, Tas: Rifle Club
H
Hobart, Tas: Australian Natives Association Rifle Club
Hobart, Tas: Metropolitan Rifle Club
Hobart, Tas: Police Rifle Club
Hobart, Tas: Tasmanian University Rifle Club
Hollow Tree, Tas: Rifle Club
Huonville, Tas: Rifle Club
I

J

K
Kempton, Tas: Rifle Club
King Island, Tas: Rifle Club
L
Launceston, Tas: Rifle Club
Lefroy, Tas: Rifle Club
Linda, Tas: Rifle Club
M
Macquarie Plains, Tas: Rifle Club
Magnet, Tas: Rifle Club
Mole Creek, Tas: Chudleigh and Mole Creek Rifle Club
N
New Norfolk, Tas: Rifle Club
Nook , Tas: Sheffield Rifle Club
Nubesna, Tas: Rifle Club
O
Oatlands, Tas: Rifle Club
P
Pontville, Tas: Brighton Rifle Club
Preston , Tas: Rifle Club
Q
Queenstown, Tas: Mount Lyall Rifle Club
R
Railton, Tas: Rifle Club
Renison Bell, Tas: Rifle Club
Richmond, Tas: Rifle Club
S
Smithton, Tas: Rifle Club
St Mary's, Tas: Rifle Club
St Patrick's River, Tas: Rifle Club
Stanley, Tas: Circular Head Rifle Club
Strahan, Tas: Rifle Club
T
Tullah, Tas: Rifle Club
U

V

W
Waratah, Tas: Rifle Club
Wynyard, Tas: Rifle Club
Y

Z
Zeehan, Tas: Rifle Club

Further Reading:

Militia Structure in Australia from 1903 to 1914

Citation: Tasmanian Rifle Clubs 1913

Posted by Project Leader at 9:13 PM EADT

Updated: Tuesday, 7 April 2009 7:28 PM EADT

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Tasmanian Rifle Clubs 1910
Topic: MilitiaRC - Tas

Tasmanian Militia - Rifle Clubs

1910

Tasmanian 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 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

W

Waratah - Rifle Club
Wynyard - Rifle Club

Further Reading:

Tasmanian Militia - Rifle Clubs

Australian Rifle Clubs

Citation: Tasmanian Rifle Clubs 1910

Posted by Project Leader at 5:36 PM EADT

Updated: Saturday, 30 May 2009 4:45 PM EADT

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