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Drill Hall
106 Gipps Street,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B5030
Drill Hall
106 Gipps Street,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B5030
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Statement of Significance
The Richmond Drill Hall, commenced in 1860, with members donations and public subscription, and enlarged in 1891, seven years after ownership had passed to the Victorian government, is socially significant at a regional level as being an important reminder of the service of the volunteer defence movement in Richmond. The Richmond Rifle Corps, who numbered seventy members and occupied this timber drill hall, were an important component of the early Metropolitan Volunteer Corps of the 1860s. Renewed threats of Russian aggression, and the distances from British military support, coupled with a depletion of Imperial troops in 1860 formed the background to the formation of the Metropolitan Corps.
Classified: 16/12/1992
Classified: 16/12/1992
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COLLINGWOOD TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0140
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0142
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0143
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