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Colac Drill Hall

Location 63-67 Queen Street COLAC, Colac Otway Shire File Number Original Hermes No: 45218 Level -

[1/1] 45218 DRILL HALL

Statement of Significance

The timber Drill Hall, located at 63-67 Queen Street, Colac, was built in 1909, and was extended after compulsory military training was introduced in 1911. The Drill Hall is historically important to the Shireof Colac Otway. The hall is historically important for associations with military service and attitudes towar, particularly in the first decades of the twentieth century. The Drill Hall is important for its historic associations with recruitment drives and the training of local volunteers, and those called up for compulsory training in the Australian Army since 1909. The building is historically important for its size,which indicates the numbers involved in military training in the district, and for its association the district's involvement in the Australian Armed Forces.