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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Former Port Melbourne Naval Drill Hall (Includes Former Post Office) Former Post Office 40 Bay Street, (Cnr Rouse Street), PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 - Property No B4788	The Port Melbourne Naval Drill Hall was built in 1912 to the design of Commonwealth Department of Works architect JS Murdoch and is one of the first major buildings constructed for the newly formed Royal Australian Navy. The drill hall adjoins the former Sandridge Post Office which was built in 1862 to the design of Victorian Public Works Department architect JJ Clark by builders Griffiths and Co. The design, apart from being executed in brick rather than bluestone, is ... more	B4788	Local
Drill Hall 106 Gipps Street,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B5030	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 ... more	B5030	Regional
Former Drill Hall Ranger Barracks 1 - 61 Curtis Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5305	Ranger Barracks was built in 1885 in response to the Victorian Government's reform of the colonial militia under the Minister for Defence, Sir Frederick Sargood. Prior to the 1880s Sargood reforms, volunteer military units were formed largely at the whim and expense of their members. The name Ranger Barracks commemorates the Ballarat Rangers, a volunteer rifle regiment formed in 1858 and disbanded in 1873. When the government took over responsibility for organising, housing, ... more	B5305	State
Drill Hall Cnr Myers & Bellarine Streets,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B5317	Classified: 11/11/1992	B5317	Local
Drill Hall - Castlemaine Historic Area 23a Lyttleton Street & Cnr Frederick Street,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B5133	Built by D J Thomson Jnr. in 1889 to S E Bindley's drawings, acting under Public Works Chief Architect, H R Bastow, this high-gabled unusually complete timber drill hall is a picturesque variation on a standard pattern used statewide. The fretted gable infill and carved eaves brackets provide a Swiss chalet flavour which is uncommon for its construction date and rare within its type (compared to Geelong Drill Hall). The hall forms a contributive part of a public building ... more	B5133	State
The Orderly Room (Drill Hall) - Port Fairy Historic Area Victoria Hotel 46 Bank Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0858	This two-storied building was constructed in 1874 as livery stables and was later used for the garrison from c. 1885. The structure is symmetrically arranged about a large arched opening and features include the plinth, quions and the parapet. Classified: 12/05/1958 2010 Note: Reconditioned c.2000, interior renovated for functions Part of Port Fairy Historic Area. Classified: 02/03/1981. .	B0858	Local
Portland Drill Hall & Gun Room 26 Bentinck Street,, PORTLAND VIC 3305 - Property No B6739	The Portland Drill Hall, a single storey, weatherboard building constructed in 1887 - 1888, is of State historical significance as the only building of this type in Victoria with a gun shed that was used for gun drill. Constructed for the Portland detachment of the Victorian Mounted Rifle Regiment, the building has played an important role in the defence history of the region, and it has been used for community purposes over the years. Classified: 07/12/1998	B6739	State
Former Royal Melbourne Regiment Infantry Company Drill Hall Drill Hall Victoria Street , 2nd Battalian Outpatient Services 49 - 53 Victoria Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B7362	The 6th Battalion of the Australian Army, known as the Royal Melbourne Regiment, was formed in 1919 after WWI. A drill hall, complete with offices, mess rooms, officers rooms, basement firing range and a caretakers flat, was built for them in Victoria Street in 1937 to designs prepared by Commonwealth architect George H Hallendal as part of a general improvement in military facilities prior to WWII. The building was used by the regiment before WWII and for various other defence ... more	B7362	State
Drill Hall 40 Alfred Street,, WARRAGUL VIC 3820 - Property No B4608	File Note. This place is not yet classified by the Trust, but may be in the future. It is however listed at the State level by the State Government body Heritage Victoria, giving it statutory protection. Details can be found at www.heritage.vic.gov.au, by clicking on the Heritage Register Online, and searching using the "H" number given above.	B4608	Local