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Williamstown Rifle Range, Victoria
The Williamstown Rifle Range was established in 1877 and later named after Major C.E. Merrett, a member of the Australian shooting team and a Councillor of the Victorian Rifle Association.
Originally training ground for soldiers, it was later used by the police and civilian rifle clubs and school cadets. The range was the rifle shooting venue for the 1956 Olympic Games. It was finally closed in 1990 and the land sold as the Rifle Range housing estate.
The coastal area had remained largely untouched by European settlement due to 'protection' by the active rifle range. A reserve was created that today connects with the Rifle Range housing estate via its paths, playgrounds and open grassland areas.
References:
Parks Victoria website http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/05_0466.pdf
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Medal - Williamstown Rifle Range, Australia, 1879
Silver Prize Medal Made from a military medal of Queen Victoria with the reverse erased Other Details: Silver medal commissioned by the Williamstown Rifle Range in 1879. It was present ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Bronze, Australia, 1868
Bronze medal awarded in 1868 by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Bronze, Australia, 1868
Bronze medal awarded in 1868 by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Bronze, Australia, 1868
Bronze medal awarded in 1868 by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Silver, Australia, 1868
Silver medal awarded by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria in 1868, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Silver, Australia, 1868
Silver medal awarded by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria in 1868, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Bronze, Australia, 1868
Bronze medal awarded in 1868 by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 2 -
Medal - Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Silver, Australia, 1868
Silver medal awarded in 1868 by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, featuring a menagerie of exotic animals. In the mid 19th century in Australia and New Zealand, acclimatization ...
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Medal - Australian International Exhibition Commissioners, New South Wales, Australia, 187 ...
Australia Victoria Melbourne Medal - Australian International Exhibitions Commissioner's 1879 - 81 (AD) Awarded to: A. Fletcher Other Details: This bronze Commissioner's medal was awar ...
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Medal - Australian International Exhibition Commissioners, New South Wales, Australia, 187 ...
Australia Australian International Exhibitions - For Services 1879 - 1881 (AD) Awarded to: Mueller, Ferdinand von Other Details: This bronze medal was awarded to Ferdinand von Mueller, ...
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