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was perilously short of funds and the lack of a foreign threat made the
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two of the younger women were described as "handling their rifles as steadily as the men, and they bid fair to make as good shots as their brothers". In 1901 the QRA held the first full-bore Ladies
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Queen’s Prize. The Queen’s or King’s Prize competition has been held every year apart from when it was suspended during
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Home on the range : Queensland Rifle
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The Rifle Club Movement and Australian Defence 1860-1941
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