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range. These were followed by the explosives laboratory and the expense magazine in 1912. A cavalry remount section barracks was built in 1913, including a general barracks block, infirmary and farriery. Four more explosives magazines were built in 1913, and an additional magazine in 1915. The 1917-1920s period saw a number of hospital buildings and mobilisation stores also established.
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Enoggera was acquired by the Commonwealth as part of this process in 1908. The acquisition amalgamated four separate properties: Thompson's Paddock, Rifle Paddock, Fraser's Paddock and Bell Paddock, comprising a total of 1,235 acres (500 ha). The first major improvement made by the Commonwealth was the development of a new
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The Small Arms
Magazine was constructed in 1910 to complement the Enoggera Rifle Range, established by the Commonwealth in 1908-09. The building has served Australia's military training needs through two World Wars and numerous other conflicts. Along with numerous other early buildings at Enoggera,
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The Small Arms
Magazine was designed for storage of ammunition and cartridges for rifles, pistols and other small arms. Trainees receiving instruction at the School of Musketry would have been allocated ammunition at the Small Arms Magazine prior to heading out to the range for firing practice. The
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Commonwealth, which had insufficient resources to undertake many new projects. The time during which Brady was Government Architect coincided with an almost golden age of public construction in Queensland. A talented team of architects was on hand at
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became responsible for defence matters, although a fully coordinated national defence force did not arise for a number of years. Once
Commonwealth military units began to be established in earnest, the government began to acquire property on a large-scale to facilitate training and accommodation of
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Security is a specific theme of the building's design and finishes. The front access doors are metal, leading to a central passageway from which two main rooms, for the storage of ammunition are served. As late as the early 1980s a timber counter was in place, from behind which ammunition would be
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The School of
Musketry and the Small Arms Magazine were constructed in 1910, the first substantial buildings on the site. These two buildings were functionally related, although some 150 metres apart, and they maintain a strong visual relationship today. Both buildings, as well as numerous other
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The initial rifle range development at the site was followed by a prolonged period of initial development of the site, dating into the 1920s. The School of
Musketry, Small Arms Magazine Store and to Cordite Magazines were erected in 1910 as part of a functional complex associated with the rifle
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Enoggera is illustrated in the Army base's contribution to Australia's preparations for multiple military conflicts, including two World Wars. The magazine remained in use for its original purpose from 1910 until only recently.
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The Small Arms
Magazine at Enoggera is one of the two oldest buildings at the Gallipoli Barracks, formerly known as Enoggera Army Camp. Built in 1910, it served as a secure storage facility for rifle and pistol ammunition, in association with the rifle range and the nearby
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The design of the building, by Thomas Pye, Queensland's Deputy Government Architect, demonstrate the quality and variety of government buildings designed by Pye and his colleagues, for both State and Commonwealth, in the Federation period.
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In the years since this period the site has been constantly developed and expanded in line with the Army's changing requirements, although many of the earliest buildings have survived with their authenticity and integrity largely intact.
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on the southern bank of the river, used the area for training exercises from as early as 1855. Rifle and training ranges, including the old Toowong Rifle Range, were established there and subsequently used by civilian groups such as the
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was favoured by the club by the time the Commonwealth acquired the Enoggera properties. As soon as 1908 the rifle association had returned to Enoggera, seemingly sharing the facilities with the military for a number of years.
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The Small Arms Magazine is an important and intact example of a small arms ammunition storage building and although it is no longer used for its original purpose, its current appearance strongly illustrates its former use.
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the Small Arms Magazine also highlights early relationships between the Commonwealth and State, having been designed and built by the Queensland Government on the behest of the Commonwealth.
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As at 1995, the building was in almost original condition. The timber counter had been removed, as have some of the ammunition cupboards; otherwise few changes had occurred.
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