Albion Drill Hall

Stage Number: MBNH.08.04.12

Group: Northern

Local Study Area: Alderley-Newmarket

Epoch: Early 20th Century

Street Address: 86 McDonald Rd, Windsor

Latitude & Longitude: -27.43033333,153.03869444

Time Link: 1914

Map Link: 1915

Image Time Point: 1915

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Albion Drill Hall was built in 1914. Compulsory Military Training was introduced into Australia, July 1911. All Males between 18 and 20 years of age had to undertake a specified amount of drill per year. After WW1 rhe CMF trained there. In 1988 the hall was sold by the Commonwealth to the Peace Social Justice and Development Centre Inc.

Citations

Queensland World War II Historic Places; Windsor and Districts Historical Society

Image Citations

Albion Drill Hall, 2017. Photo Courtesy of the Windsor and Districts Historical Society

Map References

MLMS. 2 mile AG1 series 1906–1915—Moreton district. 2 Mile to the inch. Moreton 2 Mile map AG1 series sheet 2. AG1