A little bit more History

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A little bit more History

Post by Barry Davies »

From the 1909 year book.

Classification of Land Forces 1908

Permanently Employed 1379
Militia 16,154
Volunteers 5,098
RIFLE CLUBS 50, 375
Cadets 29,191

Rifle clubs State by State.
Vic 21,775
NSW 12,640
Qld 6225
SA 4,186
WA 4,344
Tas 1,205

Considering the population then and now we have gone backwards.

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Post by bobeager »

I know that our history and discipline is different, but ponder on the fact that SSAA has 138,000 members and some 10 plus million in the Bank!
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