Small Arms Magazine, Enoggera
The Small Arms Magazine is a heritage-listed former military installation at Murray Avenue, Gallipolli Barracks, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.[1]
| Small Arms Magazine | |
|---|---|
  Location of Small Arms Magazine in Queensland | |
| Location | Murray Avenue, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27.4247°S 152.9848°E |
| Official name: Small Arms Magazine (former) | |
| Type | Listed place (Historic) |
| Designated | 22 June 2004 |
| Reference no. | 105228 |
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 School of Musketry.[1]
Heritage listing
Small Arms Magazine was listed on the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]
Criterion A: Processes
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, 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.[1]
Criterion B: Rarity
The Small Arms Magazine, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, is one of the two oldest buildings at the former Enoggera Army Base. The building demonstrates a particular function of the Australian defence forces in the immediate post-Federation period.[1]
Criterion D: Characteristic values
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.[1]
Criterion H: Significant people
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.[1]
References
- "Small Arms Magazine (former) (Place ID 105228)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
Bibliography
- Allom Lovell Marquis-Kyle 1996. Small Arms Magazine, Gallipoli Barracks: a conservation study for the Department of Defence.
- First Military District Historic Buildings Committee. 1981. Report - Historic Buildings - Enoggera Military Complex.
- Major R F Cowie, n.d., An Invesitagation of the History of Enoggera. Unpublished manuscript on file.
- Queensland Heritage Register. Citation 600197.
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