Arms and Armour

Geelong Volunteer Rifle Corps

The Geelong Volunteer Rifle Corps, also called the Geelong Rifle Corps, or the Geelong Rifles, was a part-time Volunteer Force of the Colony of Victoria (later the state of Victoria) in Australia from 1854 to 1912. The unit is named after the city of Geelong and was involved in suppressing the Eureka Rebellion at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade. The unit was originally commanded and organized by Robert William Rede.

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