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  2. New South Wales Corps - Wikipedia

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    In 1808, the New South Wales Corps was renamed the 102d Regiment of Foot. [1] Having arrived in the colony in December 1809 with the 73rd Regiment of Foot , which was to take over from the 102d Regiment of Foot, Governor Lachlan Macquarie was able to control the rum trade more effectively, introducing and enforcing a licensing system.

  3. New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    The 1st/15th Royal NSW Lancers Museum was established at the Parramatta Lancer Barracks in 1958. The main purpose of the museum is to collect and preserve relics, artefacts and records that tell the story of the Royal NSW Lancers, their predecessors (i.e. NSW Cavalry Reserves, Sydney Lancers, NSW Cavalry Regiment, NSW Lancers, 1st Light Horse Regiment AIF, and 1st Armoured Regiment 2nd AIF ...

  4. List of British Army regiments that served in Australia ...

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    From 1790 to 1810 the colony was defended by the New South Wales Corps. From 1810 to 1870, the colony was defended by British Army regiments. The Royal Marines remained in Australia until 1913, after which the Royal Australian Navy was strong enough to take full responsibility for Australian waters.

  5. British Army in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The New South Wales Corps is also known as the Rum Corps for their monopolisation on the trade of rum which was the common currency of much of the time of their deployment. [ 2 ] In 1795, European settlers were in open conflict with the Aboriginal inhabitants they were displacing along the Deerubbin (Hawkesbury) River.

  6. Parramatta Sand Body Conservation Area and Military Barracks ...

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    The barracks are also of significant for their association with the New South Wales Corps. The NSW Corps arrived as guards on the Second Fleet in June 1790 to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet. Members of the NSW Corps served as the garrison at Parramatta and were housed in the newly erected military barracks. [1]

  7. 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers was an Australian Army light cavalry (reconnaissance) regiment. Its complicated lineage includes the New South Wales Lancers which was first formed as a colonial unit in 1885 as the New South Wales Cavalry, and subsequently saw action in the Second Boer War, and later during First World War at Gallipoli and Palestine as the 1st Light Horse Regiment.

  8. Ingleburn Army Camp - Wikipedia

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    2nd Training Group 1974 until the late 1990s when all reserve soldiers did their basic training at Blamey Barracks, near Wagga Wagga NSW. 2nd Military Corrections Centre (2MCE), moved to Holsorthy in 1994; 1st Preventative Medicine Company was at Ingleburn Barracks before and after 1979. They had extensive tours in Papua/New Guinea prior to 1979.

  9. Tanks in the Australian Army - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Army has used tanks from after the First World War, through the interwar period, the Second World War, the Cold War and to the present day. Throughout this period the Army has primarily been a light infantry force, with its tanks mainly being used in the direct support role.