BACKGROUND Most cemeteries around Australia have many registered but unmarked graves which are often the resting place of people who have positively...
William Edward McIlwaine – Chairman NQRA 1924-32 & Community Leader
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The NRAA President
The position of National Rifle Association of Australia (NRAA) President is not permanently established via the NRAA Constitution. Section 14 of the...
ANZAC Day 2022 ‘Rifle Shooters remember the sacrifice and Commitment’
INTRODUCTION It has often been said that Australia came of age on a Turkish shore one morning some 14 years after Federation. That may be true and perhaps...
AUSTRALIA’S YOUNGEST KING’S/QUEEN’S PRIZE WINNERS
BACKGROUND Each time a young marksman or markswoman emerges as the champion of a Monarch’s Prize competition, the question uttered most - ‘Is today’s winner...
Australian Cadet Coronation Contingent of 1911
In the Australian War Memorial in Canberra lies a cloth badge and some old negatives, remnants of an adventure of a group of young Australians dating back...
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2021
‘RIFLE SHOOTERS REMEMBER THOSE CLUB MEMBERS WHO SERVED OUR NATION DURING ALL CONFLICTS’ by BRUCE A. R. SCOTT, CSC, ADC Remembrance Day falls on 11th November...
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William Edward McIlwaine – Chairman NQRA 1924-32 & Community Leader
BACKGROUND Most cemeteries around Australia have many registered but unmarked graves which are often the resting place of people who have positively influenced the development and growth of their community. The reasons the graves remain unmarked are many but...
The NRAA President
The position of National Rifle Association of Australia (NRAA) President is not permanently established via the NRAA Constitution. Section 14 of the Constitution (dated November 2013) states: “The Company may at its discretion and from time to time appoint a...
ANZAC Day 2022 ‘Rifle Shooters remember the sacrifice and Commitment’
INTRODUCTION It has often been said that Australia came of age on a Turkish shore one morning some 14 years after Federation. That may be true and perhaps this is why we hold Anzac Day in such high regard in our national calendar. It certainly is not to...
AUSTRALIA’S YOUNGEST KING’S/QUEEN’S PRIZE WINNERS
BACKGROUND Each time a young marksman or markswoman emerges as the champion of a Monarch’s Prize competition, the question uttered most - ‘Is today’s winner the youngest in our sport’s history?’. This question was asked again when Josh Pratt, a little over 18 years of...
Australian Cadet Coronation Contingent of 1911
In the Australian War Memorial in Canberra lies a cloth badge and some old negatives, remnants of an adventure of a group of young Australians dating back more than a century. The photographs record in eerie detail the sense of grandeur, early Australian patriotism...
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2021
‘RIFLE SHOOTERS REMEMBER THOSE CLUB MEMBERS WHO SERVED OUR NATION DURING ALL CONFLICTS’ by BRUCE A. R. SCOTT, CSC, ADC Remembrance Day falls on 11th November each year.On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minutes’ silence is observed and dedicated to...
Chairing of Rifle Shooting Champions – The Tradition
This article will examine Australian Fullbore and Military Rifle shooting competitions that incorporate thechairing of the champions. North Queensland 1970 Victoria 1987 FULLBORE SHOOTING For as long as rifle shooters can remember, the Fullbore target rifle competitor...
Project “Remember Them” Address by Bruce A.R. Scott, CSC, ADC HRSC – 14 May 2021
Special guests: Patron NQRA – Ms Glenys Schuntner President NQRA – Mr Eric Christie – great nephew and nephew of two former Herbert River Rifle Club members killed in both World Wars Chairman NQRA – Mr Marty Eiteneuer Patron TDRA – Mrs Janine Mahony Patron TMRC – Mr...
From the President – ANZAC Day 2021
Each ANZAC Day, the National Rifle Association of Australia’s club members, acknowledge our heritage and dedicate the time to remember the sacrifices of those who fought in all conflicts for the security and freedoms Australians enjoy today. On ANZAC Day we reflect...
MISS EMILY WILLMETT (1867-1927) A PROMINENT NQRA LADY SHOOTER IN THE EARLY 1900s
The first detailed record of an NQRA ladies competition was in 1899 at Charters Towers. The Northern Miner, on 3rd May 1899, reported that “the ladies of Charters Towers made a new departure in sporting matters yesterday by inaugurating a Ladies Rifle Club”. ...
RIFLE CLUB MEMBER’S SECOND WORLD WAR SERVICE RECOGNISED
Jock Hucker began rifle shooting in 1947/48 immediately after the rifle clubs emerged out of recess post the Second World War. As a new shooter, he was a member of the Woorndoo Rifle Club (where his father William Hucker was also a member) and later the Willaura Rifle...
THE WILLIAM FRASER SHIELD
Introduction: The impressive ‘William Fraser Shield’ was presented by William Fraser while a member of the Cairns Rifle Club. The trophy is awarded for the Inter-Association Teams Shoot – North Queensland versus South Queensland with the first year of competition...