Anglesea Barracks
| Anglesea Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Hobart, Tasmania | |
 The two story Soldiers' Barracks at Anglesea Barracks. This building was built between 1847 and 1848. | |
| Coordinates | 42°53′19″S 147°19′32″E / 42.888745°S 147.325496°E |
| Type | Army post |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Australian Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1814 |
| In use | 1814–present |
Anglesea Barracks is an Australian Defence Force barracks in central Hobart, Tasmania. The site was chosen in December 1811 by Lachlan Macquarie and construction began on the first buildings to occupy the site in 1814.[1] It is the oldest Australian Army barracks still in use and celebrated its bicentenary in December 2011.[2]
Despite the small variation in spelling it was named after Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey who was involved with the Board of Ordnance.[3]
Current units and facilities
The barracks is home to various civilian and military departments including:
- Battalion HQ, 12th/ 40th Battalion, The Royal Tasmania Regiment;
- The Adelaide Universities Regiment, Tasmania Company;
- Australian Army Band – Tasmania;
- No. 29 Squadron RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force);
- Navy Headquarters Tasmania (Royal Australian Navy);
- TS Hobart, Australian Navy Cadet Band[4]
- Anglesea Barracks Medical Centre;
- Defence Support Group – Tasmania;
- Defence Force Recruiting
Angelsea Barracks messing
The barracks contains an Officers' Mess, Sergeants' Mess and the McGee VC Soldier Club.
Other facilities
It also houses, in the old gaol, the Army Museum of Tasmania. The Hobart Veterans Brass Band also rehearses weekly.
Notes
- ^ "AHPI Anglesea Barracks". www.heritage.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08.
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- ^ Jobson 2009, p. 102.
- ^ "TS Hobart". www.cadetnet.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2013-08-20.
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References
- Jobson, Christopher (2009). Looking Forward, Looking Back: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army. Wavell Heights, Queensland: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 9780980325164.
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