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4 unusual facts about Victoria Barracks


Ben Buckler Gun Battery

The gun barrel weighed 22 tons and it took a total of thirty six horses to transport the barrel from Victoria Barracks in Darlinghurst to the battery in North Bondi; the transit took over three weeks.

New Lodge, Belfast

Victoria Barracks, a major British army barracks, was an important feature of the area.

University of New South Wales Regiment

New Colours were presented at a Regimental Colours Parade on 22 August 1998 at Victoria Barracks, Paddington by the Governor General of Australia, Sir William Deane, while the old colours were retired in St Spyridon's Greek Othrodox Church, Kensington.

Victoria Barracks, Melbourne

Eric Nave's Navy cryptographic unit was at Victoria Barracks until it moved to FRUMEL.



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Eleanor Manning

After attending the first Officers Training School held at Yarra Junction, Victoria in November 1941, she returned to Sydney and commenced duty at Headquarters Victoria Barracks, Sydney.