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Ravenshoe Weapons Firing Range
Ravenshoe Rifle Range
Australian troops participated in intensive weapons training including rifle marksmanship, as part of jungle warfare, parachute drop and amphibious landing exercises. Ravenshoe rifle range was one of many used by Australian and American military forces on the Atherton Tableland during World War II.
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Units of the Australian 7th Division began arriving at the town of Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland in January 1943. The Division comprised three brigades each of three infantry battalions, with various support units and service corps-in all about 17,000 men. By March each of the Division’s infantry brigade headquarters and their respective battalions were camped along the Ravenshoe-Mount Garnet road (now the Kennedy Highway) from near Millstream Falls westward to Archer Creek. The 7th Division was replaced by the Australian 9th Division at Ravenshoe from early 1944.
At over 900 metres above sea-level Ravenshoe is Queensland’s highest town. Substantial stands...
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