Anglesea Barracks | |
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Hobart, Tasmania | |
Coordinates | 42°53′19″S147°19′32″E / 42.888745°S 147.325496°E Coordinates: 42°53′19″S147°19′32″E / 42.888745°S 147.325496°E |
Type | Defence Establishment |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Australian Defence Organisation, Australian Government |
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]
Anglesea Barracks is the administrative centre for all Defence sites in Tasmania.
The barracks is home to various civilian and military departments including:
The barracks contains an Officers' Mess and Sergeants' Mess.
It also houses, in the old gaol, the Army Museum of Tasmania.
The site is also home to one of two Defence National Contact Centres with the other being located in Cooma, NSW.
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