The T.S. Paluma Naval Cadet Hut (Stafford, Queensland)
Founded at Ashgrove in September 1951, the Dolphin Sea Cadets met in a number of venues before moving to a purpose-built training depot, T.S. Paluma, erected in 1953 - 54 in Gibson’s Park. The depot was designed to simulate a ship with a gunnery deck, companionways and associated equipment. It was extended in 1961. The construction of the building was funded by parents’ subscriptions and fundraising activities.
T.S. Paluma was recognised as an Australian Sea Cadet Corps unit in 1961 and supported by the Australian Navy with uniforms, instructors and equipment. The T.S. Paluma has a maximum crew of 120 members and offers cadets training in elementary seamanship, small boat work and sailing. In addition, older cadets are offered seamanship training in a RAN vessel.
Now a Naval Reserve Cadet Unit, T.S. Paluma is one of 14 such units in Queensland and the only unit in Brisbane. The T.S. Gayundah, located first at the Alice Street Reserve Training Depot, then at the Kangaroo Point Naval Stores Depot and later at Newstead, has been decommissioned and demolished.
TS Paluma transferred its operations from Stafford to Shorncliffe in 2004. The Dolphin Sea Cadets Corps, for those aged under 13 years, operated at Stafford until ???? and is one of eight Queensland Dolphin Units.
*HMS survey vessel Paluma (360 tons) was built by Armstrong Mitchell in Britain and commissioned in September 1884. She was transferred to the Queensland Maritime Defence Force in 1894 and became a gunboat. Following Federation, she was transferred to the Commonwealth in 1904 and then to new Royal Australian Navy in 1911. She served as a training ship at Williamstown, Melbourne during World War I. In 1918, she was sold to the Victorian Ports and Harbour Dept and became the Rip. She was decommissioned in 1949 and broken up in 1950-51.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.
The T.S. Paluma Naval Cadet Hut (Stafford, Queensland)
Founded at Ashgrove in September 1951, the Dolphin Sea Cadets met in a number of venues before moving to a purpose-built training depot, T.S. Paluma, erected in 1953 - 54 in Gibson’s Park. The depot was designed to simulate a ship with a gunnery deck, companionways and associated equipment. It was extended in 1961. The construction of the building was funded by parents’ subscriptions and fundraising activities.
T.S. Paluma was recognised as an Australian Sea Cadet Corps unit in 1961 and supported by the Australian Navy with uniforms, instructors and equipment. The T.S. Paluma has a maximum crew of 120 members and offers cadets training in elementary seamanship, small boat work and sailing. In addition, older cadets are offered seamanship training in a RAN vessel.
Now a Naval Reserve Cadet Unit, T.S. Paluma is one of 14 such units in Queensland and the only unit in Brisbane. The T.S. Gayundah, located first at the Alice Street Reserve Training Depot, then at the Kangaroo Point Naval Stores Depot and later at Newstead, has been decommissioned and demolished.
TS Paluma transferred its operations from Stafford to Shorncliffe in 2004. The Dolphin Sea Cadets Corps, for those aged under 13 years, operated at Stafford until ???? and is one of eight Queensland Dolphin Units.
*HMS survey vessel Paluma (360 tons) was built by Armstrong Mitchell in Britain and commissioned in September 1884. She was transferred to the Queensland Maritime Defence Force in 1894 and became a gunboat. Following Federation, she was transferred to the Commonwealth in 1904 and then to new Royal Australian Navy in 1911. She served as a training ship at Williamstown, Melbourne during World War I. In 1918, she was sold to the Victorian Ports and Harbour Dept and became the Rip. She was decommissioned in 1949 and broken up in 1950-51.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.