Marine (military)
Several of the colonies of Australia had volunteer naval infantry forces in the second half of 19th century. The Victorian Naval Brigade was formed in 1859, the Sydney Naval Brigade in 1864, the Queensland Naval Brigade in 1873 and the Naval Artillery Volunteers in 1897 (New South Wales). After the Federation of Australia they became the Commonwealth Naval Militia. When the Royal Australian Navy began in 1911 the volunteers were renamed the Royal Australian Naval Brigade. In 1915 it had 2,817 officers and men. The Naval Brigade was disbanded in 1920 and volunteers joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.