Route and statistics for recruiting marches 1915-1916

Name of march	Date	Starting point	End point	Distance (miles)	Numbers
Start	Arrival
Coo-ees	10 Oct - 12 Nov 1915	Gilgandra	Sydney	320	30	263
Waratahs	30 November – 17 December 1915	Nowra	Sydney	100	50	120
Kangaroos	1 December 1915 – 7 January 1916	Wagga Wagga	Sydney	350	88	230
Wallabies	1.December 1915 – 8 January 1916	Narrabri	Newcastle	300	38	173
Dungarees	November 1915	Warwick, Qld	Brisbane	160	30	125
Men from Snowy River	6 – 29 January 1916	Delegate	Goulburn	220	30	144
Kurrajongs	January 1916	Inverell	Narrabri	160	114	150
Kookaburras	12 January – 3 February 1916	Tooraweenah	Bathurst	210	23	100
North Coast Boomerangs	January 1916 –	Grafton	Maitland	320	27	240
Central West Boomerangs	19 January 1916 - 5 February 1916	Parkes	Bathurst	185	71	202

Note: this list is not comprehensive. It includes only the best known marches.

Sources

- Ernest Scott, Australia during the war, the official history of Australia in the war of 1914–1918, vol. 11, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1941, p. 316

Last updated: 15 November 2019