There was a good response to the call for firearms in 1966, The Standard wrote.
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Residents of the Warrnambool community had handed more than 40 old-war weapons into the local police station.
Anyone keeping bombs or grenades as souvenirs were required to give them up.
One weapon of note was a German machine gun from the First World War.
Superintendent G.H. Carter warned the public they should not hand the weapons into the police station but rather wait for army personnel to collect them.
Senior Constable McKellar can be seen in cleaning and examining an English revolver that was more than 100 years old at the time.
The weapon would be more than 150 years old today.