Drill Shed, Fortitude Valley, Military heritage site in Fortitude Valley, Australia.

The Drill Shed at 342 Water Street is a timber building with a gable roof, flanked by a caretaker's cottage and an orderly room set against modern high-rises. The three connected structures form a cohesive heritage complex from the pre-Federation era.

The building was constructed in 1884 for infantry units of the Queensland Volunteer Force and moved to its current location in 1925. This relocation was part of military infrastructure changes of the era.

The shed's name comes from its function: volunteer infantry drilled under permanent NCO instructors established by the Volunteer Act 1878. The orderly room beside it was built in 1885 for the Moreton Mounted Infantry, and the timber caretaker's cottage moved with the shed in 1925. The three colonial-era defence buildings now stand together as a group.

The shed stands between Water Street and Gregory Terrace, with the 1885 orderly room now placed beside it after being moved there in 2013. The three colonial-era defence buildings sit among high-rises, so look for the timber gable roof at street level. The site is heritage-listed and not a staffed museum.

The complex is the oldest surviving drill shed in Queensland and remains the last pre-Federation military training site in Brisbane. Its survival demonstrates how rarely such structures endure in a modern city.