Maintenance of external defence and safety of Tasmania by deployment of staff and volunteers. This was predominantly a nineteenth-century function which transferred to the commonwealth after federation. It was resumed by the state during war time periods for civil defence purposes. See LAW ENFORCEMENT for internal law enforcement functions and STATE SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES for emergency and state security management. See CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE for military buildings. For non - government associations with connections to defence, particularly the two World Wars see EVENTS