Kammala wannan jumlar: Daga 1788 zuwa 1870 an ba da kariya ga mulkin mallaka na Australiya ta hanyar sojojin dakarun Birtaniya. Asalin Sojojin Ruwa sun kare mazaunan farko a Sydney Cove da Norfolk Island, duk da haka an sauke su daga waɗannan ayyukan a cikin 1790 ta hanyar rundunar sojojin Burtaniya da aka tattara musamman don hidimar mulkin mallaka, wanda aka sani da New South Wales Corps. Bayan haka, New South Wales Corps ya shiga cikin kawar da tawayen 'yan fursunonin Irish a
Castle Hill a shekara ta 1804. Ba da daɗewa ba duk da haka rashin ƙarfi a cikin rukunin ya shawo kan Ofishin Yakin na buƙatar ƙarin amintaccen garuruwa a New South Wales da Van Diemen's Land. Babban daga cikin waɗannan rashi shi ne Rum Rebellion, juyin mulkin da jami'anta suka kafa a 1808. A sakamakon haka, a cikin Janairu 1810 na 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment na Ƙafa ya isa Australia. A shekara ta 1870, rundunar bindigogi 25 na Burtaniya sun yi aiki a Ostiraliya, kamar yadda ƙananan adadin bindigogi da injiniyoyi suka yi.