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Acheron
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Section through 19th Century Acheron torpedo boat HMCS Acheron. The top image shows the deck plan of HMCS Acheron and the lower image shows the ship underway at sea. The torpedo spar was fitted at t...ART19864
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Anchorage of the fleet, 'Carodoc' steaming in
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A mixture of steam and sailing ship anchored in calm water; buildings and township in the distance. Beicos Bay (or Beykoz) is about ten miles from Constantinople and Bourgus is a Bulgarian port town. ...ART14023.007
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A Queen's Birthday review at Moore Park
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a New South Wales military contingent on parade that appeared in the 'Illustrated Sydney News' . A large crowd observes the volunteer soldiers, field guns and horses marching across large, ope...ART96046
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Australian troops for the Sudan: preparations for departure
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Depicts a page from The 'Australasian Sketcher' , an illustrated newspaper from 11 March 1885 showing various aspects of the Australian troops departing for the Sudan. Between March- June 1885, the NS...ART19874
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Bakery at Varna on the Euxine just opposite our billet
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A drawing of a small bakery in the Bulgarian town of Varna on the shores of the Black Sea (known in ancient times as the Euxine Sea). This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (als...ART14023.003
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Belgrave Square, Varna
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A village street scene in Varna (Bulgaria) with the French flag flying above a building. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared for her...ART14023.026
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Bhirchirccarra from Msida, Malta April
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view down a valley with the township of Bhirchirccarra (Birkirkara, Malta) in the distance, walled fields, ruins and a windmill in the scene. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne ...ART14023.011
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Bosphorus
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across water to classical buildings on the Bosporus strait that separates the Asian part of Turkey from the European. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known a...ART14023.017
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Boulehar
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across a valley towards the town of Boulehar (Bolayir) at the head of the Gulf of Keros. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared ...ART14023.015
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Boulehar June 8th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
Farm buildings at the town of Bolayir, Gallipoli Peninsula plus two towers visible from an elevated vantage point. Behind an extensive landscape with a body of water. This drawing is one of 26 illustr...ART14023.023
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Breech loader gun case landed from a barge- the Defence of our colonies- military works in progress in South Australia
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Maker: Unknown
The Australian Colonial Military forces were maintained from December 1788 until March 1901 when they were transferred to Commonwealth government control. They were not Armies as such, nor did they co...ART96043
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British Awards for Valour on sea and land during the last fifty years
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Maker: Collings, T. P.
Colour illustration supplement showing the awards for valour on sea and land for the last fifty years, illustrated in the Graphic, 14 June 1890.ART91802
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Castle of Europe Dardanelles
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A sketch of an ancient castle fortress on the foreshore at the Dardanelles. It is possibly the Castle of Europe, one of the two castles that guarded the entrance to the Dardanelles. This drawing is on...ART14023.006
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Champion riflemen of New South Wales and Victoria
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert The Australian News
Group of champion riflemen from New South and who competed in the Inter-Colonial Small Bore competitions, l-r: M'Naughton, M'Ewan, M'Cartney, (all sic), Major Hall, Douglas, Middlemiss, Lieutenant-Col...ART19867
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Colour Sergeant Milton
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Maker: Reay, William
When Colour Sergeant William Henry Milton resigned from the Volunteers after 20 years of service his fellow soldiers presented him with a life size portrait of himself. Sergeant Milton resplendent in...ART91170
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Dawn near entrance, Dardanelles
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across water at the entrance of the Dardanelles with a small civilian craft in the foreground. Several ruins appear on the shore and behind that the land rises steeply. The artist noted this sc...ART14023.013
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Defence of Mafeking
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Maker: Sutherland, A.
Under the leadership of Colonel Baden-Powell, this print depicts the armoured train fight, a particulary fierce attack of the rough riders on the entrenched Boers. This is one of Bacon's South African...ART50314
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Defence of Mafeking
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Maker: Sutherland, A. Unknown G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd
The production of battle prints combined advances in colours printing with the heroic exploits of the British Army, to produce posters that were popular and widely purchased by the general public. Thi...ARTV04065
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Defence works at the Heads
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton David Syme & Co. Illustrated Australian News
This wood engraving was published in The Illustrated Australian News, 13 May 1885 and shows colonial defence works being built at Queenscliff, Victoria. The vignettes illustrate the defences at the He...ART19852
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Departure of the New South Wales Contingent from Sydney for the Sudan
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Maker: Unknown The Graphic
A page from 'The Graphic' illustrated newspaper, 2 May 1885, p. 432 depicting six vignettes showing; 1. Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales, and the Guard of Honour, 2. The troopship "Ib...ART19878
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Door of my tent Boulehar. On the Gulf Keros, May 25th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view from inside a tent at Bolayir on the Gallipoli Peninsula, looking out onto rugged coastline and the ocean. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne ...ART14023.022
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Embarkation of the New South Wales troops for the Sudan
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton The Illustrated Australian News
Depicts men of the NSW Contingent (infantry and artillery) boarding a ship (either SS Iberia or SS Australasian) to sail to Sudan with a crowd of civilians on wharf to see them off, after the artist G...ART19881
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Entrance to Dardanelles
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across water to the entrance of the Dardanelles. Several small sailing craft are visible in the distance. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne P...ART14023.008
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Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour
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Maker: Nerli, Girolamo
Fort Denison was one of the last Martello towers to be built in the world and is situated on a small island in the middle of Sydney Harbour. The island had been identified from an early stage as an im...ART91992
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Fort of Gallipoli
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Maker: Young, Marianne
View from the water towards a fort (possibly the fort of Seddul Bahr) at Gallipoli with a small sailing vessel in foreground. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known ...ART14023.001
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Gallipoli European Turkey
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A sketch of a fort (possibly the fort of Seddul Bahr) and the Gallipoli township seen from the water. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) pre...ART14023.004
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Gallipoli June 8th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view down a road with two civilian figures in foreground, the township of Gallipoli visible in the distance. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Pos...ART14023.014
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Gallipoli 10th May 'Carodoc' with the 'Duke of Cambridge'
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Maker: Young, Marianne
Sailing vessels in foreground including the Carodoc and the steam ship Duke of Cambridge, with a landmass in distance. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Mari...ART14023.005
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Grand Volunteer Review on the Melbourne Racecourse
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Melbourne Post
Volunteers engaged in training manoeuvres as part of troop review, most wearing kepis, at left are two punts with White Ensign, crowds of civilians watching activities.ART50185
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Gun-boat "Victoria" in the Government graving dock at Williamstown
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Maker: after Albert Charles Cooke Australasian Sketcher
The gun-boat "Victoria" in the Government graving dock at Williamstown being worked on. This image was published in The Australasian Sketcher, 25 August 1884, page 132ART19858
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His Excellency Governor Hampton presenting commissions to the officers of the West Australian Volunteers in front of the Government House at Perth, Western Australia
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Maker: Artist unknown The Illustrated London News
The West Australian Volunteers line up to receive commissions from the Governor in Perth, Western Australia. This image was based on a photograph of the event taken on 11 December 1863. The colonial o...ART19711
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HMCS Protector
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Her Majesty's Colonial Ship HMCS Protector became the longest serving ship in Australia (60 years), served in in the Boxer Rebellion, the First World War, as a tender at, and was requisitioned by the ...ART19863
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H.M.C.S. Protector and the ship Torrens
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Maker: Gregory, George F.
Left: cruiser HMCS Protector, centre: sailing ship Torrens. HMCS Protector was the longest serving ship in Australia (60 years), in the Boxer Rebellion, in waters during the First World War, and was r...ART19821
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HMS Royal Arthur
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Maker: Ashton, Julian Rossi
Pre Federation, pre-1901 and not BA, NZ, SU or CH; 1898; HMS Royal Arthur; vessles, fishing vessles.ART90990
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HMS Vulcan off Garden Island
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Maker: Garling, Frederick
HMS Vulcan was an iron-hulled, screw propelled steam frigate of 1747 tons, laid down in down in 1846 and launched in 1849. Converted to a troopship in 1851, her first trip in this role took troops to...ART92624
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HMS Wallaroo and Royal Arthur
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Maker: Ashton, Julian Rossi
Depicts two vessels from the Royal Navy Auxiliary Squadron, HMS Wallaroo and HMS Royal Arthur. HMS Wallaroo (originally laid down as HMS Persian) was a third class cruiser, and HMS Royal Arthur, a fir...ART20004
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HMVS "Cerberus"
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Maker: Trimbault, H J Engineering
A wood engraving published in 'Engineering' in 1868 of one of the designs for the 'Cerberus'. The HMVS Cerberus was built by Mr Palmer from the designs of Mr E J Reed the Chief Constructor of the Nav...ART19856
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Island of Marmora from Gallipoli
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across low lying land towards a beach and a bay with two ships visible. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared for her book 'Our...ART14023.012
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Jumuluny Boab Tree at Mistake Creek
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Maker: Purdie, Shirley
'Jumuluny Boab Tree at Mistake Creek' is an account of frontier conflict from an Indigenous perspective. Shirley Purdie has depicted the Mistake Creek boab tree that is the site of the 1915 Mistake Cr...AWM2018.706.1
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Lieutenant-Colonel T. Price commanding Victoria Mounted Rifles
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Maker: after William H. Overend Illustrated London News
Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Price was appointed by the government in 1885 to raise, command and organise a colonial corps known as the Victorian Mounted Rifles. It numbered about 1000 and was purely volun...ART19560
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Major George Lee, NSW Lancers
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Maker: Vaughan, E
George Leonard Lee was commissioned in October 1889, joining the Hunter River troop (Maitland Light Horse) and was later made staff officer (adjutant) of the Lancers and Mounted Rifles during the Mari...ART19816
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Manuel, Malta for quarantine
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view showing naval fortifications in Malta, civilian craft and a steamer in the foreground. Fort Manuel was built in the 18th century and later used as a quarantine station. This drawing is one of 2...ART14023.025
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Menagerie race at the naval and military sports
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Australian News
Military volunteers with an assortment of animals at the start of the menagerie Race. The starter has a smoking pistol in his hand. This is an illustration from the Illustrated Australian News, 7 Nove...ART50183
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Merchantmen and HMVS 'Nelson', Hobson's Bay, Williamstown
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Maker: Artist unknown
Group of colonial merchant vessels with HMVS 'Nelson' at Hobson's Bay, Williamstown, Victoria.ART91192
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Naval illumination in Hobson's Bay
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This print featured on the front page of the Australasian Sketcher on 23 October 1880. It shows vessels letting off fireworks, while crowds are gathered along the shoreline to watch. Hobson's Bay in...ART50168
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Negro Point in the Aegean, April 9th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view of a rocky headland jutting our into the Aegean. The island of Negroponte (now called Euboea) is a long mountainous ridge which runs parallel to the peninsula of Attica, and is separated from t...ART14023.020
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Nine-inch gun, Queenscliff battery
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
gun emplacement; nine-inch Armstrong Rifle Muzzle Loading gun, mounted on an iron garrison carriage, at Fort, guarding the entrance to at The Rip, in the backgroundART19853
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Nordenfeldt Gun Battery
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
machine gun; series of drawings illustrating the enfeldt machine gun, top, l-r: half limber to transport ammunition, etc, enfeldt machine gun with ten barrels (ammunition hopper not in place), portrai...ART19854
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Nordenfelt gun in action: a sketch on the detached squadron
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Maker: after Julian Rossi Ashton Australasian Sketcher
An nordenfelt gun on deck of a colonial ship is being operated by two sailors. One sailor is to pull the trigger and fire the gun, while the other is to operate a lever allowing the bullets to drop i...ART50170
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Officer of the New South Wales Artillery
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Maker: Ashton, Julian Rossi
Julian Ashton was born in England and moved to Australia in 1878 to work for the 'Illustrated Australian News'. He later worked for the 'Australasian Sketcher' and 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', ...ART50216
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On board the training ship Vernon, Sydney Harbour
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton
Scenes of life on board the training ship Vernon in Sydney harbour, NSW, where boys 'either as criminals or as neglected children' were housed, educated, and taught a trade until they were old enough ...ART50173
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On the wing of the Storming Party
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Maker: Vaughan, E
A British soldier from the 40th Regiment of Foot. Soldiers in this regiment were involved in the 'Storming Party, Ballarat', which was part of the Eureka Stockade charge. This regiment was first rai...ART50001
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Opening of the Victorian Parliament
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Adelaide Post
Mounted and foot troops drawn up outside Parliament House, for the arrival of the Governor (Sir Charles Hotham), for the opening of Parliament, civilians in foreground watching arrival.ART50188
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Our colonial defences: a company of the mounted rifles manoeuvring in Victoria
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Maker: Dadd, Frank
Depicts the company of VMR (Victorian Mounted Rifles) riding through bushland during training. It has been alleged that this work was based on a photograph sent to the Graphic by Lieutenant Colonel To...ART19712
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Our Defence Forces: The Militia, Artillery and Naval Brigade
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
The Australian Colonial Military forces were maintained from December 1788 until March 1901 when they were transferred to Commonwealth government control, after Federation. Initially, they were compos...ART96129
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Our Defences- Sir William Jervois inspecting the Inner South Head Batteries
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts five men, dressed in day suits, standing before the batteries at Inner South Head in Sydney,New South Wales. In 1877 the British military engineer and Colonial governor William F. D. Jervois ...ART96045
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Our torpedo defences
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
'Our torpedo defences': an illustrated page from 'The Australasian Sketcher', Melbourne, 8 June 1878, p. 37. The page comprises seven images titled as follows: Half pound disc gun cotton; Exterior and...ART19851
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Our torpedo defences
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This wood engraving was published in The Australasian Sketcher, 1 June 1885, page 89. It shows the work of the colonial Torpedo group in laying down mines, minefields and the torpedo defences at Quee...ART19849
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Port Jackson, from Dawes' Battery
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Maker: Prout, John Skinner
This well-known image by Prout was reproduced as plate 4 in his publication 'Sydney Illustrated', 1842-44. It depicts British soldiers and guns at the Dawes' Point Battery in Sydney. The Battery was c...ART94357
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Private Barff Tucker
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Maker: Tucker, Frederick Balestine
Private Barff Tucker was born in Bathurst in 1861, and joined a bush contingent in 1885. On his departure for the Sudan, he was presented with a gold ring by members of his football club. He saw activ...ART50274
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Queenscliff Easter encampment (Target practice with the heavy guns)
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Maker: after Samuel Begg Illustrated Australian News
Queenscliff in Victoria was one of the main bases for artillery training for the Victorian colony. This work shows volunteers in the garrison artillery training with a rifled muzzle loading gun.ART19850
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Queensland Scottish Rifle Volunteers
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Maker: after Alfred Chantrey Corbould The Graphic
Scottish Rifle Volunteers wearing kilts, with pipe and drum band outside unidentified building, upper right: double line of volunteers, wearing kilts and pith helmets, mounted officer behind, lower: l...ART19855
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Queen Victoria in Her Coronation Robes
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Maker: Mackennal, Bertram
This statuette is a sensitively and realistically rendered portrait of Queen Victoria. Although dressed in her Coronation Robes, the piece was created to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, being 60 years ...ART93417
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Queen Victoria presenting the first Victoria Crosses, Hyde Park, 26 June 1857
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Maker: after George Thomas Brooks, Vincent Henry Graves & Co.
Scene in Hyde Park, troops drawn up for presentation of VCs by Queen Victoria, who is mounted on grey horse towards left of presentation line, on her right is Prince Albert, then the two older Princes...ART19769
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Queen Victoria's troops
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Maker: Unknown
Represents soldiers from all the colonies of the British Empire. The soldiers are all seated and standing before a statue of Queen Victoria and flags of the British Empire.ART93109
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Raising the 25-ton gun, Middle Harbour fortifications, Sydney
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton Australasian Sketcher
A group of men from the New South Wales Artillery pulling on a rope winch to lift a 25 ton gun onto a barge in Middle Harbour, Sydney. The gun was to be placed in defensive fortifications. There is a ...ART19848
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Recruits wanted: for His Majesty's foot guards...
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Maker: Armitage & Ibbeton LTD
An 1890'S British poster designed for recruiting foot guards. The poster depicts Irish and Scottish coldstream and grenadier guards, it outlines height restrictions and the advantages of joining the a...ARTV08967
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Saluting the squadron on board the Nelson; verso: page of newspaper text from 'The Australaisan Sketcher'
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This engraving is by an unknown artist after George Ashton. It shows a scene published in 'The Australasian Sketcher', Melbourne, 4 May 1885, depicting a gun crew on the frigate HMS 'Nelson' firing a ...ART50175
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Scutari
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view of the buildings of Scutari, mosques and minarets visible. Scutari is a district of Istanbul (Constantinople) and Florence Nightingale had her hospital base there throughout the Crimean War. Th...ART14023.010
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Smyrna June 19th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
The small town of Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey) viewed from the sea. The French flag flies above one building. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postan...ART14023.016
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1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry
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Maker: Bunnett, Henry
1880s; uniforms, rifle, horse; 1st Battalion (West ) n Infantry; foreground: marching soldier with rifle, background: mounted officer and Bugler on foot. Infantry uniforms were based on British models...ART19501
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1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry
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Maker: Bunnett, Henry
Illustration of a member of the 1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry.ART93361
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Syra
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across the water to a small town on the shores of the island of Syra (also known as Siros) in the Aegean sea. Civilian sailing vessels are shown. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs ...ART14023.009
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Syra, Mediterranean
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A township on the island of Syra (also known as Siros) in the southern Aegean sea, a small civilian vessel in the foreground. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known ...ART14023.024
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The Cerberus Turret-Ship
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated London News
HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) was a breastwork monitor that served in the Victorian Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1871 a...ART19859
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The Cerberus Turret-Ship
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Maker: Unknown
HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) was a breastwork monitor that served in the Victorian Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1871 a...ART94500
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The ceremony of unveiling the statue of Captain Cook, Hyde Park, Sydney
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Maker: Montague Scott, J Illustrated Sydney News
Thomas Woolner's statue of Captain Cook is unveiled in Hyde Park, Sydney. The ceremony was attended by some thirty thousand spectators, and included a parade by men of the Royal Navy, Naval Brigade an...ART19819
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The Colonial rifle volunteers of Australia
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Maker: after William H. Overend Illustrated London News
Newspaper illustration from 'Illustrated London News', September 20, 1890 showing uniforms of Victorian Rangers and Cadets.ART50171
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The Colonial Rifle Volunteers of Australia
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Maker: Overend, William Overend, William Overend, William Illustrated London News
The Australian Colonial Military forces were maintained from December 1788 until March 1901 when they were transferred to Commonwealth government control, after Federation. Initially, they were compos...ART96128
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The defences of Port Phillip Head
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This scene, of coastal defences of Port Phillip heads, was printed in the Australasian Sketcher on 11 May 1878, page 25. In the foreground is the encampment, and gun positions, and in the background ...ART50194
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The "Euryalus" towing the "Royal Sovereign"
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Maker: after De Martino, Eduardo S. Hildesheimer and Co, London
The frigate HMS 'Euryalyus' towing HMS 'Royal Sovereign' after the Battle of Trafalgar. Part of the masts of a wrecked ship is visible in the lower left foreground. Eduardo de Martino was born in Meta...ART19893
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The Mayor's picnic at the Fern Tree Gully to the officers of the Flying Squadron
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert The Illustrated Australian News
Admiral Hornby and officers of the Royal Navy 'Flying Squadron' were entertained on a picnic at Fern Tree Gully by the Mayor of Melbourne. Many of the officers, accompanied by women, climbed One Tree ...ART50177
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The miner laying torpedoes
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Australian News
Port Philip Bay; merchant vessel, launch; n Colonial Navy; scene published in the Illustrated Australian depicting the inshore minelayer Miner at sea in Port Philip Bay, a torpedo is being lowered ove...ART50172
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The opening of Prince's bridge in Melbourne
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Maker: Ham, Thomas
Depicts the 1850 opening ceremony of the Prince's Bridge over the Yarra River by the Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe (or Latrobe) as soldiers fire a salute. There is a large crowd of spec...ART19822
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The Queen's Review: Aldershot, 26 June 1899
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Maker: Maud, W T
1899; ceremonies; unidentified battery of Royal Horse Artillery galloping past Queen 's carriage during the Queen's Review at, New South Wales Lancers also took part in this reviewART19554
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The Queen's Review: Aldershot, 26 June 1899
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Maker: Maud, W T
Depicts a large number of civilians watching the Royal Horse Artillery passing the Queen 's carriage during the Queen's Review at Aldershot in the late 19th century. The New South Wales Lancers also t...ART19555
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Therapia, May 19th
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Maker: Young, Marianne
This view looks from land across water past a small jetty towards the buildings of Therapia on the Bosporus Strait that separates the Asian part of Turkey from the European part. This drawing is one o...ART14023.019
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The Royal Military Tournament: A fight between the police and bushrangers- the New South Wales Volunteers to the rescue
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Maker: HMP
In 1893 the colony of New South Wales sent over their regiment of lancers to the Royal Military Tournament that was being held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London. The spectacle that was put o...ART94354
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The 'Success' and HMVS 'Nelson' in Hobson's Bay, view from Williamstown
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Maker: Unknown
View of two ships 'Success' and HMVS 'Nelson', from the beach at Hobson's Bay, Williamstown, Victoria. A large training boat is beached at left in the sand, and a small yacht is close to the shore.ART91191
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The 77th Galop song-sheet cover
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Band of 77th Regiment playing in the Botanical Gardens to celebrate the end of the war in the Crimea (this Regiment was only in Australia from September 1857 to April 1858). A crowd of people are list...ART19818
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The Victorian Naval Reserve
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Maker: after Tom Carrington Australasian Sketcher
Training exercises were an integral part of preparing for battle. This wood engraving, published in the Australasian Sketcher, 8 April 1882 p.105, shows colonial troops of the Victorian Naval Reserve ...ART19865
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The Victorian Navy
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton Illustrated Handbook of Victoria
A scene of five ships at sea that was published in the Illustrated Handbook of Victoria in 1886. From left to right, the vessels are: the ironclad monitor Cerberus (after conversion to a military mas...ART50191
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The Victorian Volunteer Waltz
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Maker: Troedel, Charles
Sheet music cover depicting four Volunteers in the uniforms of artillery, infantry, mounted staff officer and mounted rifles, with a gun. Music arranged by the Bandmaster (Mr Thomas Ellis) of the 1st ...ART19993
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The volunteer encampment at Sunbury
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
A page from The Australasian Sketcher 14 April 1877 showing a general view of a military camp with tents in blocks at Sunbury. Mount Macedon and Camel's Hump in the background.ART19868
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The Volunteer encampment. Sketches of camp life.
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This wood engraving published in the Queensland edition of the Australasian Sketcher includes six vignettes of aspects of camp life at the Volunteer camp at Sunbury, Victoria, 12 May 1877.ART50178
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The War in New Zealand: Storming the Rifle Pits at Te Ranga, 21 June 1864
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
This print depicts the final battle at Te Ranga in the Tauranga campaign, as part of the Maori Wars (1864-1872) in New Zealand. The campaign started as a side show to the Invasion of the Waikato, wher...ART50235
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The war in the Sudan: departure of the Australian contingent from Sydney, New South Wales
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
Depicts a page from the 'London Illustrated News' from 25 April 1885 with an upper image of the departure from Sydney of the Australian contingent for the Sudan and the lower image of a St Bernard pup...ART19877
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top image: Off to the squadron; bottom image: Men of War and Naval Reserve boat race, Hobson's Bay
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Australian News
These two prints were published in the Australasian Sketcher on 22 February 1882, page 25. In the top image, titled 'Off to the squadron', civilians crowd on a wharf and watch as a woman is assisted t...ART50169
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Turkish harem on board Le Caire
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view on the deck of a civilian ship, Muslim women of a Turkish harem and men smoking. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared for her ...ART14023.021
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(Untitled landscape)
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Maker: Young, Marianne
A view across a lake with farm buildings in the distance, behind are steep mountain ranges. This drawing was included in a folio of drawings by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) that...ART14023.018