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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 '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 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