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A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales; plate from A Narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies by James Backhouse, 1843
Art
Maker: after Edward Backhouse
A chain gang of convicts being escorted to work by armed soldiers of the British Army, an overseer (civilian) leads the way.ART19846
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved BLANCH & SON 29 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON and ADAMS' PATENT No 7924 on the right side. The grips are one piece checkered wood and the bu...REL/08319
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot, double action percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKERS TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT) 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE with ADAMS' PATENT and the serial n...REL/08157
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE and ADAMS' PATENT with the serial number. The left hand side has a Rigby design cy...REL/08320
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE and ADAMS' PATENT with the serial number. The left hand side has a cylinder loadin...REL/08476
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Adams Patent Revolver : Captain Orr, 80 Regiment, Melboune Volunteers
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top of frame engraved Deane, Adams and Deane, No 30 King William St, London Bridge. The frame and cylinder are engraved with the serial number. The one piec...REL29318
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Bell top Shako : Officer's pattern
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's pattern bell top shako made of black beaver fur with black patent leather top and peak. The sides of the shako have black leather 'V' shaped straps which finish at gilt lion's head bosses fo...REL/12119.001
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Bible and prayer book : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Samuel Bagster & Sons
Brown tooled leather 'Book of Common Prayer' stamped in gilt on upper spine 'POLYGLOTT BIBLE - ENGLISH VERSION AND COMMON PRAYER' and at the lower spine 'BAGSTER'. The book has gilt edged pages, three...REL29664
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Braendlin Albini Socket Bayonet and Scabbard
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Braendlin Albini Socket Bayonet and Scabbard. The polished triangular blade is fullered on all three sides and has a barrel socket that has a zig-zag slot and locking ring. It is blued and stamped 101...REL/19096
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British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword : Captain J W Thomas, 40th Regiment of Foot, British Army
Technology
Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword. Gilt Pattern 1822 half basket guard with the VR cypher as the cartouche badge and hinged inner portion. The blade has a single fuller to each side and is etched ...REL/19663.001
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British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment Presentation Sword and Scabbard : Sergeant Major T Baynes, New South Wales Volunteer Rifles
Technology
British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment presentation sword and scabbard. The hilt is a steel gothic pattern guard with a cartouche badge of a crown over VR over a thistle, rose and shamrock. The grip is f...REL/16133
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Card of six gilt Officers' mess dress buttons : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Jennins & Co London
Card bearing six gilded brass Officers' mess dress buttons. Each button has an attached gilded monogram surmounted by the Victorian Crown, thought to have been used by the 5th (Queen's Own) Regiment o...REL29661
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Card with historical description of shoulder belt plate worn by Captain Wyse, 40th Regiment of Foot, killed at Eureka Stockade 1854.
Heraldry
Piece of cardboard originally attached to the back of the British 40th Regiment of Foot shoulder belt plate worn by Captain Wyse (or Wise) when he was killed at Eureka Stocade in 1854. Card reads '40t...REL/21501.002
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Cross belt : Lieutenant William Mair, British 99th Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cross-belt of buff leather with sword slings and fire gilt finished brass cross-belt plate with 99th Regiment badge in gilt and silver. The gilding on the plate has been partially worn away. The origi...REL/18964.002
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Eliott Light Dragoon flintlock carbine
Technology
Eliott Light Dragoon flintlock carbine. Lock marked Tower with crown over GR. Swan necked cock. Stock marked 29 at the rear of the barrel tang and has a small square repair to the rear of the lock pla...REL/10283
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Government camp, Ballarat 1854
Art
Maker: Huyghue, Samuel Douglas Smith F.W. Niven
Depicts the arrival of the British Army Troops at the Government Camp, Ballarat. Samuel Douglas Huyghe was in Ballarat at the time of Eureka uprising and made many sketches. This work was originally a...ART19789
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H.M.C.S. Protector and the ship Torrens
Art
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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India Pattern flintlock musket : British Army
Technology
India Pattern (Brown Bess) flintlock musket. Lock marked Tower with a crown over GR. JR stamped on the butt. This weapon is complete with a flint and original ramrod.REL/04601
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Key to Writing Desk : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: J W & T Allen
A small metal key with a ring at one end, which operates the lock on Captain H E W Preston's Writing Desk (REL29655.001). The key itself is a cylindrical piece of metal with five slots cut into its en...REL29655.002
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New Land Pattern Musket : British Army
Technology
New Land Pattern musket (Brown Bess). Lock marked Tower 'crown' over GR. Tang proof mark crown over 4. Missing both sling swivels. Stock varnished.REL23438
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Officer's full dress coatee : British 99th Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's full dress scarlet superfine double breasted coatee with cream superfine Prussian collar, edged with two pairs of buttoned gold lace loops. The centre front opening is un-laced and has five ...REL/18964.001
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Officers Shako plate: 50th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1861-1869 : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officers 50th Foot shako plate. An 8-pointed star surmounted with the Victorian crown. In the centre is a voided numeral '50', surrounded by a Garter inscribed 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. Black leath...REL29657.002
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Part of an 1837 Ship's Reports broadsheet found in the lining of an Officer's bell-topped Shako
Heraldry
Maker: Plank, George
Half of a folio broadsheet cut from the 'Customs, London Ships' Reports No 112 Saturday Evening 13 May 1837'. The report, published in London by the Secretary of the Customs' Benevolent Fund, George P...REL/12119.002
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Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, 2nd Model : British Army
Technology
Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, 2nd Model. Lock marked Crown over V+R and 1856 with service proofs. Barrel has French and English proof marks including a manufacturers stamp F*P within an oval. The rear s...REL/04837
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Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword
Technology
British Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword. The hilt is a gilt brass half basket type with a lions head pommel. The brass hilt has the Cypher of General Officers of the Crown surmounting a cross ...REL/16009.001
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Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword Scabbard
Technology
Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword Scabbard. Brass with minor dents and has two loose rings mounted on bands.REL/16009.002
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Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword : British Army
Technology
British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a...REL/16735
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Pattern 1842 percussion musket
Technology
Pattern 1842 percussion musket. Lock marked crown over VR over Tower 1847. Butt tang is engraved 40/H/14 and stock marked arrow over BO over 1854. The barrel has had the last 1 1/4 inches repaired alo...REL29317
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Pattern 1856 Pioneer Sword : British Army
Technology
British Pattern 1856 pioneer sword. The hilt is all brass with a stirrup type guard which is stamped 6 over 1901 V I.HTS over 2 on the inner crossguard. The grip with horizontal rings and is fitted to...REL/16733
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11 Regiment of Foot
Digitised Collection
Photocopy of an extract from the handwritten record book kept by the 11th Regiment of Foot. Shows where the regiment was recruited, formed and stationed also any alterations in the establishment by au...AWM2021.7.5
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Scrimshaw technique powder horn : Privates R Haslam and J Ball, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bullock horn engraved with a scrimshaw technique. The black tip of the horn has been cut off and carved to form a mouthpiece, while the cream body of the horn is engraved and is finished at the end wi...REL35798
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Sergeants Volunteer Pattern 1840 Carbine
Technology
Sergeants Carbine Volunteer Pattern 1840. Lock marked John Wiggan 13. Barrel has a London proof mark and 13 stamped on the rear tang. It is fitted with front and rear post sights. Stock marked 13 one ...REL/10282
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Shades of the Rum Corps; "Come over here"
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman
Depicts an Australian soldier from the First World War carrying a rum flagon and with a bugle over his arm. Depicted calling to him are four British soldiers from the period of the New South Wales Cor...ART50287
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Shako plate 50th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1861-1869 : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Helmet plate: 50th Foot. An 8-pointed star surmounted with the Victorian crown. In the centre is a voided numeral '50', surrounded by a Garter inscribed 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. Two lugs are solde...REL29657.001
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Short Land Pattern Flintlock Musket
Technology
Short Land Pattern flintlock (Brown Bess) musket. Lock marked Tower with 'crown' over GR. Swan neck cock. Number 55 stamped behind escutcheon plate on the stock wrist. Barrel marked WH.REL24670
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Shoulder belt plate, 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot : Captain H C Wyse, Eureka Stockade, 1854
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's gilt and silver shoulder belt plate for the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot. The pattern of plate is for 1824-44 but Wyse evidently continued to wear it rather than replacing it wi...REL/21501.001
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Silver Presentation Cup : Colour Sergeant J Gibson, 12th Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sterling silver presentation cup bearing London hallmarks for 1858 and the maker's initials 'SH/DC' within a square. The base is impressed '8422'. The inside of the cup is finished in silver gilt. The...REL/06960
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Tranter's Patent Second Model Revolver, Accessories and Case
Technology
Tranter's Patent Second Model five shot percussion revolver. The top frame is engraved B Cogswell, 224 Strand, London. It has a left side loading lever and a double trigger marked Tranter Patent. The ...REL/10252.001
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Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection includes papers, History of Middle Head, Mosman, NSW, and Biography of William Throsby Bridges, compiled by H G Ricketts
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ricketts, H G
Collection includes papers related to the history of Middle Head and Mosman, NSW, and a biography of William Throsby Bridges compiled by Warrant Officer 1 H G Ricketts, 1971. Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains...AWM2020.22.110
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Whistle : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pewter whistle with a pierced lug at one end for attachment of a neck cord. The whistle itself is a banded cylinder, angled at one end to form the mouthpiece, and domed at the other end. A piece of sh...REL29658
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Writing desk : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: J W & T Allen
Compact portable timber writing desk with brass and black leather fittings. The timber appears to have been sanded to remove stain or varnish from its surface. A brass panel in the lid contains a lift...REL29655.001