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Maker: Auricchio, Monique
Depicts horses being lifted into the air, with a ship visible on the distant horizon. The work makes reference to horses used in both the Boer War and First World Wars. Some 40,000 horses were lifted ...ART94633
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Main gate, Cape Castle
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Depicts a scene of a soldier standing outside the Cape Castle barracks during the afternoon. The British government military headquarters during the Boer War were in Cape Castle, Cape Town - a sixteen...ART93101
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Major Fiaschi at Paardeburg
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Maker: Hardy, Norman H.
One of a series of illustrations reproduced in a book by Frank Wilkinson, 'Australia at the front: A colonial view of the Boer War', John Long, London, 1901. Hardy based his illustrations on sketches ...ART19671
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Major General Charles Gordon
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Maker: Unknown Troedel & Co. [Melbourne]
Major General Charles George Gordon, CB, wearing decorated jacket and fezART50014
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Major General Sir Granville Ryrie
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Maker: Woollcott, Henry
Depicts a profile portrait, in uniform, of Major General the Honourable Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie (1865-1937) KCMG, CB, VD, 1st AIF, Commanding Officer 2 Australian Light Horse Brigade. Born in New...ART03583
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Major General the Honourable Sir Granville Ryrie
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Maker: Wheeler, Charles
A portrait, in uniform, of Major General the Honourable Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie (1865-1937) KCMG, CB, VD, 1st AIF, Commanding Officer 2 Australian Light Horse Brigade. Born in New South Wales, Gr...ART03556
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Nelson
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Maker: Kelly, Winifred Ethelwyn (Winnie)
Nelson, Newfoundland pet dog for the 1st Contingent to the Boer War, lying in front of a bell tent in the Transvaal, two horses in the left distance. His collar has RHA (Royal Horses Artillery) and in...ART92197
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New South Wales at Vet River
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Maker: Hardy, Norman H.
One of a series of illustrations reproduced in a book by Frank Wilkinson, 'Australia at the front: A colonial view of the Boer War', John Long, London, 1901. Hardy based his illustrations on sketches ...ART19674
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NSW Officers at the Front
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a group portrait of members of the New South Mounted Infantry, New South Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent, Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, New South Irish Rifles, New South Corps of Engineers No...ART50125
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Officer and orderly, New South Wales Lancers
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Maker: Unknown
This work formed the frontispiece for Frank Wilkinson's book 'Australian cavalry : the N.S.W. Lancer Regiment and the First Australian Horse', Angus and Robertson, Sydney. It was possibly illustrated...ART19687
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Oom paul
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Maker: Ward, Leslie
Completed by Leslie Ward under his pseudonym 'Drawl', 'Oom Paul' is a caricature of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, better known as Paul Kruger, who was the president of the Transvaal, or South Afri...ART96202
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Our Colonial Brothers in Arms: Australian Bushmen on the March
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Maker: Stewart, Allan Illustrated London News
As part of the British Empire, the Australian colonies offered troops for the war in South Africa. Australians served in contingents raised by the six colonies and from 1901, by the new Australian Com...ART96132
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Our hospital at Kaalong
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Maker: Hardy, Norman H.
One of a series of illustrations reproduced in a book by Frank Wilkinson, 'Australia at the front: A colonial view of the Boer War', John Long, London, 1901. Hardy based his illustrations on sketches ...ART19675
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Parting friends
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Maker: Unknown
A soldier from the NSW Lancers saying goodbye to his dying horse on the battlefield in South Africa.ART91994
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Parting friends
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Maker: Unknown
NSW lancer bidding his dying horse farewell while his fellow soldiers survey a battle taking place in the background. The NSW Lancers were in South Africa from 1899-1901. They did not see action agai...ART50320
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Peace and war (Mr A.G. Hales)
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Maker: Ward, Leslie
Illustration from Vanity Fair Supplement, July 8, 1908, depicting Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860-1936), novelist and the first Australian war correspondent. When the South African war broke out, ...ART91942
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Presentation of Queen's colours to Adelaide Rifles
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Maker: Unknown
The ceremony for the presentation of the Queen's colours to the soldiers of the Adelaide Rifles for their participation in the Boer War. Published in the Australian Sketcher.ART50180
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Proclamation: Annexation of the South African Repulic by Field Marshal Roberts
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Maker: Unknown
Official announcement poster (number 15 from the year 1900) from the Boer War in English and in Afrikaans, detailing that the territories known as the South African Republic were annexed to Britain an...ART96670
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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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Rifle exchange on Cairn-Kopje
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Maker: J S
Depicts soldiers running across a landscape. This stylised illustration of a fight between British soldiers (on the right) and Boer commandos is quite misleading. It misrepresents the ranges at which...ART19537