Art

Maker: after E Dayes after Thomas Watling Cadell & Davies

Illustration from 'An Account of the English colony in New South Wales: from its first settlement in January 1788, to August 1801...' by David Collins. View extending from the old to the new barracks.

ART50128

Technology

British Infantry Hanger. The brass hilt has a three bar half basket guard which has the outer bar broken off from the oval pommel and is engraved 94/C/1. The brass grip is a spiral design. The curved ...

REL/16738

Art

Maker: Purdie, Shirley

Goordbelayinji is a Gija word that is used to describe any place where many have been killed at one time. In this painting, Purdie speaks about events on her Father's Country: violence amongst neighbo...

AWM2018.471.1

Art

Maker: Unknown

This Greek Corinthian bi-chrome lidded pyxis (urn) was donated to the Commonwealth Government on 29 July 1946, presented by the Vice-President of Australian-Greek League (Athens) Mr Anargyros Stratig...

ART30402

Art

Maker: Lindsay, Norman

This drawing, published in 'The Bulletin' 10 days after the Armistice on November 21, 1918, is a satirical comment on the homecoming and return to civilian life for Australian servicemen following Ar...

AWM2018.530.1

Art

Maker: Unknown

Marble bust of a woman (Hagar) purportedly taken from a tomb in the ruins of the Palace of Zenobia, in Palmyra (then known in Arabic as Tadmur) in central Syria. Archaeologists have discovered no trac...

ART00484

Art

Maker: Daniels, Jill

'Olden Days' is a frontier conflict story told to Daniels by her family. It refers to events prior to Daniels' birth, most likely during the late nineteenth- early twentieth-centuries, when Northern T...

AWM2018.890.1

Manuscript

Maker: Peacock, Robert Knox

Manuscript on British and Australian military decorations for gallantry and long and efficient service. Covers war medals from 1794 on, regulations for wearing medals and decorations, emblems, forfeit...

MSS0698

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Plaster cast of a Greek inscription from the mid 5th century BC. The transation of the inscription reads 'Doing battle beside the Hellespont these men lost their shining youth. They brought honour to ...

RELAWM12276

Private Record

THIS ARTIFICIAL SERIES WAS CREATED TO CONTROL CALENDARS, INDEXES AND OTHER FINDING AIDS WHICH ACCOMPANY MICROFORMS IN THE PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTIONS. THE SERIES WILL BE ADDED TO PROGRESSIVELY

PR90/170

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Prussian Pour Le Merite Grand Cross. A Maltese Cross in blue enamel, edged in gold, with a golden eagle between each of the arms. Obverse: The bust of Frederick William III, Emperor of Prussia, facing...

RELAWM30345

Private Record

CONSISTS OF AN INDEX TO RECORDS HELD BY THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE (UK) WHICH HAD BEEN FILMED BY MAY 1983. INDEX ARRANGED BY MINISTRY AND RECORDS CREATED WITHIN THAT MINISTRY

PRMF0023

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Part of a mosiac floor panel taken from a larger design. This particular pattern represents a Gordian Knot, a common motif in Roman mosiacs, and is made from small polished stone tesserae in white, re...

RELAWM10395

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

Manuscript

Maker: Skennerton, Ian D

Manuscript titled "Australian Service Longarms", a brief history of military longarms in Australia. Covers pre and post Federation periods, with technical and historical detail for each weapon. Some p...

MSS0724

Photograph

Maker: Bardwell's Royal Studio

Studio portrait of Captain A M Greenfield, of the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment which was formed on 26 July 1858. The necessity for a local militia in Victoria had been pressing since the rise of...

P04921.001

Manuscript

Maker: Wahlert, Glen W

"Provost: Friend or Foe?" Part 1 in a series covering the development of the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, 1788-1989. This section documents the development of the Corps from the arrival...

MSS1285