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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