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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Our Defence Forces: The Militia, Artillery and Naval Brigade
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
The Australian Colonial Military forces were maintained from December 1788 until March 1901 when they were transferred to Commonwealth government control, after Federation. Initially, they were compos...ART96129
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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 Cerberus Turret-Ship
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Maker: Unknown
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...ART94500
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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 miner laying torpedoes
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Australian News
Port Philip Bay; merchant vessel, launch; n Colonial Navy; scene published in the Illustrated Australian depicting the inshore minelayer Miner at sea in Port Philip Bay, a torpedo is being lowered ove...ART50172
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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 volunteer encampment at Sunbury
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
A page from The Australasian Sketcher 14 April 1877 showing a general view of a military camp with tents in blocks at Sunbury. Mount Macedon and Camel's Hump in the background.ART19868
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The Volunteer encampment. Sketches of camp life.
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This wood engraving published in the Queensland edition of the Australasian Sketcher includes six vignettes of aspects of camp life at the Volunteer camp at Sunbury, Victoria, 12 May 1877.ART50178
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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
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The war in the Sudan: departure of the Australian contingent from Sydney, New South Wales
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
Depicts a page from the 'London Illustrated News' from 25 April 1885 with an upper image of the departure from Sydney of the Australian contingent for the Sudan and the lower image of a St Bernard pup...ART19877
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top image: Off to the squadron; bottom image: Men of War and Naval Reserve boat race, Hobson's Bay
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Australian News
These two prints were published in the Australasian Sketcher on 22 February 1882, page 25. In the top image, titled 'Off to the squadron', civilians crowd on a wharf and watch as a woman is assisted t...ART50169
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Visit of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh to the volunteer review, Victoria
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Adelaide Post Unknown
Crowds gathering in Victoria for the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh at the Volunteer Review.ART50184
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Volunteer encampment at Sunbury
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Melbourne Post
Panoramic view of a volunteer Victorian military forces camp. Parading troops are visible in the right middle distance and civilians can be seen in the foreground watching the activity.ART50187
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Volunteer parade and sham fight at Williamstown
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Maker: Unknown The Illustrated Australian News
Images of a volunteer parade and a practice battle at Williamstown, Victoria.ART50179
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Volunteers leaving the Spencer Street Railway Station, Melbourne
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Adelaide Post
1867; railway train; scene published in the Illustrated Post depicts volunteers leaving for training camp being farewelled at railway station, group in centre are wearing Garibaldi jackets and are Lig...ART50166
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With the Sudan Contingent on board the Australasian
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Depicts a page from 'The Australasian Sketcher' of 8 April 1885 with seven small vignettes showing various activities of the NSW Contingent on board ship bound for the Sudan. Between March- June 1885...ART50164