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  1. Boer patriotic pocket knife : South Africa

    Heraldry

    Maker: Okapi

    Souvenir pocket knife. On one side is the arms of the Second South African Republic within a wreath, with flags behind. Underneath is impressed 'TRANSVAAL'. In the centre is the text 'Eendrach maakt M...

    REL23591

  2. Brockett, Thomas (Private, b.1871 - d.?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Brockett, Thomas

    Collection relating to the South Africa War (Boer War) service of 162 Private Thomas Brockett, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, South Africa, 1901-1902. Collection consists of: - 1 x studio portrait...

    3DRL/6036

  3. Carved pipe : Trooper C E Blanchard, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Ornately carved 'Oom Paul' style pipe bowl. The shank is carved with the name 'C. E. Blanchard' with a branch and star pattern depicted on either side. On the left side of the shank is 'DE WET' and o...

    REL/00413

  4. Collection of stereoscopic cards and viewer

    Photograph

    Maker: Underwood & Underwood, New York

    Collection of ten stereographic cards relating to the visit of the Duke of York to Australia during Federation celebrations and the South African (Boer) War. The collection includes three George Rose ...

    P11979

  5. Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, pre-1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various

    Correspondence relating to the Boer War and post-war service of Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR). This file contains correspondence dated before 1914 a...

    RCDIG0001514

  6. Defence of Mafeking

    Art

    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

  7. Defence of Mafeking

    Art

    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

  8. Diary of an unknown Boer War soldier, October - November 1899

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Unknown

    Diary of an unknown soldier who served during the Boer War. This handwritten diary contains entries for the period 24 October to 1 November 1899. The soldier, presumably Australian, records the condit...

    RCDIG0001504

  9. Haines, Albert James (Trooper, b.1871 - d.1946)

    Private Record

    Maker: Haines, Albert James

    Collection relating to the Boar War service of 479 Trooper Albert James Haines, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, Australia, at sea and South Africa, 1901. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one handwr...

    AWM2021.301.1

  10. Letters relating to Peter Joseph Handcock, February 1902

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Handcock, Peter Joseph Morrow, John Henry

    Letters relating to the Boer War service of Lieutenant Peter Joseph Handcock, Bushveldt Carbineers, South Africa, 27-8 February 1902. This file contains two letters relating to the execution of Peter...

    AWM2018.785.8

  11. Machattie, Dr Thomas Alfred (Captain, b.1855 - d.1928)

    Private Record

    Maker: Machattie, Thomas Alfred

    Collection relating to the South African War (Boer War) service of Captain Dr Thomas Alfred Machattie, New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen, Australia and South Africa, 1900-1938. Collection consists o...

    PR00262

  12. Photograph album of 24 pages (including inside covers) containing 84 photographs connected to ...

    Photograph

    Photograph album of 24 pages (including inside covers) containing 84 photographs connected to Lieutenant Ja (?) Baird Thompson (possibly 447 J B Thompson). The images are primarily commercially produc...

    AWM2019.438.1

  13. Ramsay, Edward (b.1854 - d.1889); Ramsay, James William (b.1878 - d.1928); Ramsay, Percy Leonard (b.1888 - d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ramsay, Edward Ramsay, James William Various

    Collection relating to Edward Ramsay and his sons 333 Sergeant James William Ramsay and 5396 Private Percy Leonard Ramsay; Australia, South Africa and France; 1876-1920. Collection consists of 12 doc...

    AWM2017.144.6

  14. Series 2: Original diaries and notebooks

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various

    This series contains the original diaries and notebooks written or collected by Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock during the Boer War, First World War, and post-war periods. Within this series are eight diari...

    RCDIG0001512

  15. Transcript of diary of Mary Ann 'Bessie' Pocock, 1899-1902

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various

    Transcript of the Boer War diary of Mary Ann (Bessie) Pocock, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR). The transcript was compiled by members of Pocock’s family and produced in 2006. Th...

    RCDIG0001388

  16. Walking stick carved by a Boer prisoner of war

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Wooden walking stick. Around the top of the shaft is carved 'BY A PRISONER. OF. WAR / GREAT BOER WAR / 1902'. The knob handle has broken off from the shaft and is inlaid with ivory in horizontal and ...

    REL37790

  17. Wallace, Arthur David (Lance Corporal, b.1876 - d.1940)

    Private Record

    Maker: Wallace, Arthur David

    Collection relating to the South African war (Boer War) service of 6 Lance Corporal Arthur David Wallace, New South Wales Mounted Rifles and 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, South Africa, 1899-1901...

    PR00024

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