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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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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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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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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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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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On board the training ship Vernon, Sydney Harbour
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton
Scenes of life on board the training ship Vernon in Sydney harbour, NSW, where boys 'either as criminals or as neglected children' were housed, educated, and taught a trade until they were old enough ...ART50173
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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