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A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales; plate from A Narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies by James Backhouse, 1843
Art
Maker: after Edward Backhouse
A chain gang of convicts being escorted to work by armed soldiers of the British Army, an overseer (civilian) leads the way.ART19846
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved BLANCH & SON 29 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON and ADAMS' PATENT No 7924 on the right side. The grips are one piece checkered wood and the bu...REL/08319
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot, double action percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKERS TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT) 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE with ADAMS' PATENT and the serial n...REL/08157
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE and ADAMS' PATENT with the serial number. The left hand side has a Rigby design cy...REL/08320
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Adams Patent Revolver
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved DEANE ADAMS & DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM STt LONDON BRIDGE and ADAMS' PATENT with the serial number. The left hand side has a cylinder loadin...REL/08476
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Adams Patent Revolver : Captain Orr, 80 Regiment, Melboune Volunteers
Technology
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top of frame engraved Deane, Adams and Deane, No 30 King William St, London Bridge. The frame and cylinder are engraved with the serial number. The one piec...REL29318
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Austin, Maurice 'Bunny' (Brigadier, DSO, OBE)
Private Record
Maker: Austin, Maurice
This collection reflects Brigadier Austin's lifelong interest in 19th century Australian military history. Included are Brigadier Austin's files of news clippings, files of research notes and associat...PR86/062
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Bell top Shako : Officer's pattern
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's pattern bell top shako made of black beaver fur with black patent leather top and peak. The sides of the shako have black leather 'V' shaped straps which finish at gilt lion's head bosses fo...REL/12119.001
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Bible and prayer book : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Samuel Bagster & Sons
Brown tooled leather 'Book of Common Prayer' stamped in gilt on upper spine 'POLYGLOTT BIBLE - ENGLISH VERSION AND COMMON PRAYER' and at the lower spine 'BAGSTER'. The book has gilt edged pages, three...REL29664
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Braendlin Albini Socket Bayonet and Scabbard
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Braendlin Albini Socket Bayonet and Scabbard. The polished triangular blade is fullered on all three sides and has a barrel socket that has a zig-zag slot and locking ring. It is blued and stamped 101...REL/19096
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British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Scabbard : Captain J W Thomas, 40th Regiment of Foot, British Army
Technology
Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's leather scabbard. Gilt Pattern 1822 half basket guard with the VR cypher as the cartouche badge and hinged inner portion. The scabbard is black leather with three bras...REL/19663.002
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British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword : Captain J W Thomas, 40th Regiment of Foot, British Army
Technology
Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword. Gilt Pattern 1822 half basket guard with the VR cypher as the cartouche badge and hinged inner portion. The blade has a single fuller to each side and is etched ...REL/19663.001
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British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment Presentation Sword and Scabbard : Sergeant Major T Baynes, New South Wales Volunteer Rifles
Technology
British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment presentation sword and scabbard. The hilt is a steel gothic pattern guard with a cartouche badge of a crown over VR over a thistle, rose and shamrock. The grip is f...REL/16133
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Candy, Philip C
Manuscript
Maker: Candy, Philip C
Chapter on history of the Cadet Movement in Victoria. Covers military and administrative history context, the development at the major public schools, regulations, arms and uniform requirements, achie...MSS0755
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Carbury, Abraham (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Carbury, Abraham
Diary, 1857-1866, written by Sergeant Abraham Carbury of Her Majesty's 2 Battalion Prince's Own Consort Rifle Brigade, recording service throughout India during 1857-1866, including the Indian Mutiny ...PR03190
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Card of six gilt Officers' mess dress buttons : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Jennins & Co London
Card bearing six gilded brass Officers' mess dress buttons. Each button has an attached gilded monogram surmounted by the Victorian Crown, thought to have been used by the 5th (Queen's Own) Regiment o...REL29661
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Card with historical description of shoulder belt plate worn by Captain Wyse, 40th Regiment of Foot, killed at Eureka Stockade 1854.
Heraldry
Piece of cardboard originally attached to the back of the British 40th Regiment of Foot shoulder belt plate worn by Captain Wyse (or Wise) when he was killed at Eureka Stocade in 1854. Card reads '40t...REL/21501.002
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Cast iron trough
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Colonial era trough made from cast iron. It is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. Markings - Board of Ordnance coat of arms, Broad Arrow.REL32610.001
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Chapman, B (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Chapman, B
Three letters (1854) written by Sergeant B Chapman to his sister, while serving in Crimea.PR01433
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Cross belt : Lieutenant William Mair, British 99th Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cross-belt of buff leather with sword slings and fire gilt finished brass cross-belt plate with 99th Regiment badge in gilt and silver. The gilding on the plate has been partially worn away. The origi...REL/18964.002
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Edwards, John (Royal Marines)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, John
Certificate of prize money, awarded in 1806, to Edwards for the capture of French and Spanish vessels at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1905. Awarded one day's sight pay.EXDOC178
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Eliott Light Dragoon flintlock carbine
Technology
Eliott Light Dragoon flintlock carbine. Lock marked Tower with crown over GR. Swan necked cock. Stock marked 29 at the rear of the barrel tang and has a small square repair to the rear of the lock pla...REL/10283
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External and Internal Security in the Australian Colonies from their Founding to the End of the Macquarie Era
Manuscript
Maker: McMahon, John F
PhD thesis covering the period 1788 to 1821.MSS1817
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Gallagher , Patrick J.
Manuscript
"Warhorse and warrior : a study of Australians and their horses at war" Covers the history of the use of horses in Australian military involvement, commencing with arrival of the first horses in Austr...MSS1030
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Government camp, Ballarat 1854
Art
Maker: Huyghue, Samuel Douglas Smith F.W. Niven
Depicts the arrival of the British Army Troops at the Government Camp, Ballarat. Samuel Douglas Huyghe was in Ballarat at the time of Eureka uprising and made many sketches. This work was originally a...ART19789
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Green , Jeremy
Manuscript
Australian Cannon Interim Catalogue. Catalogues cannons siutated in civilian areas throughout Australia or used as monuments at civilian or military institutions.MSS1032
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Haken, John Kingsford
Private Record
Maker: Haken, John Kingsford
MANUSCRIPT "LINEAGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES MILITARY FORCES 1854-1904". COVERS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAND AND NAVAL FORCES IN COLONIAL PERIOD, ROLL OF OFFICERS, SUCCESSION OF GOVERNORS,...PRMF0043
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Hamilton, William (Ensign, 77th Regt, British Army, b.1833 - d.1859)
Private Record
Maker: Hamilton, William
LETTER BASED ON DIARY ENTRIES DEALING WITH VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE TO CALCUTTA ON THE "GLEN ISLA"3DRL/0613
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Harris, Joseph J (Captain, 4th Bde Sth Irish Div, Royal Arty)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Joseph James
MEMO RE CAPT HARRIS' PROPOSED SECONDING TO EGYPTIAN ARMY. LETTER FROM CAPT HARRIS REQUESTING PERMISSION TO RETIRE3DRL/6798
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H.M.C.S. Protector and the ship Torrens
Art
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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India Pattern flintlock musket : British Army
Technology
India Pattern (Brown Bess) flintlock musket. Lock marked Tower with a crown over GR. JR stamped on the butt. This weapon is complete with a flint and original ramrod.REL/04601
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Joyner, George; Joyner, Benjamin (Private, 1st Bn, 12th Regt of Foot. Band Corporal, 1st Bn, 1st Regt of Foot )
Private Record
Maker: Joyner, George
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES OF BOTH MEN, CONCERT PROGRAMME, MONTHLY SETTLEMENT BOOK, AND ACCOUNT BOOK, RE SERVICE WITH 12TH REGT OF FOOT.PR85/032
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Keevers, William
Private Record
Maker: Crown
Collection relating to 840 Corporal William Keevers, 17th Regiment of Foot. Comprises two original service record booklets belonging to Keevers. The first is his Account Book containing details of his...3DRL/6687
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Key to Writing Desk : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: J W & T Allen
A small metal key with a ring at one end, which operates the lock on Captain H E W Preston's Writing Desk (REL29655.001). The key itself is a cylindrical piece of metal with five slots cut into its en...REL29655.002
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Levine, Stephen Irving
Private Record
Maker: Levine, Stephen Irving
Thesis examines the development of Australia's national security policy. Chapters cover Australia in 19th Century world affairs, relations with Japan, America, China, Vietnam and conscription, interna...PRMF0074
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Malcolm, John (Corporal, 42nd Royal Highlanders b.1832 - d.1854)
Private Record
Maker: Malcolm, John
2 LETTERS REGARDING MALCOLM'S DEATH AT BALACLAVA. OFFICIAL LETTER TO ACCOMPANY MALCOLM'S SERVICE MEDAL, AND RIBBON FOR MEDAL. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON MALCOLM3DRL/6736
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McCall, Alex (Bombardier)
Private Record
Maker: McCall, Alex
Letter written by Alex McCall from Landguard Fort in England on 31st July 1856, to his brother in Australia. Having recently returned from fighting at the Crimean Peninsula, McCall describes the livin...PR00757
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MURPHY , Mr David
Manuscript
Source material about the service of the 17th Leicester Regiment in Australia. Consists of list of ships which carried members of the regiment to NSW and Van Dieman's Land; nominal roll of members of ...MSS1169
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New Land Pattern Musket : British Army
Technology
New Land Pattern musket (Brown Bess). Lock marked Tower 'crown' over GR. Tang proof mark crown over 4. Missing both sling swivels. Stock varnished.REL23438
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Officer's full dress coatee : British 99th Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's full dress scarlet superfine double breasted coatee with cream superfine Prussian collar, edged with two pairs of buttoned gold lace loops. The centre front opening is un-laced and has five ...REL/18964.001
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Officers Shako plate: 50th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1861-1869 : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officers 50th Foot shako plate. An 8-pointed star surmounted with the Victorian crown. In the centre is a voided numeral '50', surrounded by a Garter inscribed 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. Black leath...REL29657.002
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Officer's shoulder scales : Captain William Mair, Military Mounted Police
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of gilded brass shoulder scales (epaulettes) with eleven scales finishing with a domed end encircled by a raised crescent. A large silver Queen Victoria crown is placed over the lower three scale...REL46702
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Part of an 1837 Ship's Reports broadsheet found in the lining of an Officer's bell-topped Shako
Heraldry
Maker: Plank, George
Half of a folio broadsheet cut from the 'Customs, London Ships' Reports No 112 Saturday Evening 13 May 1837'. The report, published in London by the Secretary of the Customs' Benevolent Fund, George P...REL/12119.002
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Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, 2nd Model : British Army
Technology
Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, 2nd Model. Lock marked Crown over V+R and 1856 with service proofs. Barrel has French and English proof marks including a manufacturers stamp F*P within an oval. The rear s...REL/04837
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Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword
Technology
British Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword. The hilt is a gilt brass half basket type with a lions head pommel. The brass hilt has the Cypher of General Officers of the Crown surmounting a cross ...REL/16009.001
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Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword Scabbard
Technology
Pattern 1822/45 General Officers Sword Scabbard. Brass with minor dents and has two loose rings mounted on bands.REL/16009.002
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Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword : British Army
Technology
British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a...REL/16734
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Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword : British Army
Technology
British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a...REL/16735
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Pattern 1842 percussion musket
Technology
Pattern 1842 percussion musket. Lock marked crown over VR over Tower 1847. Butt tang is engraved 40/H/14 and stock marked arrow over BO over 1854. The barrel has had the last 1 1/4 inches repaired alo...REL29317
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Pattern 1856 Pioneer Sword : British Army
Technology
British Pattern 1856 pioneer sword. The hilt is all brass with a stirrup type guard which is stamped 6 over 1901 V I.HTS over 2 on the inner crossguard. The grip with horizontal rings and is fitted to...REL/16733