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British Pattern 1892 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Lieutenant F W Mann, Victorian Mounted Rifles
Technology
Maker: Wilkinson Sword Company
British Pattern 1892 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is sheet steel with rolled edges and engraved with a large crown above the letters 'VMR'. The grips are black checkered pressed-leat...REL35732
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British Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Victorian Colonial Navy
Technology
Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt is a small silver plate solid half basket type with a the Victoria crowned anchor cartouche badge and the back edge of the guard fol...REL/19343
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Champion riflemen of New South Wales and Victoria
Art
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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Cox , Mr Lindsay C
Manuscript
"The Galloping Guns of Rupertswood and Werribee Park : Story of the Victorian Horse Artillery 1884-1897". Folder one contains an early draft of chapter three "Dress Regulations". Folder Two A & B cont...MSS1137
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Gold watch fob : Corporal J I Martin, Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1890
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chisel engraved gold watch fob in the form of a shield superimposed by a saltire cross, with a circular disc with a raised rim superimposed on the cross. The shield and arms of the cross have been dec...REL28958
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Lieutenant-Colonel T. Price commanding Victoria Mounted Rifles
Art
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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Menagerie race at the naval and military sports
Art
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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MILLER , T B Dr
Manuscript
Thesis "The History of the Defence Forces of the Port Phillip District and Colony of Victoria 1836-1900". Examines the impact of European politics and events on the raising of Victorian and Australian...MSS0998
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Our colonial defences: a company of the mounted rifles manoeuvring in Victoria
Art
Maker: Dadd, Frank
Depicts the company of VMR (Victorian Mounted Rifles) riding through bushland during training. It has been alleged that this work was based on a photograph sent to the Graphic by Lieutenant Colonel To...ART19712
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Our torpedo defences
Art
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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Pattern 1853 Rifle, 3rd Model : New South Wales Military Forces
Technology
Pattern 1853 Rifle, 3rd Model. Lock marked Crown over VR and 1859 over Enfield. Butt marked with the Enfield factory roundel and stamped Arrow over GS. Opposite side THEATRE ROYAL MELBOURNE. Tang stam...REL/11003
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1888 Pattern Valise Equipment braces : British and colonial forces
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of buff leather 1888 Pattern Valise Equipment braces (as described in List of Changes 5696 29 June 1888 but shorter in length). The main strap of each brace measures 32 inches in length, widening...REL/18353.006
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Queenscliff Easter encampment (Target practice with the heavy guns)
Art
Maker: after Samuel Begg Illustrated Australian News
Queenscliff in Victoria was one of the main bases for artillery training for the Victorian colony. This work shows volunteers in the garrison artillery training with a rifled muzzle loading gun.ART19850
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Silver shooting trophy cup : Private T B Davison, Maldon Rifle Corps, 1875
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Embossed and engraved silver plated cup with lid surmounted by a screw-on finial of a figure of a kneeling rifleman. The body of the cup consists of four slightly curved panels, each with an embossed ...REL29066
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1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry
Art
Maker: Bunnett, Henry
1880s; uniforms, rifle, horse; 1st Battalion (West ) n Infantry; foreground: marching soldier with rifle, background: mounted officer and Bugler on foot. Infantry uniforms were based on British models...ART19501
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The Cerberus Turret-Ship
Art
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 Colonial Rifle Volunteers of Australia
Art
Maker: Overend, William Overend, William Overend, William Illustrated London News
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...ART96128
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The Mayor's picnic at the Fern Tree Gully to the officers of the Flying Squadron
Art
Maker: after Samuel Calvert The Illustrated Australian News
Admiral Hornby and officers of the Royal Navy 'Flying Squadron' were entertained on a picnic at Fern Tree Gully by the Mayor of Melbourne. Many of the officers, accompanied by women, climbed One Tree ...ART50177
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The miner laying torpedoes
Art
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 Queen's Review: Aldershot, 26 June 1899
Art
Maker: Maud, W T
1899; ceremonies; unidentified battery of Royal Horse Artillery galloping past Queen 's carriage during the Queen's Review at, New South Wales Lancers also took part in this reviewART19554