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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 works at the Heads
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton David Syme & Co. Illustrated Australian News
This wood engraving was published in The Illustrated Australian News, 13 May 1885 and shows colonial defence works being built at Queenscliff, Victoria. The vignettes illustrate the defences at the He...ART19852
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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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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
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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Queenscliff Easter encampment (Target practice with the heavy guns)
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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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Raising the 25-ton gun, Middle Harbour fortifications, Sydney
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton Australasian Sketcher
A group of men from the New South Wales Artillery pulling on a rope winch to lift a 25 ton gun onto a barge in Middle Harbour, Sydney. The gun was to be placed in defensive fortifications. There is a ...ART19848
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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