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Artillery horses for Egypt in training at Moore Park
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Maker: F M Illustrated Sydney News Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.
This engraving published in the 'Illustrated Sydney News' Saturday 14 March 1885 shows an incident during the training of Artillery Horses at Moore Park. In the lead up to the dispatch of the NSW Cont...ART94386
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Australian Infantry on the march through the mountains
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Maker: Unknown Beckmann Bros, London
Depicts men of NSW Contingent crossing mountains inland from Suakin. A mounted soldier can be seen in the lower right, while a train of soldiers, carts and horses can be seen in the distance. The colo...ART14434
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Departure of the New South Wales contingent from Sydney for the Sudan
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Maker: Unknown Breckmann Bros., London
Lithograph was adapted from a photograph ML (P x A 354, vol 3) of troops passing down Gresham Street, Sydney. They are being cheered by the onlookers, some soldiers are mounted, most are marching. On ...ART19713
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Departure of the New South Wales Troops for Suakim - the scene in George Street
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Sydney News Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.
Published in the Saturday 11 April 1885 issue of the 'Illustrated Sydney News'. This engraving shows a view of the NSW Contingent moving along George Street, between King and Market Streets, en route ...ART94385
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Departure of the NSW Contingent from Sydney for the Sudan
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Maker: Unknown Beckmann Bros, London
This lithograph of the departure of Australian troops from the NSW contingent for the War in Sudan (1885) was adapted from a photograph in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW (P x A 354, vol 3) of troop...ART14433
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Embarkation of the New South Wales troops for the Sudan
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton The Illustrated Australian News
Depicts men of the NSW Contingent (infantry and artillery) boarding a ship (either SS Iberia or SS Australasian) to sail to Sudan with a crowd of civilians on wharf to see them off, after the artist G...ART19881
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HMCS Protector
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Her Majesty's Colonial Ship HMCS Protector became the longest serving ship in Australia (60 years), served in in the Boxer Rebellion, the First World War, as a tender at, and was requisitioned by the ...ART19863
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H.M.C.S. Protector and the ship Torrens
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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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Landing of the Australian contingent at Suakin
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Maker: Unknown Beckmann Bros, London
A vibrant image depicting the arrival of the New South Wales Contingent at Suakin in Sudan. While the men arrived wearing the red coats, the British issued the troops with khaki uniforms on their firs...ART14435
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Last sketches from the Soudan
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Maker: after Walter Paget
Depicts Lord Wolseley and mounted British infantry bidding farewell to the New South Wales Contingent (infantry) as they prepare to return to Australia following their contribution to the War in Sudan...ART94018
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Menagerie race at the naval and military sports
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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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Private Barff Tucker
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Maker: Tucker, Frederick Balestine
Private Barff Tucker was born in Bathurst in 1861, and joined a bush contingent in 1885. On his departure for the Sudan, he was presented with a gold ring by members of his football club. He saw activ...ART50274
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Return of the New South Wales Contingent from the Sudan June 23 1885
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Maker: Hopkins, Livingston
Depicts the troop ship of the New South Wales Contingent, which had been involved in the War in Sudan returning to a wharf crowded with people to welcome them home. As it was raining heavily, the peop...ART50011
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Soudan War, 1885
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts soldiers from the British Empire engaged in battle with the followers of the Mahdi. The soldiers are behind wooden boxes with a small number of Mahdi attacking and some have been killed or inj...ART93108
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The departure of the Australian contingent for the Sudan
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Maker: Collingridge, Arthur
The dispatch of a small New South Wales military contingent to the Sudan War in March 1885 was an important moment for the British empire and its Australian colonies. For the first time, one of those ...ART16593
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The departure of the New South Wales troops
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Maker: George Rossi Ashton The Illustrated Australian News
Series of drawings published in the Illustrated Australian News, top l-r: officers in full and undress uniforms, stables for horses on board SS Australian, members of Artillery and Infantry, middle l-...ART19882
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The embarkation of the NSW Troops for Suakim
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Maker: Hunt, C H Illustrated Sydney News Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.
Published by ' the Illustrated Sydney News' as a special colour supplement to mark the dispatch of the NSW Contingent from the Sudan on 3 March 1885. It was published in the Saturday 11 April 1885 iss...ART94387
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The N.S. Wales Volunteer Light Horse - Drill on Moore Park
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Sydney News Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.
This engraving published in the 'Illustrated Sydney News' Saturday 6 June 1885 shows the NSW Volunteer Light Horse performing a drill on Moore Park, Sydney. In early 1885 there was a concern that the ...ART94383
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The return of the Soudan contingent. Scene in Oxford Street
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Sydney News Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.
Commissioned by the 'Illustrated Sydney News' as a special colour supplement to mark the return of the NSW Contingent from the Sudan on 23 June 1885. It was published in Saturday 4 July 1885 issue and...ART94384
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The roll-call
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Maker: Hopkins, Livingston The Bulletin
This image relates to Australia's contingent to the Sudan, who returned to Australia in 1885. The work parodies a painting by pre-eminent military artist Lady Elizabeth Butler, which was topical at th...ART19840