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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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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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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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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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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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Nordenfeldt Gun Battery
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
machine gun; series of drawings illustrating the enfeldt machine gun, top, l-r: half limber to transport ammunition, etc, enfeldt machine gun with ten barrels (ammunition hopper not in place), portrai...ART19854
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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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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 last shot in the Sudan
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Maker: after Richard Caton-Woodville 'Supplement to the Illustrated London News', 20 June 1885
Depicts men preparing to fire at the unseen enemy in Sudan, with a dead Arab in foreground, and a marching column in distance, after a work by Richard Caton-Woodville (1856-1927). Caton-Woodville spen...ART50090
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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
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With the New South Wales contingent in the Sudan
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Maker: after Arthur Collingridge Illustrated Sydney News
Depicts a series of drawings of the experiences of the NSW contingent in Sudan after Arthur Collingridge (1879-1901) who was a painter and illustrator of scenes. Collingridge worked for the 'London Gr...ART19879