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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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Grand Volunteer Review on the Melbourne Racecourse
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Melbourne Post
Volunteers engaged in training manoeuvres as part of troop review, most wearing kepis, at left are two punts with White Ensign, crowds of civilians watching activities.ART50185
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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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Opening of the Victorian Parliament
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Adelaide Post
Mounted and foot troops drawn up outside Parliament House, for the arrival of the Governor (Sir Charles Hotham), for the opening of Parliament, civilians in foreground watching arrival.ART50188
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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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1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry
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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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1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry
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Maker: Bunnett, Henry
Illustration of a member of the 1st Battalion (West Melbourne) Victorian Infantry.ART93361
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The Victorian Volunteer Waltz
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Maker: Troedel, Charles
Sheet music cover depicting four Volunteers in the uniforms of artillery, infantry, mounted staff officer and mounted rifles, with a gun. Music arranged by the Bandmaster (Mr Thomas Ellis) of the 1st ...ART19993
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The volunteer encampment at Sunbury
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
A page from The Australasian Sketcher 14 April 1877 showing a general view of a military camp with tents in blocks at Sunbury. Mount Macedon and Camel's Hump in the background.ART19868
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Volunteer sham fight in St Kilda Park
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Maker: after Samuel Calvert Illustrated Adelaide Post
Volunteers in night training exercise, ship has just fired a salvo and signal lights while rows of soldiers are firing out to sea, in centre middleground is a navigation beacon with coastal artillery ...ART50186
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Volunteers leaving the Spencer Street Railway Station, Melbourne
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Maker: Unknown Illustrated Adelaide Post
1867; railway train; scene published in the Illustrated Post depicts volunteers leaving for training camp being farewelled at railway station, group in centre are wearing Garibaldi jackets and are Lig...ART50166