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Acheron
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Section through 19th Century Acheron torpedo boat HMCS Acheron. The top image shows the deck plan of HMCS Acheron and the lower image shows the ship underway at sea. The torpedo spar was fitted at t...ART19864
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Australian troops for the Sudan: preparations for departure
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Depicts a page from The 'Australasian Sketcher' , an illustrated newspaper from 11 March 1885 showing various aspects of the Australian troops departing for the Sudan. Between March- June 1885, the NS...ART19874
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Champion riflemen of New South Wales and Victoria
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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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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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Merchantmen and HMVS 'Nelson', Hobson's Bay, Williamstown
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Maker: Artist unknown
Group of colonial merchant vessels with HMVS 'Nelson' at Hobson's Bay, Williamstown, Victoria.ART91192
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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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Our torpedo defences
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Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
'Our torpedo defences': an illustrated page from 'The Australasian Sketcher', Melbourne, 8 June 1878, p. 37. The page comprises seven images titled as follows: Half pound disc gun cotton; Exterior and...ART19851
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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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The Cerberus Turret-Ship
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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 Mayor's picnic at the Fern Tree Gully to the officers of the Flying Squadron
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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 opening of Prince's bridge in Melbourne
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Maker: Ham, Thomas
Depicts the 1850 opening ceremony of the Prince's Bridge over the Yarra River by the Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe (or Latrobe) as soldiers fire a salute. There is a large crowd of spec...ART19822
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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