The departure of the New South Wales troops

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Accession Number ART19882
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 40.6 x 28.2 cm; image: 30.4 x 21.6 cm
Object type Print
Physical description wood engraving
Maker George Rossi Ashton
The Illustrated Australian News
Date made 1885
Conflict Sudan, 1885
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

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-r: troops marching out from Barracks on way to embark, woman holding rifle while infantryman holds child, bottom l-r: woman farewelling ships, one of the troopships, surrounded by small craft, sailing through the Heads of Port Jackson.