MELBOURNE, VIC, 1899-10-28. A CROWD OF SPECTATORS WATCHING A PARADE OF THE 1ST VICTORIAN ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number P01700.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Rose, George
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC, 1899-10-28. A CROWD OF SPECTATORS WATCHING A PARADE OF THE 1ST VICTORIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BOER WAR. THE WHITE HELMETS OF THE SOLDIERS ARE VISIBLE AS A LINE PASSING THROUGH THE ARCH EMBLAZONED WITH THE WORDS "FOR QUEEN". THE SOLDIERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO EMBARK ON A SHIP BOUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA. THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH IS A STEREOGRAPH WHICH GIVES A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT WHEN VIEWED THROUGH A STEREOSCOPIC VIEWER.