MELBOURNE, VIC, 1900-01-13. ONLOOKERS WATCH THE HORSES OF THE 2ND VICTORIAN CONTINGENT TO THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number P01700.004
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, 1900-01-13. ONLOOKERS WATCH THE HORSES OF THE 2ND VICTORIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BOER WAR BEING PUT ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP "EURYALUS", BOUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA. THE SECOND VICTORIAN CONTINGENT CONSISTED ENTIRELY OF MOUNTED RIFLES. THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH IS A STEREOGRAPH WHICH GIVES A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT WHEN VIEWED THROUGH A STEREOSCOPIC VIEWER.