A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just ...

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Accession Number A04416
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film polyester negative
Maker Unknown
Place made South Africa
Date made 1900
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just a few miles away from this camp, an Australian patrol was ambushed and New South Wales suffered its first casualties in the South African (Boer) War.