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Soldiers constructing a bridge

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57466

GENERAL: Group of soldiers constructing a bridge during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.

Soldiers constructing a bridge

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57467

GENERAL: Group of soldiers building a bridge during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.

Supplies being taken to troops

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57473

GENERAL: Supplies being taken to troops during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.

S.A. Bushmen's Corp

Fruhling Studio, c. 1900, Photograph, B 40139

South African Civilian enlisted S.A. Bushmen's Corp.

A soldier surrounded by artillery

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57477

GENERAL: A soldier sits surrounded by artillery during the South African Campaign, 1899-1902.

Photograph of Boer War trench art

c. 1902, Realia, B 75014

An example of trench art from the Boer War, conprising an embossed metal tray supported by three gun cartridges (5.5 x 8 x 8 cm). It was brought back from the Boer War by Herbert Conrad, who spent 18 months in South Africa.

South African War Memorial

2001, Photograph, B 78541

A wreath laying ceremony at the Boer War Memorial in Bay Rd. Mount Gambier on the occa sion of the 100th anniversary of the death of RSM James McGillivray. Marg Riquier in brown and Leith MacGillivray in the MacGillivray tartan kilt are standing beside the memorial.

South Australian Boer War veterans

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/669

A group of South Australian Boer War veterans gathered together in the grounds of Government House to meet Lord Kitchener during his visit to Adelaide in 1910. According to a researcher, the officer lying down on the right hand side at the front, leaning on his right elbow, is William De Passe who served in the Zulu War and Boer War and was in the Light Horse Training Corp.

Grieving women during World War, 1914-1918

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/147

Lady Galway, carrying the umbrella, wife Sir Henry, Governor of South Australia, with other women, some still wearing mourning, listening to Colonel Rowell speaking at a war memorial occasion during the First World War. It appears that the memorial is the South African War memorial on the corner of King William Street and North Terrace (see PRG 280/1/24/106).

Diary of Trooper Miles Fletcher Swan

Swan, Miles, 1900, Manuscript, D 8795(L)

Boer War diary of Trooper Miles Fletcher Swan, No.9, who joined the 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent whilst working on Nagwarry Station, Penola. The diary is handwritten in pencil in a small Army Memo book, 11 x 17.5 cm, and includes descriptions of looting farms for food and makeshift hospitals set up for soldiers with fever, as well as conflict with the Boers and their good treatment of wounded Australian soldiers. Also includes a biography of Swan's life before and after the war. Diary entries are not in chronological order. The first entry, for 12 September 1900, is written in the middle of the memo book, with the entries on the first fiew pages dating from December 1900. A transcript bearing the title 'Copy of Diary of Trooper M. F. Swan of the 3rd South Australian Bushmens Contingent Boer War 1900-1901' is available (entries arranged in chronological order). Also included is an appendix which is a typescript of an article by Swan that appeared in 'The Advertiser' on Friday 11 January 1901.

Papers relating to Samuel Grau Hubbe's Boer War service

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, c. 1900, Mixed material, PRG 1415/30

Papers relating to Captain Samuel Grau Hubbe's service in the Boer War comprising: photographs of Samuel Grau Hubbe in uniform and his grave site; postcard sent to his daughter Edith Ulrica; copy of 'The Story of The South Australian Bushmen's Corps 1900' by Edwin Gordon Blackmore; copy of 'The life of Louis, Prince of Conde, surnamed the Great' by Lord Mahon (1845); and research notes, articles and newspaper cuttings relating to S.G. Hubbe, the 3rd South Australian Bushmen, and the Boer War. Photographs and postcard have been digitised - see below for details.

Boer War soldiers at Largs Bay

1900, Photograph, B 68279

GENERAL: Boer War soldiers going ashore at Largs Bay.

Boer War soldiers

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57486

GENERAL: Three soldiers in uniform during the Boer War. The man on the left in Lennard Thomas Collins.

Australian soldier at Boer War graves in South Africa

c. 1901, Photograph, B 74649

Australian soldier in military uniform standing at a war grave for soldiers killed during the Boer War. The headstone for the grave in the foreground reads: 'In memory of Corp. M. J. O'Callaghan, Army Service Corps, Died at Kroonstad 29 April 1901, aged 29 years'. Tents are in the fields in the background.

Australian troops at a war cemetery

c. 1901, Photograph, B 74657

Three Australian soldiers in military uniform standing by war graves marked with small wooden crosses and painted with numbers, possibly service numbers, including 730, 731 and 771. Possibly in South Africa during the Boer War.

Boer War Soldiers

c. 1900, Photograph, B 19200/2

Boer War soldiers from Mount Gambier; centre row, second from the left is Cpl. James McGillvray, third from left is Captain Frederick Henry Howland, both of the 1st (Mounted Rifles) Contingent. The names of other subjects are unknown.

Boer War Volunteers

c. 1899, Photograph, B 25090

Boer War Volunteers, Wallaroo.

Boer War Soldiers

1900, Photograph, B 40801

Boer War soldiers for Transvaal. South Australian mounted contingent. Captain De Passey is seated in the front row, fourth from the right. He is wearing a dark jacket and slouch hat, with a moustach.e.

Lady Galway at a war memorial ceremony

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/18/406

Lady Galway, standing on the right holding a bouquet of flowers, attending an official ceremony at the South African War Memorial statue, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.

Sir Day Bosanquet attending a war memorial ceremony

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/285

Sir Day Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia attending a wreath laying ceremony at the South African War Soldiers' Memorial outside Government House gates on North Terrace, Adelaide; crowds and a military band are in attendance.

S.A. Imperial Bushmen's Corp

Spink, S. G., 1900, Photograph, B 49569

S.A. Imperial Bushmen's Corps, 4th Contingent. The President of the South Australian Boer War Association has provided the following information: 'The fourth contingent to depart from Port Adelaide for South Africa and was the first to be funded wholly by the Imperial Government, previous contingents having been funded by the South Australian Government and public subscription. This photograph was taken at the Old Exhibition Grounds training camp on the eastern side of Frome Road, below the Adelaide Hospital, a day or two before embarkation. The 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen was the largest contingent South Australia had committed to the war to that point, comprising 12 officers and 122 men under Lt. Col. James Rowell. They embarked on "Manhattan" troopship on 1 May 1900. In a tough tour of duty lasting more than a year the contingent lost 13 men dead to enemy action, disease and accident. The contingent sailed for home on 7 July 1901.'

Boer War diary

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, 1900, Manuscript, PRG 1415/4

Journal with the heading 'Journal of Captain S.G. Hubbe' which appears to have been compiled, probably by his wife Edith, from letters/reports he sent back from South Africa. The entries are often long and detailed, but are not necessarily made daily, and not all are in sequence: 24 June to 18 July appears on pages 1-100; 16 May to 15 June appears on pages 101-138; 6 August to 9 August is on 4 loose folios; and entries for 12 August to 14 August appear on pages 139-147.

Train used by the military in South Africa

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57470

GENERAL: View of train used by the military in South Africa during the Boer War.

A troop train, in South Africa

Petree, J. E., c. 1900, Photograph, B 57478

GENERAL: A troop train, in South Africa, during the Boer War.

Welcoming parade in South Africa

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57480

GENERAL: A welcoming parade, possibly for Lord Kitchener, in South Africa during the Boer War.

Government House gates, South Australia

Phillips, Keith P., c. 1960, Photograph, PRG 1712/1/3

Looking toward the South African War Memorial on North Terrace from the grounds of Government House, Adelaide.

Military camp in South Africa

c. 1900, Photograph, B 57468

GENERAL: A military camp photographed in South Africa during the Boer War.

Diary of Martin Maddern

Maddern, Martin Ustick, 1900, Manuscript, D 4860(L)

Diary written by Martin U. Maddern 23 April - 13 November 1900. M.U. Maddern was a YMCA representative with Queensland troops of the South Africa war. The diary refers to camp life at Lytton (Queensland), on board the troop ship 'Manchester Port' and to South Africa.

Studio photograph of South Australian nurses titled 'Patriotic nurses for South Africa'

Hammer & Co., c. 1899, Photograph, B 9065

Studio photograph of South Australian nurses titled 'Patriotic nurses for South Africa'. The surnames of the nurses are: Stephenson, Cocks, O'Shanahan, Watts, Bidmead (later became leader of the group of nurses) and Glenie. The second Anglo-Boer war at the turn of the century provided South Australian women with a unique opportunity of participate as active citizens in the public sphere. Through the support of the community the small contingent of South Australian nurses worked tirelessly in conjunction with the Imperial Resources to provide nursing services in South Africa. The nurses received service medals from the King and Martha Bidmead received the Royal Red Cross and Devoted Service Cross.

Lord Kitchener inspecting war veterans

1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/18/182

Lord Kitchener inspecting a parade of South African War veterans in the grounds of Government House, Adelaide, during a visit to South Australia in 1910; Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia, is standing on his right.

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