The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a small crowd at the wharf in Brisbane farewelling the troopship SS 'Cornwall' which took the first contingent to South Africa for the Boer War. Ann (or Annie as she was known) Midgley (1866-1943) was a Queensland artist. She, along with family members, ran a private school in Brisbane in 1905 and as an artist painted in oils and water colours, modelled plaster busts, and after injuring her hand or developing arthritis, took up wood carving as a therapy. She was strongly influenced by her family's Army associations and her brother's war service. She died in 1943 in Brisbane. The SS Cornwell left Sydney on 7 November 1899 with the Queensland contingent for the Boer War on board, along with 285 horses. It stopped at Albany, Western Australia on 16 November and arrived in Capetown , South Africa in December 1899.
Queen's South Africa Medal with bars 'CAPE COLONY', 'DREIFONTEIN', 'JOHANNESBURG', 'DIAMOND HILL' and 'BELFAST'. Charles Cooke joined the Second Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent when it was r
As part of the British Empire, the Australian Colonies offered troops for the war in South Africa. Australians served in contingents raised by the six colonies and from 1901, by the new Australian Com
Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps 'TRANSVAAL', 'ORANGE FREE STATE' and 'CAPE COLONY'. Engraved (partially erased) around edge with recipent's details. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Quee
Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps' CAPE COLONY',' RHODESIA', 'ORANGE FREE STATE', 'TRANSVAAL', 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901' AND 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902'. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. 297 T
Silver; Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps, 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901', 'RHODESIA', 'TRANSVAAL', 'ORANGE FREE STATE' and 'RELIEF OF MAFEKING'. Engraved around edge with recipient's details. Sidney (als
The dispatch of a small New South Wales military contingent to the Sudan War in March 1885 was an important moment for the British empire and its Australian colonies. For the first time, one of those
