The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Julian Ashton was born in England and moved to Australia in 1878 to work for the 'Illustrated Australian News'. He later worked for the 'Australasian Sketcher' and 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', before founding the Sydney Art School. Ashton became the central figure in a group that included Charles Conder, Henry Fullwood and Girolamo Nerli, working together in the Hawkesbury River country. This image depicts an officer, in uniform, from the rear, a member of the colonial military forces, the New South Wales Artillery.
Depicts two vessels from the Royal Navy Auxiliary Squadron, HMS Wallaroo and HMS Royal Arthur. HMS Wallaroo (originally laid down as HMS Persian) was a third class cruiser, and HMS Royal Arthur, a fir
One of two drawings by Julian Ashton commissioned for 'the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' (Volume II, p71) to illustrate the fortifications at South Head and the 25-ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney,
One of two drawings by Julian Ashton commissioned for 'the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' (Volume II, p71) to illustrate the fortifications at South Head and the 25-ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney,
This engraving of the storming of the Eureka Stockade was published in 'the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', as part of a section titled ' a historical sketch of Victoria' and depicts the attack by
Depicts men of the NSW Contingent (infantry and artillery) boarding a ship (either SS Iberia or SS Australasian) to sail to Sudan with a crowd of civilians on wharf to see them off, after the artist G
Depicts a member of the New Zealand militia signalling to a group of men in front of him who fire a loaded cannon, while the body of a soldier lies dead in the foreground. Mahony's image appeared in t