The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of Boer guerillas "in action" on a high feature in Natal. It has probably been posed for propaganda purposes, for the international media, demonstrating their military strength showing that their forces could lay siege on a major British outpost giving the Boers a psychological advantage during the many campaigns. The besieged Ladysmith was a dominant political issue throughout the Empire and its eventual relief caused popular acclaim and strong imperial sentiments throughout the dominions.
NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. A VIEW FROM UMBULWANA, A HILL WHERE THE BOERS HAD POSTED A LONG RANGE GUN DURING THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD. ORIGINALS IN AWM ARCHIVAL
Two unidentified Vietnamese women on stage in a village south of Dat Do. Both are members of a Rural Development (RD) cadre who regularly toured Phuoc Tuy giving performances to villagers throughout
Member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Scout Master Lewis Raikes Garrett (right) with boy scouts of No 15 Victorian Section St Kilda, International Boy Scouts, practicing first aid with slings, b
Member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Scout Master Lewis Raikes Garrett (left) with boy scouts of No 15 Victorian Section St Kilda, International Boy Scouts, holding signal flags. A pumper (earl
Member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Scout Master Lewis Raikes Garrett (right) with boy scouts of No 15 Victorian Section St Kilda, International Boy Scouts and a pumper (early fire device for
Queen's South Africa Medal with campaign clasps for Belfast, Laing's Nek, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Rela
