The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hobart, Tasmania, 1900-03-05. Men and horses of the 2nd Contingent (Tasmanian Bushmen) being loaded aboard the troopship Atlantian (A64) at the Dunn Street Pier. Equipment and saddlery are stacked in a line at lower left. Other men, possibly from the NSW Citizens Bushman's contingent who boarded at Sydney on 28 Februay 1900, are watching from the ship's rail at upper right. (Photographer V Smith). Original negative held by AWM.
HOBART, TAS. 1900-03-05. CROWD GATHERING ON THE DUNN STREET PIER TO FAREWELL THE 2ND (TASMANIAN BUSHMEN) CONTINGENT ON THEIR DEPARTURE TO SOUTH AFRICA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP ATLANTIAN. SOME OF THE SOLDI
HOBART, TAS. 1900-03-05. LOOKING DOWN ON THE CROWDED DUNN STREET PIER FROM THE TROOP TRANSPORT ATLANTIAN PRIOR TO ITS DEPARTURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE 2ND (TASMANIAN BUSHMEN) CONTINGENT. A FEW OF T
HOBART, TAS. C. 1900. THE BAND OF THE SECOND TASMANIAN BATTALION FOLLOWED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARTILLERY, LEADS A PARADE ALONG THE DUNN STREET PIER, PRESUMABLY ON THE DEPARTURE OF A CONTINGENT OF TROOPS
HOBART, TAS. 1900-03-05. TROOPS LINE THE RAILS OF THE ATLANTIAN (NO. 64) BERTHED AT THE WHARF AND A CROWD ON SHORE PREPARE TO FAREWELL THE SECOND TASMANIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BOER WAR.
SOUTH AFRICA. C. 1900. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS (PROBABLY TASMANIAN BUSHMEN) LOADING HORSES ON TO RAILWAY WAGONS. NOT ONLY ARE SOME SOLDIERS WEARING GREATCOATS BUT THE HORSES ARE ALSO RUGGED AGAINST THE CO
Group portrait of unidentified men of the 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. The unit's horses and tent lines are in the distance behind them.
