Australian Collection (#33)

The Corra Linn of Northern Tasmania -- a landscape of water, rocks and trees. 1870

German 77mm field gun captured by Australians, WW1
A German 77mm field gun captured by the Australians during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Australian band playing a march, Bapaume, France, WW1
The band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, led by Bandmaster Pheagan of 19th Battalion, playing the Victoria March at Grand Place (the main square), Bapaume, northern France

Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, WW1
An Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World War I

Prisoners captured by Australian troops near Gaza, WW1
Prisoners captured by the Australian Light Horse during the enemy retreat on the Gaza-Beersheba Line, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian troops marching near Amiens, France, WW1
Australian troops marching along a road to the trenches near Amiens, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

First Australian and New Zealand troops at sea, WW1
The first Australian and New Zealand troops at sea, on their way to Europe, during the First World War. Photo taken at 7am. Date: 1 November 1914

Allied troops on the advance to Damascus, WW1
Troops of the Australian Mounted Division, together with Indian soldiers, at Jisr Benat Yakub (the Bridge of the Daughters of Jacob), south of Lake Huleh (Hula)

5th Light Horse Regiment camp near Gaza, WW1
Camp of the Australian 5th Light Horse Regiment on the sand near Gaza during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian soldier near Gaza, WW1
An Australian soldier taking aim with his rifle near Gaza during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Australian troops, Second Battle of Gaza, WW1
Australian troops moving forward during the Second Battle of Gaza, Palestine, First World War. Date: 19 April 1917

5th Light Horse Regiment position near Gaza, WW1
General view of the Australian 5th Light Horse Regiments position in front of Gaza during the First World War. Date: 1917

Mounted Anzac troops in the desert near Gaza, WW1
Mounted Anzac troops force the Wadi Ghuzzi and outflank Gaza by a rapid detour across the desert during the First World War. Date: 1917

General Chauvel and troops riding through Damascus
General Sir Harry Chauvel (1865-1945) of the Australian Imperial Force, escorted by a squadron of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment as bodyguard

69th Squadron AFC setting out for night bombing, WW1
The crew of the 69th Squadron AFC (Australian Flying Corps) setting out in their RE8 biplane for night bombing from their hangar at Savy, northern France, during the First World War

Handley Page plane, AFC Training Depot, UK, WW1
A Handley Page aeroplane at the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) Training Depot, Halton Camp, Wendover, UK, with crew, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMAS Sydney, British light cruiser, WW1
HMAS Sydney, Australian Town-class (Chatham sub-class) light cruiser, launched 1912, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1928. Seen here leaving Rosyth, Scotland. Date: circa 1917

HMAS Zamora at Scapa Flow, Scotland, WW1
The Australian ship HMAS Zamora at Scapa Flow, Scotland, during the First World War. Date: April 1915

Wales versus Australia at Wembley, 1930
Vigorous defending by the Australian side during the first rugby league match to be played at Wembley Stadium in January 1930. Date: 1930

Australian troops train in Malaya
Australian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941

Harry Power, Australian bushranger is captured
The Australian bushranger, Harry Power is captured by Superintendents, Nicholson and Hare. 19th Century

Ned Kelly kills Police Officer Lonigan
While the Kelly gang were in hiding, the police launched a mission to find them, setting up camp at Stringbark, near where they suspected the gang were staying

Ned Kelly- Fight at Glenrowan
Attack on the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. The police finally managed to overcome the gang, killing three of its members and capturing Ned Kelly himself. 1880

Australia Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
View of the Australia Pavilion from the lake at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Ned Kelly- Ann Joness The Glenrowan Inn
The hotel in Glenrowan after the siege. Ned Kelly and his gang attempted to derail a train carrying a number of police officers

Sir Douglas Haig reviewing troops, Ebblinghem, France
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British army officer, reviewing the 5th Australian Division at Ebblinghem, northern France, during the First World War. August 1917

General Sir John Monash, Australian army officer
General Sir John Monash (1865-1931), officer of the Australian 3rd Division, seen here at his headquarters in Glisy, Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, towards the end of the First World War

William Hughes, Australian PM, visiting workshops, France
William Morris Hughes (1864-1952), Australian Prime Minister, visiting workshops in France during the First World War. Date: 1916

Ned Kellys armour
Armour belonging to the Irish-Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly, considered by some to be a cold-blooded killer, and by others, a folk hero. 19th Century

Australian gunners with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners and horses transporting a heavy gun on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Captain Wilkins, photographer, near Roussoy, France, WW1
Captain George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), Australian official war photographer, setting up his camera and tripod on top of a tank near Roussoy, northern France

George V and Queen Mary visiting a Red Cross hospital
King George V and Queen Mary with others, visiting the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, near Southampton, expanded and used by the Red Cross during the First World War

Daily Mail Home Exhibition - Australian Wines
Daily Mail Home Exhibition - An exhibit promoting the wines of Australia Date: circa 1930s

Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia
A Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia, perching on a branch with red berries. 1822

Rock Warbler from New South Wales, Australia
A rock warbler hunting an insect, New South Wales, Australia. 1822

Australian field gun firing, Bullecourt, France, WW1
An Australian 18-pound field gun firing at Bullecourt, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. A large stack of shells can be seen in the foreground, ready for use

Vice Admiral Sir George Patey, Royal Navy officer
Vice Admiral (later Admiral) Sir George Edwin Patey (1859-1935), British Royal Navy officer, Commander of the Australian Fleet during the First World War. Date: circa 1913-1915

Scout leading Australia at 1948 London Olympics
Scout holding the Australian sign in front of the Australian athletic contingent to the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Australia - Mauri Pine, Queensland Date: circa 1910s

Melbourne, Australia - Monbulk, with a lone settlers home. The Aboriginal name, Monbolloc translates as hiding place in the hills. Date: 1904

Bush hut at Gembrook, Melbourne, Australia Date: 1903

Musical Boys Tour of Australasia
His Excellency the Governor of South Australia with Reverend W. J. Mayers and his travelling party. During 1908-10, Rev. W. J. Mayers and a party of Musical Boys toured in Australia and New Zealand

Aboriginal Mother and Baby with supplies
An aboriginal Mother, carrying her baby on her back, taking food obtained from the Tea and Sugar train back to her wurley (a shelter or hut, made of branches and leaves)

Children ride to school - Australia
Children ride to school along an Australian Bush Road, Tasmania. Date: 1908

Australian Governors
Procession of the Governors at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1883. Date: 1883

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Boy Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer
The Australian freestyle swimmer Andrew Murray Charlton (1907-1975), nicknamed Boy Charlton. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

Racial / Aborigine Family
A native Australian family group is attacked by others - probably a dispute over territorial claims Date: 1863

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