Brisbane, Government Printer, 1899. Queensland Parliamentary Paper A 35-1899. A comprehensive document with details of the troops proposed to be sent and the nature of their engagement in the war. Offered with five similar and related papers of the same year: 1. Approval by Legislative Assembly of Proposal to Despatch..... More

Melbourne, A.H. Massina & Co., 1900. Provenance: 'E.C. Tatchell' is written in pencil on the front flyleaf. Captain Edward Charles Tatchell was Commander of E Company, 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles. Loosely inserted is a vintage snapshot (approximately 75 × 85 mm) showing (presumably) Tatchell in uniform, with a much..... More

London, John Murray, 1903 [Murray's Imperial Library edition]. The letters were written to Sir Bartle Frere 'in regular succession, from a date shortly before the war broke out.... The writer is a man who has long been resident in South Africa, and has held more the position of onlooker than..... More

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1907 [Colonial Edition]. The author's account of his military service in India and South Africa, which culminated in his imprisonment and discharge. 'A victim of pseudo-discipline in the army, and reduced to the ranks without a chance to defend himself, he has written a work intended..... More

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1962 (first thus). Edited from 'Malakand Field Force', 'The River War', 'London to Ladysmith' and 'Ian Hamilton's March'. More

North Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1988. 'The first comprehensive account of the defence forces of the Australian colonies - from the 1830s to Federation in 1901. More

London, Cassell, 1992. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], his ownership signature and inscribed date of purchase. More

Yarrawonga, Yarrawonga-Mulwala R&SL Sub-Branch, 1995. Not least, the 59th Battalion, the 8th Light Horse, and the Boer War. More

South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2001. The Australian Centenary History of Defence. Volume 1. More

Barnsley, Pen and Sword Military, 2006. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], and his inscribed date of purchase. More

McCrae, Slouch Hat Publications, 2007. Not least, Dods was at Sunnyside with the Queensland Mounted Infantry, at Anzac with the 5th Light Horse Regiment, and the Somme with the 1st Division AIF. More

The second figure from the right in the front row is wearing a slouch hat with a distinctive hatband, and the brim turned up on the right side. We have discovered the same man in one of Rose's Stereoscopic Views, #2242, 'The Bushmen's Contingent at Camp, Langwarrin', illustrated in 'George..... More

Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) is well-known as an ornithologist and conservationist, but 'During the South African War he had two tours of duty and was temporarily promoted captain, a title he used thereafter' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). There are five studio portraits and one taken outdoors, with White astride a...... More

The letter comes 'From No. 96 VMR on active Service South Africa', and is addressed to his cousin, Miss E. Kirwood (Eva) in Glenferrie, Victoria. After he deals at length with the squabbles over the fate of some stamps he had sent, he explains in even greater detail what occurred..... More