Visit the online exhibition Forging the Nation, Federation - The First 20 Years for another treatment of the events of this period. And don't forget you can search the collection databases for Boer War related photographs and works of art, as well as records of other collection items. 5, Time-Life Books Australia, Sydney, 1987. J. Grey, A military history of Australia , Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1990. Cape Town, South Africa.
British soldiers wait on the wharf with their weapons and gear after disembarking.
Australian troops watch a Boer outpost during the South African War 1899- 1902. NSW Imperial Bushmen, South Africa 1900. Their poor condition indicates that they have been sent back to the camp to recover from overwork and short rations. The incident for which Captain Howse was awarded the VC, Uredefort, July 1900.