Collection: Reference

Taken from NSW State Records [5/1093] Reel 2320 and NSW State Records [4/8490a] Reel 2320. Indexed by surname

Conflicts from classical times to the present day, pinpoint the causes, events and consequences of each war. The generals - the pre-eminent military leaders of each age. The weapons from chariots to laser guided missiles.

More than a regimental history, 'The battle history of the Royal New South Wales Regiment : volume I' is a meticulously researched record of the momentous events which in three wars - the Soudan War, the Boer War and the Great War - saw Australians forge their unique reputation as soldiers. Perso...

A record of the lives and deaths of some of the people who were transported to Australia at the beginning of settlement in NSW for crimes large and small. Many were Irish political prisoners some soldiers of the King's Army, others settlers..

After Napoleon's defeat and exile on Elba in 1814, it looked as if his military career had come to an end. But then he escaped and made a last stand, which climaxed on June 18, 1815, when Prussian, British, and French soldiers clashed at Waterloo.

The battlefields of the First World War from the first cavalry skirmishes, through the horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele, to the final weeks of conflict. Collection of over 200 panoramic photographs of the Western Front taken throughout the war.