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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - POSTCARD: PICTURE OF CYANIDE WORKS
... POSTCARD - picture of Cyanide Works -Agelo and Driefontein G.M. Coys / published by Salio Epstein & Co Durban / black and white photo painted in showing race ways and water wheel / circa 1901...POSTCARD Photograph various themes Southern Africa Cyanide Works Angelo Driefontein Mine Industrial / - picture of Cyanide Works -Agelo and Driefontein G.M. ...POSTCARD - picture of Cyanide Works -Agelo and Driefontein G.M. Coys / published by Salio Epstein & Co Durban / black and white photo painted in showing race ways and water wheel / circa 1901Salio Epstein & Co Durbanpostcard, photograph, various themes, southern africa cyanide works angelo driefontein mine industrial / - picture of cyanide works -agelo and driefontein g.m. coys / published by salio epstein & co durban / showing race ways and water wheel / circa 1901 -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph (black & White), General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny - South Africa Forces
... ...driefontein...Kelly-Kenny was involved in the engagements at Poplar Grove and Driefontein where the 6th Division distinguished itself. ...Kelly-Kenny was involved in the engagements at Poplar Grove and Driefontein where the 6th Division distinguished itself. ...As well as his army positions, Kelly-Kenny was very interested in politics in his native County Clare. In the Second Anglo-Boer War he was , as a Lieutenant-General, General Officer Commanding the 6th Division of the South African field forces. He was twice mentioned in dispatches and received the Queen's South African Medal with four clasps. He was involved in the relief of Kimberley, the battles of Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Driefontein. Lieutenant-General Kitchener was appointed commander and over-ruled Kelly-Kenny's plan to besiege Cronji and bombard his force from a safe distance. Kitchener ordered an assault on the Boer trenches. The result was "Bloody Sunday" - an unnecessary sacrifice of hundreds of lives on the British side. Kelly-Kenny was involved in the engagements at Poplar Grove and Driefontein where the 6th Division distinguished itself. These were viewed as key to destroying the Boer morale and winning the war. General Kelly-Kenny was a close friend of King Edward VII. Appointments made, at the insistence of the King, were often challenged. Due to his loyalty and abilities Kelly-Kenny was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and received a knighthood in a private audience. Once again others tried to have him moved from the War Office but the King intervened again and he remained in his position. He was conferred with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1904), Grand Cross of the Red Eagle (1905 - Germany), Grand Cross of the Rising Sun (1906 - Japan) and on his return to Britain he received the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1906) Individual image taken from photographed poster of tobacco and cigarette cards.kell-kenny, county clare, lieutenant-general, kimberley, queen's south african medal, paardeberg, poplar grove, driefontein, kitchener, bloody sunday, cronji, boer war, trenches, knight commander of the order of the bath, war office, king, king edward vii, knight grand cross of the order of the bath, grand cross of the red eagle, grand cross of the rising sun, knight grand cross of the royal victorian order -
Williamstown Historical Society IncDomestic object - Tobacco pipe
... PERRETT/THE CARABINIERS Beside the lozenge: 1901/BOER WAR/1902 Below the lozenge: PRETORIA/BELFAST On the wooden stem: DRIEFONTEIN/JOHANNESBURG/ BLOEMFONTEIN On the bottom of the bowl: PAADEBERG On silver collar: "AF & CO", Stamp of an anchor and a lion, BRB in a diamond shape...PERRETT/THE CARABINIERS Beside the lozenge: 1901/BOER WAR/1902 Below the lozenge: PRETORIA/BELFAST On the wooden stem: DRIEFONTEIN/JOHANNESBURG/ BLOEMFONTEIN On the bottom of the bowl: PAADEBERG On silver collar: "AF & CO", Stamp of an anchor and a lion, BRB in a diamond shape Wooden tobacco pipe with Boer War-related carved inscriptions around a central lozenge shape on the pipe bowl and on the sides of the bowl. ...This pipe was probably owned by a Boer War veteran, who carved the names of places he knew while he was in South Africa. Wooden tobacco pipe with Boer War-related carved inscriptions around a central lozenge shape on the pipe bowl and on the sides of the bowl. The bowl is curved in Full-Bent Billiard style with a sterling silver collar with a makers mark, perhaps Birmingham 1850. The mouthpiece is curved and made of black vulcanite.Around the top of the bowl: KIMBERLEY/1899/1900 Around the central lozenge: W. PERRETT/THE CARABINIERS Beside the lozenge: 1901/BOER WAR/1902 Below the lozenge: PRETORIA/BELFAST On the wooden stem: DRIEFONTEIN/JOHANNESBURG/ BLOEMFONTEIN On the bottom of the bowl: PAADEBERG On silver collar: "AF & CO", Stamp of an anchor and a lion, BRB in a diamond shapeboer war
