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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, The Journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B. at Kartoum (sic), 1885
... General Gordon of Khartoum...This book, published in 1885, contains six books of the journal written by General Charles Gordon at Khartoum, Sudan, Africa in 1884, Gordon was killed during the siege of this town....Also the name 'Gordon' was used in Warrnambool in the late 19th century in the formation of sporting clubs and other groups (rowing, football, cricket, physical education groups etc). General Gordon of Khartoum Gordon Kartoum Journals of General Gordon of Khartoum This is a book of 316 pages, plus 33 pages of information on other books for sale by the publisher.The book has a dark red cover with gold lettering on the front cover and the spine. ...Journals of General Gordon of KhartoumThis is a book of 316 pages, plus 33 pages of information on other books for sale by the publisher.The book has a dark red cover with gold lettering on the front cover and the spine. The pages contain printed text, two maps, a portrait and thirty black and white illustrations.non-fictionJournals of General Gordon of Khartoumgeneral gordon of khartoum, gordon, kartoum -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Macmillan and Co, Charles George Gordon, 1889
... ...Gordon of Khartoum...Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Great Britain - Military history Gordon of Khartoum The life and times of Charles George Gordon p.255. ...The life and times of Charles George Gordonp.255.non-fictionThe life and times of Charles George Gordongreat britain - military history, gordon of khartoum -
Mont De LanceyBox, Circa 1900
... Box was General Gordon's of Khartoum, it was his letter case and brought out by his Officers after his death. ...Mont De Lancey 71 Wellington Road Wandin North yarra-valley-and-dandenong-ranges Box was General Gordon's of Khartoum, it was his letter case and brought out by his Officers after his death. ...Box was General Gordon's of Khartoum, it was his letter case and brought out by his Officers after his death. Came to his niece, who many years later gave to W.A. Haines.Brown wooden box with Mother of Pearl inlay on lid, and surround of lock mechanism. With a hinged lid, and a green material underlay on the base of the box.stationery boxes, boxes -
Melbourne Tram MuseumSlide - Black and white reproduction photograph - Macarthur St with General Gordon Statue, c1920
... Photograph - of a city bound cable tram from Victoria St to Spencer St passing the General Charles Gordon statue that was erected in 1887, General Gordon died in Khartoum in 1885. Photo has the Windsor Hotel and Parliament house in the background - c1900. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Photograph - of a city bound cable tram from Victoria St to Spencer St passing the General Charles Gordon statue that was erected in 1887, General Gordon died in Khartoum in 1885. Photo has the Windsor Hotel and Parliament house in the background - c1900. ...Photograph - of a city bound cable tram from Victoria St to Spencer St passing the General Charles Gordon statue that was erected in 1887, General Gordon died in Khartoum in 1885. Photo has the Windsor Hotel and Parliament house in the background - c1900. See reference for the statue and Gordon''s history.Yields information about the Gordon reserve and a Victoria Street cable tram.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Black and white reproduction photograph - Macarthur St with General Gordon Statue. Negative also held. See item 8358 for a similar image. "CB10" in penciltrams, tramways, cable trams, macarthur street, general gordon, statues, victoria street -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedLetter - Wallace 'Wal/Wally' More Collection
... The assassination of General Gordon Kitchener's conquest of Khartoum. The death of the Queen These are the highlights of This Magnificent Motion Picture|3 Notice paper for Centenary Commemoration meeting of the Council Wednesday 18th May 1960|Religious Program for City of Sunshine who were celebrating the Centenary Civic Thanksgiving Service 1860 - 1960 at the Town Hall Sunshine 1st May 1960 in the presence of His Worship the Mayor Cr D B Dempster JP Address by The Right Reverend Doctor A C Watson Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1962 to 1963 Cr D F Thompson JP Mayor 2 September 1963|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1955 to 1956 Cr Henry B Dempster JP|Newspaper Article Footscray and District Hospital Annual Report 1972|Newspaper Article Its hard times for the kind ladies of Sunshine Sunshine Ladis Benevolent Society members Flo Morley Glad Crick Sadie Parsons and Connie Parsons With remaining members Edna Hopkins and Violet More the women have given a total of 130 years service to Sunshine's needy|Newspaper Article The Sun 30 June 1981 Baby Di|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 31 August 1956 Who will be Mayor?...The assassination of General Gordon Kitchener's conquest of Khartoum. The death of the Queen These are the highlights of This Magnificent Motion Picture|3 Notice paper for Centenary Commemoration meeting of the Council Wednesday 18th May 1960|Religious Program for City of Sunshine who were celebrating the Centenary Civic Thanksgiving Service 1860 - 1960 at the Town Hall Sunshine 1st May 1960 in the presence of His Worship the Mayor Cr D B Dempster JP Address by The Right Reverend Doctor A C Watson Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1962 to 1963 Cr D F Thompson JP Mayor 2 September 1963|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1955 to 1956 Cr Henry B Dempster JP|Newspaper Article Footscray and District Hospital Annual Report 1972|Newspaper Article Its hard times for the kind ladies of Sunshine Sunshine Ladis Benevolent Society members Flo Morley Glad Crick Sadie Parsons and Connie Parsons With remaining members Edna Hopkins and Violet More the women have given a total of 130 years service to Sunshine's needy|Newspaper Article The Sun 30 June 1981 Baby Di|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 31 August 1956 Who will be Mayor? ...Wallace 'Wal/Wally' More documents from when he served as an independant Councillor for the City of Sunshine (Elected 1956). He lived at 14 Gunnedah Street Albion. More Park Ardeer is named after him. These documents were donated to the Society by his daughter Jocelyn TruscottLetter to Frank Cassar from Jocelyn Truscott nee More May 2019|Program of Gala Performance Sixty glorious Years The Barclay Theatre Melbourne 16th April 1972 Synopsis The film opens with Queen Victoria's announcement of her betrothal to Prince Albert a pronouncement far from enthusiastically received by Parliament Thence to Englands antipathy towards the Prince Consort. The birth of the Princess Royal. The opening of the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. The death of the Prince Consort. The poignancy of Victoria's protracted retirement from public life. The misguided honour of her husband's memory. Later in happier circumstances during her Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. The control of the Suez Canal by Disraeli. The assassination of General Gordon Kitchener's conquest of Khartoum. The death of the Queen These are the highlights of This Magnificent Motion Picture|3 Notice paper for Centenary Commemoration meeting of the Council Wednesday 18th May 1960|Religious Program for City of Sunshine who were celebrating the Centenary Civic Thanksgiving Service 1860 - 1960 at the Town Hall Sunshine 1st May 1960 in the presence of His Worship the Mayor Cr D B Dempster JP Address by The Right Reverend Doctor A C Watson Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1962 to 1963 Cr D F Thompson JP Mayor 2 September 1963|Typed Report City of Sunshine Mayors Report 1955 to 1956 Cr Henry B Dempster JP|Newspaper Article Footscray and District Hospital Annual Report 1972|Newspaper Article Its hard times for the kind ladies of Sunshine Sunshine Ladis Benevolent Society members Flo Morley Glad Crick Sadie Parsons and Connie Parsons With remaining members Edna Hopkins and Violet More the women have given a total of 130 years service to Sunshine's needy|Newspaper Article The Sun 30 June 1981 Baby Di|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 31 August 1956 Who will be Mayor?more -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF GENERAL GORDON
... Gordon... person... individual... male... China... Chinese history... history... Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People... biography... advertisements... Khartoum...A yellow book titled ' Revised edition, containing the story of General Gordon' s death and the gallant defence of Khartoum. General Gordon the hero of China and the Soudan. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BOOKS Biography general gordon Lydia Chancellor collection General Gordon person individual male China Chinese history history Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People biography advertisements Khartoum penny books Biographical Series A yellow book titled ' Revised edition, containing the story of General Gordon' s death and the gallant defence of Khartoum. ...A yellow book titled ' Revised edition, containing the story of General Gordon' s death and the gallant defence of Khartoum. General Gordon the hero of China and the Soudan. He has added a new chapter to the glorious story of British heroism and has left a name which all that is best and truest among us will reverence, so long as truth and faith and self-devotion and a lofty sense of duty stir the admiration of men.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 1 -15 pgs.This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, general gordon, lydia chancellor, collection, general gordon, person, individual, male, china, chinese history, history, ward & lock's penny books for the people, biography, advertisements, khartoum, penny books, biographical series -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph (black & White), Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson - South Africa
... Alderson also served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Mounted Camel Regiment during the failed expedition to relieve Khartoum and rescue General Gordon. At the outbreak of the First World War, Alderson was in charge of the 1st Mounted Division. ...Alderson also served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Mounted Camel Regiment during the failed expedition to relieve Khartoum and rescue General Gordon. At the outbreak of the First World War, Alderson was in charge of the 1st Mounted Division. ...Edwin Alderson was born in 1859 and served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He saw service in the First Boer War in 1881 in the Transvaal. In 1896 he was sent to Mashonaland as a commander of a regiment of local troops during the Second Matabele War. In 1900 shortly after the outbreak of the Second Boer War he returned to South Africa to command the Mounted Infantry against the Boer forces. Alderson also served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Mounted Camel Regiment during the failed expedition to relieve Khartoum and rescue General Gordon. At the outbreak of the First World War, Alderson was in charge of the 1st Mounted Division. He retired from active service in 1920 aged 61. In 1901, as a result of Alderson's contribution to many campaigns he was rewarded with confirmation as a Brigadier General, appointment as a Companion of the Order of Bath and to receive the ceremonial post of Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, who died the same year. He also received the Queen's South Africa Medal. He died in 1927 aged 68. Individual image from photographed poster of tobacco and cigarette cards. alderson, campaigns, first boer war, transvaal, mashonaland, south africa, second boer war, first world war, anglo-egyptian war, mounted camel regiment, second matabele war, general gordon, brigadier-general, companion of the order of bath, aide-de-camp, queen victoria, queen's south africa medal -
Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchPrint - Framed Print
... Khartoum and marked the culmination of Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert (later Field Marshal, 1st Earl) Kitchener's campaign for the re-conquest of the Sudan, the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898). At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon ...The charge of the 21st Lancers in September 1898 was one of the last full-scale cavalry charges of the British Army. The battle took place 6.4 km. (four miles) outside Omdurman, just north of Khartoum and marked the culmination of Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert (later Field Marshal, 1st Earl) Kitchener's campaign for the re-conquest of the Sudan, the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898).At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined army equipped with modern rifles, machine guns, and artillery over a force twice their size armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. Timber framed print depicting mounted soldiers in battleOmdurman Charge of 21st Lancers21st lancers, omdurman, sudan -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Charles George Gordon, The journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum, 1885
... Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Siege of Khartoum 1884-1885 Sudan - History personal recollections of General Gordon during the siege of Khartoum Index, ill, maps, p.416 The journals of Major-Gen. ...personal recollections of General Gordon during the siege of KhartoumIndex, ill, maps, p.416non-fictionpersonal recollections of General Gordon during the siege of Khartoumsiege of khartoum 1884-1885, sudan - history -
![Book - Novel, Henty, G. A, The dash for Khartoum : a tale of the Nile expedition, [n.d.] [1891?]](/media/collectors/641920217f0478323d8a47a8/items/69d035296946799815afac95/item-media/69dc8f79a54904fa4009e3c1/item-fit-380x285.jpg?cb=6)
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Henty, G. A, The dash for Khartoum : a tale of the Nile expedition, [n.d.] [1891?]
... A military relief force is sent to rescue General Gordon, who is besieged in Khartoum. 382 p. : frontispiece illustration. ...Historical adventure story, set during a (factual) British military campaign in Sudan in the late nineteenth century. A military relief force is sent to rescue General Gordon, who is besieged in Khartoum.382 p. : frontispiece illustration. Cover embossed with lighter green, title, author's name and series title framed by design of candlesticks. Title and author's name in gold on spine.Historical adventure story, set during a (factual) British military campaign in Sudan in the late nineteenth century. A military relief force is sent to rescue General Gordon, who is besieged in Khartoum. fiction, advenure stories, historical fiction, g. a. henty -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Major-General Charles George Gordon, Unkown
... Gordon. Born in Woolwich, Kent England 28 January 1833, died 26January 1885 Khartoum, Mahdist Sudan. ...Gordon. Born in Woolwich, Kent England 28 January 1833, died 26January 1885 Khartoum, Mahdist Sudan. ...Major-General Charles Goerge Gordon. Born in Woolwich, Kent England 28 January 1833, died 26January 1885 Khartoum, Mahdist Sudan. He was The Governor General of Sudan and had Commands in Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol, Battle of Kinburn, Second Opium War, Taiping Rebellion, Battle of Cixi, Battle of Changzhou, Mahdist War, Siege of Khartoum. Awards - Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom), Order of the Osmanieh Fourth Class (Ottoman Empire), Order of the Medjidie Fourth Class (Ottoman Empire), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Double Dragon (China), Imperial yellow jacket (China)An oval hand coloured photograph of a man with a mustache wearing a red hat and a blue military uniform with a gold collar, epaulettes and lapels, and a green sash. On his left chest there are five awards. It's attached to a rectangular brown paper covered cardboard. On the rear handwritten pencil General Charles Cordon British Officemajor-general g. g. gordon, awarda, middle east, china
