Historical information

There was an active Volunteer Corps in Warrnambool in the 1800s. This photograph shows a group off military men on Flagstaff Hill ready for action.

The names are listed on the card, handwritten in pencil:
1. Gorrie
2. Chris Hider
3. David McKinley
4. Captain Cramer
5. Drill Instructor (cannot read name)
6. R.A.C. Macdonald
7. Joseph Gladstone

Significance

The militia played a significant role in being prepared to defend the Warrnambool district.

Physical description

Photograph, sepia, mounted on brown card. Depicts the First Warrnambool Battery on Flagstaff Hill. Seven uniformed figures stand beside a cannon mounted on a wooden, waist high carriage. The cannon is aimed between a gap in a timber fence. The lower edge of the card has two labels with handwritten inscriptions; one is the photograph title, the other is a list of seven names written in pencil
Photograph is dated ca. 1868.

Inscriptions & markings

Left hand side: "First Warrnambool Battery on 'Flagstaff Hill'"
Right hand side: list of names written in pencil: "1. Gorrie 2. Chris Hider 3. David McKinley 4. Captain Cramer 5. Drill Instructor (cannot read name) 6. R.A.C. Macdonald 7. Joseph Gladstone"