The Bisley Boys – The Victorian Rifle Team at Bisley 1897 – Part 2
The Diamond Jubilee and the Kolopore Cup.
The Bisley Boys – The Victorian Rifle Team at Bisley 1897
Part 1: The Quest for the Kolopore Cup, team selection and to England.
Turkish Howitzer
The letterhead on the RUSI Victoria Newsletter shows one of the artillery pieces located in front of Victoria Barracks – a Turkish 5.9 inch howitzer.
Colonel David Collins
When you next walk down the Collins Street reflect on the man after whom the street was named.
Black Beasts of War
Sitting unobtrusively astride the front entrance stand two black beasts of war.
Crimean guns in Australia
I have unearthed information about Melbourne’s Crimean War trophy guns currently located outside Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road.
Major-General Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch, K.C.B., C.M.G. Founder of the Royal United Service Institute of Victoria
Alexander Bruce Tulloch was born on 2 September 1838 and educated at Sandhurst.
Perspectives on Eureka
The Eureka Rebellion holds an interesting place in Victorian history depending on who you talk to, or, who happens to be writing about it. For an event that took less […]
