The definitive source when researching the role of Australians in this war at the turn of the nineteenth century is entitled Official records of the Australian Military Contingents to the war in South Africa which was compiled and edited for the Department of Defence by Lieut.-Colonel P.L. Murray.
You can find this document at several locations.
At the Australian War Memorial
Film of Queenslanders heading off to war
Boer War Transvaal contingent http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/boer-war-transvaal/clip1/ On 28 October 1899, the the First Queensland Cavalry Contingent paraded through Brisbane before departing to serve in the Boer War. This silent, black and white footage showing soldiers on horseback riding past Post Office Square in Queen Street, where crowds of people line the route and walk alongside the parade was filmed by the first official Queensland Government cinematographer. |
It is important to remember that the beginning of the war in South Africa predates the Federation of Australia. The earliest fighting contingents left from the separate colonies.
Indexes to the records of the Queensland forces, can be
Advice from the Archives
Private and community sites
Commercial databases
Media Coverage of the War
In 1901 Hutchinson & Co., London, published 41 of Edgar Wallace's reports from South Africa that originally appeared in the Daily Mail, under the title Unofficial Dispatches Of The Anglo-Boer War. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1200121h.html |