[The Great Inaugural Procession for the Commonwealth of Australia, NSW Naval Brigade, in Bridge Street, Sydney, 1 January, 1901]

SSV/167

fonds

[1 January, 1901]

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1010747

1 photograph - stereograph - 8.8 x 17.7 cm (card); 8.2 x 7.4 cm (image)

The NSW Naval Brigade was formed under the Volunteer Force Regulation Act of 1865. It was one of the earliest military contingents from the Australian colonies to serve in conflicts overseas. In 1900 naval brigades from NSW, Victoria and South Australia formed part of a multi-national military force sent to China to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.

Source:
Library correspondence file.

A stereograph photograph of the Great Inaugural Procession for the Commonwealth of Australia in Bridge Street as it turns into Pitt Street, Sydney on 1 January, 1901. The Wheat Arch can be seen in the background along Bridge Street. Marching is the NSW Naval Brigade watched on by large crowds lining the street.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Titled by cataloguer based on verso inscription.

On verso: "N.S.W. Naval Brigade". Also several inscriptions and the stamp "Austral Vistascopic Picture Co, Box 832, G.P.O., Sydney".