Item MM 111143 Digital Photograph - Rose's Stereoscopic Views, 'The Victorian Contingent Procession' Prior to Departing to Boer War, Melbourne, Oct 1899

Summary

Stereograph showing the Melbourne procession of 'the Victorian Contingent' of soldiers leaving for the Boer War, October 1899. It is likely that this is a stereograph of the First Victorian Contingent to the Boer War. Rose stereograph numbers 2144 - 2159 cover this event. This particular stereograph is 2146.

Description of Content

This stereograph shows two stereoscopic images of the Victorian Contingent Procession- soldiers marching through a street crowded with on-lookers. This stereograph shows the Melbourne procession of 'the Victorian Contingent', most likely the First Victorian Contingent of soldiers leaving for the Boer War, October 1899. The street is crowded, and a girl is visible climbing up onto a corrugated iron shed in the foreground. This stereograph came from a collection of Melba Ryan's grandparents, Josephine and Martin Nowlan. A lot of them were bought around Federation as souvenirs. They were passed down to Melba's mother, Doris Holden, who passed them down to her.