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Known in Australasia as the Transvaal War or nowadays, the Boer War,

the War is described by Afrikaner people as Tweede Vryheidsoorlog or

the Second Freedom War. It is also known as the South African War and

generally as the Anglo-Boer War. Welcome and Welkom!

The acclaimed new exhibition

provided by the Anglo-Boer

War Study Group of Australia..

Victorian Nurses in the Boer War

Victoria's Boer War Memorials -- NEW LIST

Langwarrin Camp of Instruction

Victorian Enabling Acts

Victorian Mounted Contingents

1st Australian Regiment

First Victorian killed in action

2nd (Mounted Rifles) Contingent

4th Victorian 'Imperial' Contingent

5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

Battle of Wilmansrust (5 VMR)

This site was supported

by the Their Service: Our Heritage

program of the Australian Depart-

ment of Veterans' Affairs.

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GENERAL LINKS:

Boer (and Zulu) Wars -- Books -- A UK Link

NEW Australian Illustrated Zulu and Boer Wars Encyclopedia

NEW Boer War -- National Archives of Australia Research Guide

RSA Anglo-Boer War Centenary Celebrations newsletter and source listings

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Boer War Centenary and history link -- South Africa

Webmasters' information click here

MORE GENERAL INFORMATION . . . UPDATED 24 June 1999, and 6 December 2007

Military Units Against the Boer Republics -- A significant listing from RSA

The Concentration Camps--extensive and informative, but sometimes a bit shrill

List of South African Museums with Boer War material -- Plan your own tour

S. Af. Military History Society -- notes on celebrations, link to commercial tour company.

Anglo-Boer War Town Guard Forts in the Eastern Cape, 1901-2

VICTORIAN ENABLING ACTS FOR

THE ANGLO-BOER WAR

63 Vict. No. 1619 (Victorian Military Contingent Act)
63 Vict. No. 1640 (Allowing public contributions)
63 Vict. No. 1627 (35,000 pounds for 2nd Contingent)
63 Vict. No. 1655 (30,000 pounds for 3rd Contingent)
64 Vict. No. 1698 (45,000 for further Contingents)

LANGWARRIN

CAMP OF INSTRUCTION

Victorians going to the Boer War were drilled, trained,

organised, disciplined, clothed, equipped and supplied

with horses at Langwarrin Camp (Langwarrin is now an

outer suburb of Melbourne).

Little instruction was needed for the first contingents.

Officers and men were mostly drawn from local regiments.

But from the 'Bushmen's' Contingent onwards, several

weeks were required to provide basic training.

No horses returned from South Africa.

[Source: Murray, Lt-Col P. L.: Official Records of the Australian

Military Contingents to the War in South Africa: Govt Printer:

Melbourne, c 1911]

BOER WAR RECORDS TO BE RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA:

Records showing the burial or memorial sites for 500 Australian

casualties of the Boer War are to be returned to Australia. The

records will be looked after by the Office of War Graves upon

their return from South Africa. [Herald-Sun, Melb.: 18. 3. 98: p. 13]

See also: Price John E.: They Proved To All The Earth: A source book

of Victoria's Dead in the South African War 1899-1902: The Author:

n.d, c. 1981.

BOER WAR BOOKS:

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