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    South Australia - The Boer War

    "The Boer Crisis" is commented upon in the Advertiser,
    4, 7, 20 and 31 July 1899, pages 4e, 5a, 4f and 4c,
    31 July 1899, page 4c,
    29 and 31 August 1899, pages 4d and 4g,
    18 and 27 September 1899, pages 5f and 4d.
    Cartoons and photographs are in The Critic,
    14, 21 and 28 October 1899, pages 16-17, 16-17, 3-16, 18 November 1899, page 16.

    "A Word for the Boers" is in the Register,
    28 September 1899, page 5d.

    "An Australian Contingent for the Transvaal" is in the Advertiser,
    29 September 1899, page 4f; also see
    5, 6, 11 and 12 October 1899, pages 6i, 4e-5i, 4d and 4d.

    "Soldiers for the Transvaal" is in the Register,
    9 October 1899, page 6c.

    "Transvaal Contingent - The Medical Examination" is in the Register,
    17 and 19 October 1899, pages 5f and 5g.

    "The Nurses' Collection" is in the Register,
    25 December 1899, page 6e.

    The names of volunteers are in the Advertiser,
    22, 23 and 27 December 1899, pages 6b, 8c and 6g,
    24, 26, 29 and 30 January 1900, pages 6c, 7e, 7e and 6c; also see
    28 December 1899, page 6c,
    15, 16 and 23 January 1900, pages 4g-7a, 7a and 4h.

    "What Are Boers?" is in the Observer,
    21 October 1899, page 41b.

    Information the South Australian Contingent is in the Advertiser,
    17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 30 and 31 October 1899, pages 7a, 5g-6b, 5h, 8d, 6b, 6b, 4e and 4e and
    on "A Bush Contingent" on
    18, 19, 29 and 31 January 1900, pages 4e, 6f, 4d and 6c (list of volunteers),
    7, 12, 13, 21, 24 and 28 February 1900, pages 7f, 4e, 6e, 7d, 8f and 6g,
    6 and 7 March 1900, pages 4e and 5.
    "The Bushmen's Pay" appears on 29 July 1901, page 4d.

    A sketch at Adelaide Rowing Club members farewell is in The Critic,
    27 January 1900, page 8.

    A photograph of a camp at Marino is inThe Critic,
    27 January 1900, page 12.

    "The Contingent, Veterans and Children" is in the Register,
    22 January 1900, page 4e.

    "Soldiers and Sport" is in the Register,
    24 January 1900, page 4e.

    "A Scottish Rifle Corps" is in the Register,
    1 and 27 February 1900, pages 6h and 4g,
    14 and 20 March 1900, pages 4h and 7g,
    30 June 1900, page 5g.

    "Chinese and the Patriotic Fund" is in the Observer,
    24 February 1900, page 28a.

    Biographical details of Samuel G. Hubbe are in the Register,
    23 February 1900, page 6g.

    "Patriotic Verse" is in the Register,
    3 March 1900, page 7c.

    The "Coming Home" of the first contingent is reported in the Advertiser,
    3 and 30 November 1900, pages 6h and 4f,
    3 December 1900, page 4c.

    "Another Contingent" is in the Advertiser,
    20 December 1899, page 6d,
    "The Mounted Contingent" on
    8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 25, 26 and 27 January 1900, pages 6b, 6f, 6d, 6c, 6e, 4d, 4e and 7.

    Various photographs of the SA contingent are in the Chronicle,
    13 January 1900, pages 26-27,
    3 February 1900 (supplement) and
    17 March 1900 (supplement).

    The departure of the Fourth Contingent is reported in the Advertiser,
    1 May 1900, page 4d and
    the formation of the fifth contingent on
    14 January 1901, page 7d; also see
    7 May 1901, page 8a.

    An obituary of Surgeon Major Toll is in the Register,
    25 June 1900, page 5a.

    "Legislators as Soldiers" is in the Register,
    18 July 1900, page 7a.

    "War Pensions - Widows and Families" is in the Chronicle,
    23 March 1901, page 32a.

    The departure of the Sixth Contingent is reported in the Advertiser,
    5 April 1901, page 7h,
    "The Eighth Contingent" on
    6 and 8 February 1902, pages 7a and 8g; also see
    12 and 20 February 1902, pages 6a and 4d.

    "Letters from the Men" is in the Advertiser,
    29 December 1899, page 6c,
    30 and 31 January 1900, pages 6e and 6g -
    others appear on an irregular basis from February 1900.

    "The War" is traversed in the Advertiser,
    14, 19 and 24 October 1899, pages 6e, 4d and 4d,
    2 and 18 November 1899, pages 4e and 6f,
    8 December 1899, page 4f,
    2 January 1900, page 4c,
    29 March 1900, page 4d,
    13 April 1900, page 4e.

    "The Usages of War" is in the Advertiser,
    14 November 1899, page 4e.

    Information on the Transvaal Patriotic Fund is in the Advertiser,
    11 and 16 December 1899, pages 6f and 6f,
    9 and 11 January 1900, pages 6c and 6g,
    10 and 20 February 1900, pages 11c and 7f.

    "The Encampment - Making Ready for War" is in the Advertiser,
    12 January 1900, page 6e.

    "Patriotism in the Hills" is in the Advertiser,
    18 January 1900, page 6h,
    "Young Soldiers" on
    17 February 1900, page 6e,
    "Australian Heroism" on
    21 February 1900, page 4e.

    "Are the Germans in Australia Disloyal?" is in the Advertiser,
    1 and 6 February 1900, pages 4h and 6f.

    "Horses and Men" is in the Advertiser on
    5 February 1900, page 4e,
    "Horses and the Next Contingent" on
    12 March 1900, page 4d,
    "The War Horse" on
    8 December 1900, page 6e,
    "Horses for South Africa" on
    8 November 1901, page 7b,
    24 March 1902, page 6c.

    Information on nurses is in the Advertiser,
    6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 20 February 1900, pages 6h, 4f, 4g, 4g, 6e, 8e, 6b and 6d (departure for South Africa),
    6 March 1900, page 5e,
    "The SA Nurse - Interesting Letters" on
    20 April 1900, page 5h; also see
    10 July 1900, page 5i,
    5 June 1901, page 5e,
    "The South African Hospital Trouble" on
    4 October 1900, page 4f.
    A photograph is in The Critic, 24 February 1900, page 5.

    "Patriotism, Charity and Sport" is in the Advertiser,
    8 February 1900, page 4f,
    "Patriotic Demonstrations" on
    23 March 1900, page 7e,
    "War, Patriotism and the Fine Arts" on
    28 March 1900, page 4e.

    "The War and the Church" is in the Advertiser,
    21 June 1901, page 7g.

    "Honoring Our Heroes" is in the Advertiser on
    20 July 1901, page 6c,
    "Honoring the Fallen Statue" is in the Advertiser,
    3, 7 and 20 August 1901, pages 6e-10e, 8a and 8e, 19, 30 and 31 October 1901, pages 8i,
    Register,
    19 January 1903, page 4i,
    12 February 1903, page 4e,
    16 March 1903, page 6h,
    6 July 1904, page 4e,
    3 November 1904, page 4f,
    Observer,
    27 September 1902, page 26,
    24 January 1903, page 34d,
    16 January 1904, page 32c,
    9 March 1904, page 3h,
    9, 11, 12 and 25 May 1904, pages 4e, 4f, 4e and 7a,
    1 and 8 June 1904, pages 6d and 8f.
    "Who Suggested the National Memorial" is in the Register,
    4 June 1904, page 11g.
    Also see Advertiser,
    4e and 6c, 9 March 1904, page 6f,
    28 May 1904, page 10c,
    1, 3, 6, 7 and 21 June 1904, pages 10c, 6d, 8e, 6c, 5d and 4f,
    Observer,
    2 April 1904, page 33c,
    28 May 1904, page 24a,
    11 June 1904, pages 25-40.
    Photographs are in the Chronicle,
    28 May 1904, page 44,
    11 June 1904, page 41,
    Observer,
    28 May 1904, page 24,
    11 June 1904, pages 25-26.

    "The Returning Brave" is in the Advertiser,
    27 July 1901, page 6c.

    Information on a horse, "Bugler", "which... was sold hundreds of times and thus made the means of raising thousands of pounds towards the equipment of the Bushmen's Corps", is in the Register,
    6 February 1912, page 5i;
    a photograph is in The Critic,
    10 February 1900, page 4.

    Information on and photographs of a medal presentation are in the Chronicle,
    29 August 1903, pages 34d and 41.

    A letter from an "Unemployed Ex-Soldier" is in the Advertiser,
    9 January 1905, page 6i.

    The behaviour of "Australians at the Cape" is commented upon in the Advertiser,
    24 April 1905, page 7d.

    "Guns from the Boer War" is in the Register,
    17 June 1905, page 6f.

    "The Dog Nelson" is in the Observer,
    2 September 1905, page 28a.

    A letter concerning soldiers' graves in South Africa is in the Advertiser,
    23 July 1906, page 7b.

    "Repatriation of Australians" is in the Advertiser,
    29 April 1907, page 4c.

    Photographs of war graves in Africa are in the Chronicle,
    24 August 1907, page 28.

    A ceremony "In Memory of the Brave" is in the Advertiser,
    5 July 1909, page 8f,
    "In Memory of Dead Soldiers" on
    18 and 20 September 1909, pages 10h and 8b; also see
    19 September 1910, page 10f,
    15 September 1919, page 8f,
    17 September 1923, page 10f,
    12 May 1927, page 15g.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    20 September 1919, page 25,
    Chronicle,
    25 September 1930, page 35.

    The first annual reunion of the South African Soldiers' Association is in the Advertiser,
    25 September 1909, page 11f; also see
    17 September 1910, page 15c,
    15 September 1913, page 18c,
    14 September 1914, page 12h.

    The first annual general meeting of the South African Soldiers' Association is reported in the Register,
    30 July 1910, page 7g;
    also see 28 July 1911, page 11b, 16 September 1912, page 13a.

    "Those Boer Guns" is in the Observer,
    6 August 1910, page 38a,
    "Boer War Relics" on 28 December 1912, page 42e,
    2 August 1913, page 47e.

    "The Boer War", by Catherine H. Spence, is in the Register,
    12 October 1910, page 8e.

    "Soldiers Memorial - A Tribute by Comrades" is in the Observer,
    2 November 1912, page 41a.

    A photograph of a memorial service is in The Critic,
    17 September 1919, page 17.