War & conflict
Military personnel guide
This guide provides information on how to find arrivals of early military personnel and a list of records in our collection relating to Early British Army Regiments in NSW; Volunteer Force; Sudan Expedition; Boer War; World War I and World War II.
Convict Sydney
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were fought between 1803 and 1815, during the period of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule over France
Researching your military ancestors
An introduction to key sources in the collection for researching military personnel in the 1800s and early 1900s
War and Australia – Boer War
As part of the British Empire, Australia sent troops to the Boer War which began on began on 11 October 1899 when the Boers declared war on the British