Australian Boer War-era soldiers training at Victoria Barracks, 1899, silver gelatin photograph annotated verso in ink 'On Guard', Victoria Barracks, Easter mobilisation, 1899', 14.5 x 20.3 cm on mount 24.5 x 30.5 cm. The Boer war broke out a few months later, in October 1899 with Victoria contributing 193 officers and 3,372 men to the contingents from the Australian Colonies.