Colonel, Victoria Mounted Rifles, 1897 (c)

Glass negative, W Gregory and Company, 51 Strand, London, 1897 (c).

The Colonel of the Victoria Mounted Rifles is shown in field service uniform on a horse. Raised by Colonel Tom Price in the mid-1880s, the Rifles consisted of volunteer Australian soldiers, many of whom served in the Boer War (1899-1902).

One of a collection of 278 glass negatives, Gregory and Company, London, 1895 (c)-1900.