Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1881

12 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

The War in South Africa.—defeat of the British

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1881 · page 4

THE British forces in the Transvaal have sustained a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Boers. Sir George Colley himself (commander) and many of his officers have been slain, and the troops under…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Boer Rebellion and Basuto War. London, March 4

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 3

In the House of Commons to-night, Mr. Gladstone stated that, although the parleying between Colonel Carrington and the Basutos bad led to no result…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War with the Boers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 6

THE following particulars of the disastrous affair at Laingsnek are given by the special correspondent of the Natal Mercury, under date February 7,—…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A War Correspondent

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 March 1881 · page 4

" Archibald Forbes once a private Soldier ? Then his origin roust have been very humble and his education selfrequired." Not so fast, good readers…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Between France and Tunis. Paris, April 24

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1881 · page 2

Latest intelligence from Tunis reports that much popular excitement continuos to prevail in consequence of the attitude [?] France, and the proximity of a large…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

War and National Debts

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 May 1881 · page 4

PROFESSOR LEONE LEVI, in an article in the Welcome, remarks :--" The National Debt of the United Kingdom has increased in an extraordinary manner. In 169I, at the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police and Military at War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 2

CONSTABLE ROBSON was proceeded against in the Water Police Court, Sydney, yesterday before Messrs Senior, Maclean, and Penfold, for exceeding his duty on the morning of April 25, by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mortality Amongst Soldiers From Sunstroke. London, July 6

Southern Argus · Friday 8 July 1881 · page 3

At a military roview at Aldershot yesterday, forty soldiers suffered from sunstroke, four cases proving fatal…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Local and General News. War in the Council!

Southern Argus · Friday 15 July 1881 · page 2

At the Council meeting last Wednesday evening the aldermen indulged in a good deal of lively discussion, and bandied abuse of one another pretty freely. Some…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Another New Zealand War

Southern Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1881 · page 2

Contrary to the hope, if not the expectation, of the New Zealand Government, that the native difficulty would be amicably are ranged, To Whiti and his followers…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Tug of War

Southern Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 2

No doubt the people of Argyle should consider themselves as a community of vast importance, when they find so many gentlemen coming forward to do battle for the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Killed in Action

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1881 · page 2

A cablegram from Capetown says that news has been received that a picked crew from H. M. S. London, at Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa, proceeded in the pinnace of that…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →