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Black and white supplement to the 'The Spear' by R. Coton Woodville, which is signed by R. Coton Woodville.

A file relating to a request by Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) to make available a chaplain to the Federal Contingent to South Africa.

A file of letters written by Fr John McInerney SJ, Chaplain to the Australian Forces fighting in the Boer War, South Africa describing his work with the troops and his experiences of the war. Includes a letter describing the peace conference. Remarks that a telegram from Lord Kitchener announcing the peace deal was read to the troops '...many of our Australians regret the war is over. Their recent drive and its spoils have only whetted their appetite for the fray - They have smelt and tasted blood and they long for at least "another good cut in" - to use their own term. Our recent "drive" turns out to be the last of this long, costly and bloody war.'

• History of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny collection;
• Lithographs & Posters;
• Military;
• Scottish Widows’ Fund and Life Assurance Society, Finance and Ireland;
• Correspondence;
• Boer War;
• 1906 Travels.