Story: Australians

Australian servicemen at Kaitake, around 1864

Australian servicemen at Kaitake, around 1864

New Zealand was, in the 1860s, the first overseas theatre of war in which Australian soldiers fought. Many accepted the offer of free land once their term of service was over. In 1864 members of a militia recruited in Australia were manning the redoubt at Kaitake, near New Plymouth.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. T. Nicholl Collection
Reference: 1/2-46640-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

22661397

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page:

John Wilson, 'Australians - Sheep farmers, gold miners, soldiers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/611/australian-servicemen-at-kaitake-around-1864 (accessed 27 April 2024)

Story by John Wilson, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 10 Mar 2015