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Introduction.
The little colonial outpost of South Australia was besotted with news about the War in the Crimea 1853-56. Everyone was talking about it and watching the newspaper reports on the outcomes of battles. The names of battles were commemorated in several places especially on the Adelaide Plains with the Hundreds of Inkerman, Balaklava and Alma which all had towns with those names. Willunga got the Alma Hotel in 1856 and Norwood got its Alma Hotel too; Inman Valley got Mount Alma Road; and a village named Sebastopol was located near Millicent. In the decades after the Crimean War Alma was a favourite girl’s name and Adelaide had Alma roads/streets in Fullarton, Glenelg, Hectorville; and there is an Inkerman street in Camden Park. South Australia was not alone in this colonial fascination with the Crimean War. Victoria had towns/suburbs of Balaclava, Sebastopol and Alma. Queensland also has an Alma and Inkerman etc.
In 1851 the colony was granted a constitution by Britain and almost had self-government although this was not fully conferred until 1857 when Boyle Travis Finniss served as our first Premier (although that term was not used at that time.) The 1851 single chamber government of 24 members had 8 nominated by the Crown and 16 elected by property owners. So it is not surprising that until the Crimean War broke out in 1853 that Legislative Chamber had not considered defence and potential threats to the colony. The reaction of the Legislative Chamber was quick and the Crimean war was big news in South Australia. Not only were Hundreds on the Adelaide Plains named after major battles by Governor Sir Richard MacDonnell but a Militia Act to arm volunteer’s was passed in 1854 along with a series of semaphore signals to be built from Kangaroo Island to Port Adelaide to warn of threatening shipping; actions were taken to arm 1,000 volunteers in case of attack; and an armed boat was purchased to patrol the Gulf of St Vincent. Defence expenditure by the government went from nil in 1853 to several thousand pounds in 1854 and on to nearly £16,000 in 1856. Defensive installations were erected with part of this money.
After the end of the Crimean War the British government promoted NSW and Tasmania as suitable colonies for troops to settle and start new lives and employment. SA was not promoted at all yet some veterans of the Crimean War did come to South Australia and settle. One of those was John Marshall who served in the British forces in the 58th regiment at the battles of Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman during the Crimean War. He died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1886. He settled in Adelaide after the war. No South Australian is known to have travelled back to Britain to join British forces in 1854 but some families might have history to prove this happened. Another later SA resident known to have served in the Crimea was John Callaghan from Country Cork. He served in the 50th regiment in the Crimea but continued to serve in Ceylon and in New Zealand (Maori Wars) and elsewhere finally taking his discharge in Adelaide in 1869. He lived in Adelaide and died here in 1909. Some NSW residents are known to have joined the British forces in the Crimea but no official records were ever kept of Australian colonies participation.
Crimean War Cannons in Adelaide.
At the conclusion of the Crimean War the Treaty of Paris specially mentioned war trophies as they were considered of great importance. 1,165 Russian cannons and guns were taken with the fall of Sebastopol and Britain kept these. They distributed them to towns and cities throughout Britain and the colonies. The cannons were to be distributed
to the Australian colonies (and elsewhere) according to their contribution to the Patriotic Fund which helped the British government fund the War. Each colony, except WA was awarded two Russian Cannons. SA’s two cannons arrived in 1859 and were placed in the Botanic Gardens. They had some ceremonial use including a welcome to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867. They were then moved to the Armoury on North Terrace and one was fired daily at noon to mark the time in the 19th century. In 1901 one of the cannons as moved to the Torrens Parade Ground and the second joined it around 1931. These cannons remain in good condition as they were mounted on a cast iron base instead of the usual wood carriage base. Both were cast under the direction of Alexander Foullon at the Alexandrovski foundry and they both carry the double eagle symbol of the Russian Tsar.
Introduction.
The little colonial outpost of South Australia was besotted with news about the War in the Crimea 1853-56. Everyone was talking about it and watching the newspaper reports on the outcomes of battles. The names of battles were commemorated in several places especially on the Adelaide Plains with the Hundreds of Inkerman, Balaklava and Alma which all had towns with those names. Willunga got the Alma Hotel in 1856 and Norwood got its Alma Hotel too; Inman Valley got Mount Alma Road; and a village named Sebastopol was located near Millicent. In the decades after the Crimean War Alma was a favourite girl’s name and Adelaide had Alma roads/streets in Fullarton, Glenelg, Hectorville; and there is an Inkerman street in Camden Park. South Australia was not alone in this colonial fascination with the Crimean War. Victoria had towns/suburbs of Balaclava, Sebastopol and Alma. Queensland also has an Alma and Inkerman etc.
In 1851 the colony was granted a constitution by Britain and almost had self-government although this was not fully conferred until 1857 when Boyle Travis Finniss served as our first Premier (although that term was not used at that time.) The 1851 single chamber government of 24 members had 8 nominated by the Crown and 16 elected by property owners. So it is not surprising that until the Crimean War broke out in 1853 that Legislative Chamber had not considered defence and potential threats to the colony. The reaction of the Legislative Chamber was quick and the Crimean war was big news in South Australia. Not only were Hundreds on the Adelaide Plains named after major battles by Governor Sir Richard MacDonnell but a Militia Act to arm volunteer’s was passed in 1854 along with a series of semaphore signals to be built from Kangaroo Island to Port Adelaide to warn of threatening shipping; actions were taken to arm 1,000 volunteers in case of attack; and an armed boat was purchased to patrol the Gulf of St Vincent. Defence expenditure by the government went from nil in 1853 to several thousand pounds in 1854 and on to nearly £16,000 in 1856. Defensive installations were erected with part of this money.
After the end of the Crimean War the British government promoted NSW and Tasmania as suitable colonies for troops to settle and start new lives and employment. SA was not promoted at all yet some veterans of the Crimean War did come to South Australia and settle. One of those was John Marshall who served in the British forces in the 58th regiment at the battles of Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman during the Crimean War. He died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1886. He settled in Adelaide after the war. No South Australian is known to have travelled back to Britain to join British forces in 1854 but some families might have history to prove this happened. Another later SA resident known to have served in the Crimea was John Callaghan from Country Cork. He served in the 50th regiment in the Crimea but continued to serve in Ceylon and in New Zealand (Maori Wars) and elsewhere finally taking his discharge in Adelaide in 1869. He lived in Adelaide and died here in 1909. Some NSW residents are known to have joined the British forces in the Crimea but no official records were ever kept of Australian colonies participation.
Crimean War Cannons in Adelaide.
At the conclusion of the Crimean War the Treaty of Paris specially mentioned war trophies as they were considered of great importance. 1,165 Russian cannons and guns were taken with the fall of Sebastopol and Britain kept these. They distributed them to towns and cities throughout Britain and the colonies. The cannons were to be distributed
to the Australian colonies (and elsewhere) according to their contribution to the Patriotic Fund which helped the British government fund the War. Each colony, except WA was awarded two Russian Cannons. SA’s two cannons arrived in 1859 and were placed in the Botanic Gardens. They had some ceremonial use including a welcome to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867. They were then moved to the Armoury on North Terrace and one was fired daily at noon to mark the time in the 19th century. In 1901 one of the cannons as moved to the Torrens Parade Ground and the second joined it around 1931. These cannons remain in good condition as they were mounted on a cast iron base instead of the usual wood carriage base. Both were cast under the direction of Alexander Foullon at the Alexandrovski foundry and they both carry the double eagle symbol of the Russian Tsar.
Royal lion and spine tattoo. To translate from Russian it says "Against all odds" loved this piece.
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Royal lion and spine tattoo. To translate from Russian it says "Against all odds" loved this piece.
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