Hi 3 points on your quest 1) You are to be congratulated and supported on a HUGE task, possibly an impossible one 2) Please don't wait until you have all the ducks in a row before you publish. Many records have been lost or destroyed in floods and fires. Get a good grip on the subject and publish with updates as possible. If you wait to get it all you will never publish at all. 3) I know you have looked at Digger History but there is a page there that you might have missed. It records information prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics who have a very good record for accuracy. It is not complete in the sense that it does not break up into all the Units but it is a valuable tool. See it at http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/other/stats.htm Ted www.diggerhistory.info ----- Original Message ----- From: "vrswanson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: Land Forces of the Australian Colonies > I am seeking accurate information relating to the land military forces > raised by the Australian Colonies from 1788 to Federation. > > I have to date collected information from the following sources :- > Australian War memorial, Australians at War {series prepared by Steve > Conway}, Defending Victoria, Queensland Defence Forces, Digger History, "The > History of The Military Forces of South Australia" {Ref. Australian Army > Journal 51 - August 1953}together from bits and pieces in various > publications. > Whilst they each provide some information they are often incomplete and > accuracy is sometimes questionable. > > The information I am seeking is a complete list of the units raised, dates > of raising and what happened to the unit. Some were disbanded, some absorbed > into other units, some renamed and some of course are basically still in > existence today. In other words I am trying to piece together the basic > history of each and every unit. > > I also include in my quest the Naval Brigades which were also formed by the > Colonies. Information about the Colonial Navies is readily available in > various places including "Australian Colonial Navies" By Colin Jones.(AWM) > > Since I started my search I am surprised that I have not to date found any > complete set of information for any of the states. > > I hope someone can help me in my search. > > Vic. Swanson > > ______________________________