Carmel Galvin (@crgalvin.bsky.social)

I is for Inkerman "Battle of Inkermann - Arrival of Bosquet's division" by Adolphe Bayot (1855)From Wikimedia Commons The Victorian gold rushes, which began in 1851, coincided with the Crimean War (1853–1856). With patriotic fervour miners and settlers named new townships, gold leads, and geographical features after the battlefields and heroes of the war. Newspapers reported the conflict with enthusiasm. For example: https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/i-is-for-inkerman/