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*[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1381819431228&set=o.24704988880&type=1&theater Photograph of British Army married quarters- Bazzar Hill, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills 1945/6] FIBIS on Facebook<br>
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'''Ootacamund''', now frequently known as Ooty (but officially called Udhagamandalam), is a town in the [[Nilgiri Hills]]. Ooty was the [[Madras Presidency]] summer capital and the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif the Nilgiris District]. It was founded in the 1820s by [http://www.sullivanmemorial.org/JohnSullivan.html John Sullivan (1788 -1855)]. Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.<br> The cantonment at '''Wellington''' was is situated about eight miles from near Ootacamund, and one and a half miles north of [[Coonoor]]. This Until 1860, the cantonment was originally known as Jackatalla <br>(spelling variants: Jackatallah, Jakkatalla, Jakatala).
Keti (Kaiti) three miles south-east of Ootacamund was the location of a Boer prisoner of war camp from March 1902 to August 1902, when the prisoners were repatriated.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n343/mode/2up Page 332] ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org</ref>
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ootacamund Ootacamund] 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia<br>
*[http://www.kaelewis.com/database/ooty/searchpage.htm Kae Lewis website] - Photographs of monuments at St Stephens Church, Ootacamund with many biographical details<br>
*[http://www.ststephenschurchooty.co.in/ St Stephens Church - in Ooty since 1829] Official church website with lots of photos and historical information. <br>
*Wiele & Klein, Madras and Ootacamund
**"The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008
**[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July 2003 ''The Hindu''
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002319u00000000.html Illustration: New barracks, near Coonoor] 1852 British Library Online Gallery
*[http://indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/indian-mutiny-constructing-jackatalla.html Illustration: " Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks, near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills,"] from the ''Illustrated London News'' 1858 indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com
*[http://wellingtongymkhanaclub.com/history.htm Wellington Gymkhana Club: History] It commenced in 1873 as a garrison club to offer recreation and relaxation to the garrison stationed at Wellington
*[http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/Wellington%20Of%20Yesteryears.pdf Wellington Of Yesteryears] dssc.gov.in (Defence Services Staff College)
*[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1381819431228&set=o.24704988880&type=1&theater Photograph of British Army married quarters- Bazzar Hill, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills 1945/6] FIBIS on Facebook<br>
====Historical books on-line====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n367/mode/2up "Ootacamund"] page 357 ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n625/mode/2up "Map of Ootacamund"] between pages 412 and 413, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
*''Ootacamund, A History'' by Sir Frederick Price 1908 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents page of the book is computer page 17. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n353/mode/2up/ "Wellington"] page 341 ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n492/mode/1up "Medico-Topographical and Statistical Report of the Convalescent Depot at Wellington, Madras for the year 1870"] by Assistant Surgeon Davidson MD, Royal Horse Artillery, pages 474-5 missing, text from page 476, and then from [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n497/mode/1up page 477], (with a number of blank pages in between) ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1870 Volume 12'' published 1872 Archive.org
