No1Mk3 SMLE full restoration - from scratch

[Vigilant]

Gday,
I recently found a No1MK3 SMLE which im currently getting registered and ill be restoring. I am not doing this for profit and well aware that this will take some time and in some eyes may not be worth the hassle. But ill be treating this as a hobby and hopefully bring this old work horse back to life.

Few things to note, i have never dealt with guns before until the last couple of weeks due to Australian gun laws, so treat me like newbie if you like
There are some pictures below but are not in great detail, ill post some more when i get the rifle back in my hands. Despite the pictures, the rust looks like surface rust when i wiped it clean, so there shouldn't be pitting when i strip the metal back with chemical.
The bolt is missing.
My biggest issue at the moment is that since i have not worked on rifles or any fire arm before is assessing what can and cant be used as well as which parts can be re sourced for example there looks to be pin missing just behind the trigger as you can see. The bore of the rifle pending on rust damage if any.
The fire arm store that currently holds the rifle while i get it registered seems to be very knowledgeable so I will use a lot of his advice but i figured reaching out to a community wont hurt.

ImageShack - Enfield

From what ive seen on markings, it appears to have been made in Lithgow 1926 then remade in the 1950s followed by a lot of gun smith scribing near the receiver.

Any thoughts on how i should tackle this project or words of wisdom are more than welcome.

- Cheers, Vigilant.

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