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Queensland Government gold field reports

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 292

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises twenty-two boxes of photographs and thirty boxes plus one file of negatives. Each of the boxes is individually labelled with subject summaries (ten in total) as follows:

1 - Constitutional and Independence Conferences x 5 boxes

2 - Britain and ... x 6 boxes

3 - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visitors (incl. Commonwealth Relations 1-61) x 2 boxes

4 - Commonwealth Exhibitions x 3 boxes

5 - Miscellaneous Conferences x 1 box

...by Lionel E.D. Towner, Warden, 5 pages.











Dates

  • Creation: 1885

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The back cover is detached from the volume.

Former / Other Reference

MSS 85 V

Other Finding Aids

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 167.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Executive Commissioners of Queensland at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1887.

Bibliography

The contents of the volume were apparently not published, but the annual reports by the Goldfield wardens appear in Queensland 'Votes and proceedings'.

General

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Originator(s)

Government of Queensland

Includes index.
Date
2005-09-27 10:17:05+00:00
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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