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A collection of Photographs illustrative of the Railway System of New South Wales 1887
A short history and description of the Parliament House, Melbourne
Aboriginal Australian Art
Loose prints produced by the Australian Information Service. The printed captions on the reverse have been recorded as found.
Aboriginal Australians
Book containing two portrait images.
Address from the women of Ballarat and Ballarat East in the colony of Victoria to the women of England
Agriculture in Queensland
Three loose prints depicting agriculture in Queensland. Photographer unknown, presumably the staff photographer of the 'Silverwood Gazette' as two prints are thus stamped on reverse, as well as being marked up in pencil for publication.
An appreciation of the life of William French (1897-1960) soldier, naturalist and adventurer extraordinaire
Artesian Bores in Queensland
Articles from 'The Field'
Australasia miscellanea
A wide range of material concerning different parts of Australasia, but mainly Australia and New Zealand. Some of the collections are comprised of single items, such as pictures and maps. There are also a significant number of photocopies or photographs of original material. One of the collections is in Maori; the others are in English.
Australia, New Zealand, Sandwich Islands [i.e. Hawaiian Islands], 1886
Australia scenes, 1966 and 1973 (Joselin Collection)
Collection of eighty-seven slides (seven negatives) and nine prints relating to the East Coast, New South Wales and Queensland; the second batch, apart from numbers 26-32, are of the interior, 33-51 the Snowy Mountains and 52-86 the region of Alice Springs. The captions are from those written on the slide mounts or in correspondence with Mr. Joselin. Numbers 50-51 and 82 are professional photographs. Photographer is also the doner, F.E. Joselin.
Australia (Torrington Collection)
Australian Collection
Australian sketches of Richard Read
Thrity-five sketches of birds and other images, two photographs and correspondence regarding Richard Read, including biographical information.
Barnes family photographs
Bendigo gold production
154 x 170 mm. Mounted photograph. Shows cubes of various sizes representing the relative outputs of different mines. The fronts of the cubes have printed on them information about size, dividends and value. A printed caption stuck beneath the photograph states: 'The above 27 companies represent a paid-up capital of £437,631. Value for gold produced, £6,132,544. Dividends paid, £3,131,355. Approximate value of the 27 mines and machinery, £2,000,000.
Boosé Scrapbooks
A collection of scrapbooks containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
Brisbane
Collection of photographs measuring mainly 90 x 63 mm. Photographer unknown.
Brisbane illustrated: A series of twelve views of some of the principal public buildings and scenery of the city
A commercially produced album with printed title page and captions. Photographed and published by George P Wright, James Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
Brisbane; riverside scene with crowd assembled at landing point
245 x 195 mm. This sepia print has Brisbane in pencil on the back, but is otherwise unidentified. The costume suggests a date in the late 1880s.
'British migration to Western Australia, 1829-50': PhD thesis
A Ph.D. thesis for the London School of Economics, University of London, 385 pages.
Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir
Mounted prints measuring approximately 285 x 240 mm. With ornate handwritten captions on the mounts. The prints are signed on the reverse 'J.M. Creed'.
CCCS Collection. Canada and Australia: CCCS Activities
Childers papers
Political papers relating to Childers' public career and private papers concerning his family, first wife Emily (nee Walker, 1827-1875) and their eight children.