Australia
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, much on South African affairs., 01 Feb 1907 - 28 Feb 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/22
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (2); Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on a taxation scheme suggested by Alfred Lyttelton; John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone] objecting to his name being appended to a joint letter organised by Frederic Mackarness MP; Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams [Lieutenant-Governor Orange River Colony, later Orange Free State, South Africa] on Orange River Colony affairs; Francis Hopwood...
Dates:
01 Feb 1907 - 28 Feb 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, much on South African affairs., 01 Mar 1907 - 30 Mar 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/23
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thomas Ratcliffe (3) on subjects including offering to campaign against WSC at North West Manchester; Colonel Sir Howard Melliss; John Norton-Griffiths; Frank Smith, Director of Agriculture for the Transvaal [South Africa]; James Ramsay Macdonald (3) on subjects including Ratcliffe; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary]; 2nd Lord Selborne [Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for South Africa] (3); Sir Richard Solomon [Attorney-General of the Transvaal];...
Dates:
01 Mar 1907 - 30 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Colonial Office: Telegrams regarding Chanak [later Cannakkale, Turkey]., 16 Sep 1922 - 14 Oct 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/28
Scope and Contents
Copies of telegrams mainly between WSC and the Governor Generals of the Dominions, Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada, 1st Lord Jellicoe, Governor General and Commander in Chief, New Zealand, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Governor General and Commander in Chief South Africa, 1st Lord Forster, Governor General and Commander in Chief, Australia about the Chanak crisis.Subjects covered include: bulletins describing negotiations with Turkey and with Mustafa Kemal Pasha [later Ataturk];...
Dates:
16 Sep 1922 - 14 Oct 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 03 Jan 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/43
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: Sir Harry Goschen (2); Field-Marshal 1st Lord Haig; Stanley Bruce [Prime Minister of Australia]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] (6); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin (5) including one on block grants and one on the Board of Trade absorbing the Ministry of Transport; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty (3); Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury];...
Dates:
03 Jan 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 02 Jan 1926 - 14 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/30A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Russell Scott [Controller]; Sir Warren Fisher...
Dates:
02 Jan 1926 - 14 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Western and General., 18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/28
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs throughout the British empire and Africa and other parts of the world with notes by Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies and for the Dominions].Subjects covered include: financial negotiations with the United States; opinions among Labour movements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa of conscription and war; peace discussions with Germany; shipping; and inter-imperial exchange.
Dates:
18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Paper on Australian winds, 1961-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1196
Scope and Contents
A working paper by W.J. Gibbs and W.K. Hounsell for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology on 'Stratospheric Winds over Australia'.
Dates:
1961-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
Fonds
Papers of Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLLS
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to Willis' naval career, including material relating to World War Two
Dates:
1905 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Sub-Series
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1878 - 1888
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/640
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning proposals and operations to determine, with the assistance of the Royal Observatory, the longitude of Lisbon, Leiden, the Cape Observatory, Gibraltar, places in Australia, New Zealand and Egypt, and Mauritius; and the difference in longitude between Malta and Bombay. The papers include errors of the Greenwich clock; observations of telegraph signals; J.W. Green's abstract of the Greenwich - Lisbon - South American longitudes; the exchange and summary of...
Dates:
1878 - 1888
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1870 - 1877
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/639
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning proposals and operations to determine the longitude of Brest, Vienna, Berlin, Dublin (postponed), Suez and various places in India and Australia. There are Greenwich chronograph readings and signals exchanged for the Brest longitude; estimates for the erection of a wooden observatory building at the Royal Observatory; and explanations on how the fundamental longitude in India and Australia should be obtained. The correspondents include C.E. Delaunay,...
Dates:
1870 - 1877
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on the 74-inch telescope, 1947 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/132
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and memoranda regarding the 74-inch telescope for Australia, including a draft order form from the Commonwealth of Australia to Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, 1948, ordering a 74-inch reflecting telescope for installation at the Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra.
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on the British Geodetic Survey, 1847 - 1850
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/418
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the British Geodetic Survey, including a map of the Shetland stations; a paper by Airy on 'Curvature Excess', sent to the 'Philosophical Magazine and Journal'; calculations relating to a falling body in a mine shaft; and a copy of the Australian Colonies Government Bill.
Dates:
1847 - 1850
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on the Committee on Space Research, 1958 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/599
Scope and Contents
Agenda and minutes of meetings of the British National Committee on Space Research and sub-committees; letters concerning attendance at meetings; and reports on meetings, activities and proposals. The papers include the following items:Report by Sir Graham Sutton on the 13th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics at Berkeley, California, August 1963.Papers on a report to the Committee on Space Research, 1963.Correspondence on a grant...
Dates:
1958 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on the International Union for Cooperation on Solar Research, 1904 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/208
Scope and Contents
Letter from G.E. Hale stating his wish for a new organisation to be formed to co-ordinate solar research and to encourage work on solar problems, 1904.Printed copy of minutes of a meeting of delegates to a conference on solar research in St Louis, 23 September 1904, with copies of 'Intensity of Solar Radiation' by Sir Arthur Schuster, 'Report on Radiation' by Vislle, 'Work with Spectroheliograph' by G.E. Hale, and 'Nene Wellenlanger-Normalen' by Kayser.Correspondence with...
Dates:
1904 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on the reform of Australian public service, 1980 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Papers and correspondence on subjects including: the "Spycatcher" case; electoral reform; reform of the legal profession; Parliamentary reform.
Dates:
1980 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers on the tides, 1826 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/500
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the tides, including calculations of tides at St Helena, Australia and in the River Shannon. The correspondents include J. Washington, J.D. Forbes, P.H.L. von Boguslawski, F.W. Beechy, F. Beaufort, W. Whewell, T. Colby, A. de Morgan, H. Raper, H.J. Rose, C. Manby, J. Challis, W. Vaughan and T.A. Larcom. There are also two maps of the River Shannon showing long-profile and cross-profiles; plans for tide gauges; a circular for Reed's Tide Tables; calculations of the time of...
Dates:
1826 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on transit of Venus, 1870 - 1882
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/275
Scope and Contents
Reports and charts on the stations for the transit of Venus, 1874. The reports include miscellaneous information on Egypt; the topography of New Zealand around Christchurch; the meteorology of New Zealand; the advantages of the province of Otago; the differences of longitudes in New Zealand; the longitude of Wellington; the advantage of Hobart Town; the topography and meteorology of Kerguelen Island; and the topography of Prince Edward and Crozet Islands and of the Sandwich Islands. The...
Dates:
1870 - 1882
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers regarding the loan of instruments and books to James Inman on a voyage to Australia, 1802 - 1804
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/13: 170-180
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Papers regarding the loan and return of instruments belonging to the Board of Longitude and concerning persons entitled to receive Board publications.
Dates:
1802 - 1804
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
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Papers relating to Australia and New Zealand, March 1975-November 1978, 1975-03 - 1978-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/14
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Sir Robert Crichton-Brown (Liberal Party of Australia), Sir John Bunting (High Commissioner for Australia in the UK), Prime Minister (Malcolm) Fraser of Australia, Eldon Griffiths MP, Douglas Hurd MP, Patrick Jenkin MP, Prime Minister (Robert) Muldoon of New Zealand and Billy Snedden (Leader, Australian Liberal party)
Also includes note of a meeting between Patrick Jenkin MP and Australian Senator Peter Baume, 22 December 1976
Dates:
1975-03 - 1978-11
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to Australia, January 1980-October 1981, 1980-01 - 1981-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/14
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1980
Part 2, 1981: includes final version and draft copy (with annotations by Ian Gow MP, MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary) of MT's Sir Robert Menzies lecture at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 6 October 1981
Dates:
1980-01 - 1981-10
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in March 2011; and part 2 in March 2012
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
Sub-Series
Papers relating to Cyprus as a base, May-July 1957, 1957-05 - 1958-01
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 6/34
Scope and Contents
With papers relating to Minister's visit to Australia relating to British forces east of Suez, July 1957-January 1958
Dates:
1957-05 - 1958-01
Conditions Governing Access:
Some closed papers stored in separate folders
Series
Papers relating to individual countries, 1952 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
Dates:
1952 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to Oman, Australia and Thailand, 30 July- 9 August 1988 (1), 1988-07 - 1988-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/133
Scope and Contents
Includes: schedules and menus
Also includes: signed top copy of speech by Australian Prime Minister (Bob) Hawke, at a Parliamentary luncheon in honour of MT, Canberra, Australia, 3 August 1988 (presented to MT)
Dates:
1988-07 - 1988-08
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in July 2018
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to Oman, Australia and Thailand, 30 July- 9 August 1988 (2), 1988-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/134
Scope and Contents
Includes: press cuttings relating to the visit, and attached note for MT from Bernard Ingham (her Chief Press Secretary), August 1988
Also includes letter to MT from Admiral Sir William Staveley (First Sea Lord) relating to her visit to "HMS Manchester", Armilla Patrol, in the Gulf, 10 August 1988
Dates:
1988-07
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in July 2018
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.