Australia
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 626 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence with overseas institutions, 1965-04-14 - 1966-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/567
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Canadian, New Zealand and other overseas observatories and universities, including J.F. Heard, Director of the David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, and R.T. Wallace, Dean of Administration at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Dates:
1965-04-14 - 1966-06-27
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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Correspondence with telegraph companies, 1860 - 1866
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/630
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various telegraph companies concerned mainly with the failure of time signals, the refurbishment and repairs of wires, the connections with the Royal Observatory, and the trials of overhead wires. There are papers regarding tests on the Dartford Earth current wires; the damage and restoration of telegraph wires due to snowstorms; Airy's details of telegraphic equipment and methods employed at the Royal Observatory, found in 'Description of the galvanic connexions'; a...
Dates:
1860 - 1866
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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David Binnie: World tour diaries and photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8558-8560
Dates:
1873-1874
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).
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Cambridge University Library
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Draft instructions for John Crosley to go on a voyage to New Holland on board HMS Investigator on a scientific expedition, 1801-03-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/185: 4-4c
Scope and Contents
The letter gives instructions on observations to be taken on board ship, details of observations to be taken on shore, general directions and an inventory of required instruments, books and charts.
Dates:
1801-03-07
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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D[rosera] dichotoma / This curious & for its genus gigantic spe[cies] is an inhabitant of Australia (?) [application of carbonate of ammonia, albumen, fibrin], 1809-09-11 - 1882-09-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.1: 139-143
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-09-11 - 1882-09-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera heterophylla from Australia Sondera (Lindley) dry from Kew, 1874-10-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 137r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Sir Francis Darwin pp Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1874-10-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera spathulata Australian from Kew, 1860-09-27 - 1860-09-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 54: 5r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1860-09-27 - 1860-09-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Fonds
Edward John Dunn: autobiographical and geological papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 39
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical notes and drafts; newspaper cuttings relating to mining; offprints and publications by Dunn or given to Dunn, referencing his work; correspondence; notes.
Dates:
1844 - 1948
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 rcs@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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Cambridge University Library
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Empire Parliamentary Association, 1913-09 - 1914-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/23
Scope and Contents
Photographs and some press cuttings from the visit to Australia by the British branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association, with a programme from the branch's visit to South Africa.
Dates:
1913-09 - 1914-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Empire Tour: correspondence and invitations, 1926-01 - 1927-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on arrangements and invitations for LSA's tour include: R Laing, Manager of the Passenger Department, the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited (4); representatives of the Mercantile Marine Department, Board of Trade, on travel and accommodation (6); 1st Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia [earlier John Baird] (3); the Governor of New South Wales [Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair]; [Arthur] Cosmo Parkinson [Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office]; 14th Lord Lovat...
Dates:
1926-01 - 1927-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Empire Tour: Empire Parliamentary Association notes, 1926-10 - 1927-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/24
Scope and Contents
Notes on the Empire Parliamentary Association made in connection with LSA's Empire Tour, including: letters from Sir Howard d'Egville and [Ernest] Owen Clough, Secretary of the Association's South Africa branch; notes by d'Egville on the work of the Association in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; extracts from the journal of the Parliaments of the Empire on the Imperial Conference; reports of Parliamentary conferences in Australia, 1926;...
Dates:
1926-10 - 1927-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Empire Tour photographs, 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/22
Scope and Contents
Photographs from LSA's Empire Tour, including photographs from Australia.
Dates:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Empire Tour: printed material and programmes, 1927-07 - 1928-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/23
Scope and Contents
Includes: pamphlet by Sir [James] Percy FitzPatrick on the controversy over the South African flag; itineraries, including detailed itineraries for LSA's tours of New South Wales and Queensland [Australia]; programmes and menus; print of speeches given by LSA in South Africa.
Dates:
1927-07 - 1928-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Empire Tour speeches: Australia, 1927-10 - 1927-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/14
Scope and Contents
Annotated texts of LSA's Empire Tour speeches from Australia on subjects including Australian defence forces, co-operation within the Empire, the Imperial Conferences, immigration, Empire trade, the development of Australian industry, and Imperial Preference.
Dates:
1927-10 - 1927-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Expression queries (answers summarised geographically): Australia, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 186: 20r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Expression queries (answers summarised geographically): Australia and India, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 186: 22r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Expression queries (answers summarised geographically): Australia (continued), 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 186: 21r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Extract from Captain Matthew Flinders' memoir on the construction of his charts, 1806-05-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 75
Scope and Contents
Copied by Dr Maskelyne from pencil writing in Flinders' memoir; with reference made to Australia, Bass Strait and Torres Strait.
Dates:
1806-05-19
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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I find Pimelea spectabilis has bloom, 1877-06-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 66: 78r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1877-06-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.