Australia
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Assembled Appendices., 1940 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/243A-D
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs of Appendix A (Abbreviations), Appendix B (Codenames), Appendix C (Prime Minister's Personal Minutes and Telegrams, 1941), Appendix D (Estimated British and German air strengths, December 1940), Appendix E (Monthly totals of shipping losses), Appendix F (Military directives and minutes, 1941), Appendix G (Prime Minister's personal minutes and telegrams, July to December 1941), Appendix H (Prime Minister's telegrams to the government of Australia), Appendix I (the...
Dates:
1940 - Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 1 "Australasian Anxieties"., Jan 1949 - Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/253A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 1 "Australasian anxieties" [provisionally entitled "The Dark Valley"]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [1st Lord] Ismay, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Sir Edward Marsh. Also includes correspondence from various individuals including William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] requesting that a letter should not be published because of political...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Miscellanea., Jun 1942 - Jan 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/300A-D
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and correspondence from individuals including: Charles Wood (5); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on various subjects including the Japanese assault on the Philippines and on tanks (20); Renee Harmer of Time Life International (3); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook], Secretary to the Cabinet on the publication of official documents and suggesting amendments to the text (7); William Deakin (23); 1st Lord Ismay with notes on the text (8); George Mallaby, Under...
Dates:
Jun 1942 - Jan 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Log book, observations and memoir of the HMS Investigator, 1795 - 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1795 - 1805
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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Log book of HMS 'Investigator', 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/130
Scope and Contents
A photocopy of pages from a 'Memoir explaining the construction of the charts of Australia, with remarks upon the observations for the latitude, longitude, and variation, made on board His Majesty's ship the Investigator, in the years 1801, 2, and 3; by Matthew Flinders Commander'. There are two main sections:1. Chapter VI: 'Of the incorporation, in Sheet No. 6, of those parts of Bass's Strait seen in the schooner Francis and sloop Norfolk in 1798 and 1799, with those laid in the...
Dates:
1974
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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Log book of the HMS Investigator, January 1803, 1803-01-07 - 1803-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 99r-106r
Scope and Contents
This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. The entries cover 7-31 January 1803 while the Investigator was in the Gulf of Carpentaria, at Groote Eylandt and travelling towards Cape Arnhem. Some observations of lunar distance are included.
For earlier sections of the log book, see also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 52r-97v].
Dates:
1803-01-07 - 1803-01-31
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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Log entries for 1-13 September 1802, 1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 68v-69r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, travelling from Thirsty Sound to Upper Head Broad Sound, Bay of Inlets.
Dates:
1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13
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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Log entries for 14-30 September 1802, 1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 71v-74r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries made off Upper Head Broad Sound and thence across to the Offing Isles towards the outer Northumberland Isles. Includes astronomical observations made near Upper Head Broad Sound, with accounts of the daily rates of the timekeepers.
Dates:
1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30
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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Log entries for 21-31 July 1802, 1802-07-21 - 1802-07-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 60v-63r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, travelling from Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, along the shore to the north coast via the Brothers, Cape Hawke, Break-Sea Spit and Sandy Cape; with the Lady Nelson in company.
Dates:
1802-07-21 - 1802-07-31
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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Log entries for April 1802, 1802-04-01 - 1802-04-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 44v-50r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries until 26 April; the weather, remarks & observations fields are largely left blank.
Dates:
1802-04-01 - 1802-04-26
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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Log entries for August 1802, 1802-08-01 - 1802-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 63v-68v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, examining the east coast of New Holland. Includes observations taken at Port No. 1, at Keppel Bay, and off Port No. 2 (Entrance Island).
Dates:
1802-08-01 - 1802-08-31
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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Log entries for December 1801 and early January 1802, 1801-12-05 - 1802-01-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 15r-20v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, travelling from the Cape of Good Hope towards the south west coast of New Holland, and in King George Sound and Princess Royal Harbour. Includes a set of observations made in Princess Royal Harbour, with accounts of the rates of the timekeepers and of the tides [RGO 14/64: 17r-20v].
Dates:
1801-12-05 - 1802-01-04
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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Log entries for December 1802, 1802-12-01 - 1802-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 89r-95v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries while in the southwest side of the Gulf of Carpentaria and off the isles of Cape Vanderlin. Includes some astronomical observations and a note on the stoppage of the timekeepers.
Dates:
1802-12-01 - 1802-12-31
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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Log entries for early January 1803, 1803-01-01 - 1803-01-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 96r-97v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries while in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with observations made to ascertain the errors of the timekeepers.
Dates:
1803-01-01 - 1803-01-06
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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Log entries for February and early March 1802, 1802-02-01 - 1802-03-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 29v-37r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, exploring the furthest south coast of New Holland including Nuyts Archipelago. The entry for 21 February records the loss of the cutter with eight men drowned [RGO 14/64: 34v]. Also included are observations (of altitudes, lunar distance and for the variation of the magnetic needle), an account of the rates and errors of the timekeepers, and an account of the tides.
Dates:
1802-02-01 - 1802-03-03
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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Log entries for November 1802, 1802-11-01 - 1802
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 81v-89r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries while in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with astronomical observations taken there and in the Torres Strait.
Dates:
1802-11-01 - 1802
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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Log entries for November and early December 1801, 1801-10-30 - 1801-12-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 4r-12v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries made in Simon’s Bay and while travelling from the Cape of Good Hope towards New Holland. The entries begin with a note on the departure of the astronomer John Crosley from the voyage on 30 October, and on the rates of the timekeepers.
Dates:
1801-10-30 - 1801-12-04
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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Log entries for October 1802, 1802-10-01 - 1802-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 74r-81v
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, travelling along the east coast of New Holland towards the Torres Strait, via the northern Northumberland Isles and Great Barrier Reef.
Dates:
1802-10-01 - 1802-10-31
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).
Series
Lord Lloyd's diaries, 1901 - 1911
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 26
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist of: personal material, including photographs, press cuttings and correspondence; papers on Eastern affairs, including reports and correspondence from Lloyd's time at Constantinople and official copies of telegrams to and from the Turkish Government; papers and correspondence from Lloyd's various Eastern postings in the First World War; papers from India, during Lloyd's governorship of Bombay and also later papers from Lloyd's membership of the India Group; official...
Dates:
1901 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
Fonds
Major-General Henry Despard: letter book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 279
Scope and Contents
Bound volume titled on spine, 'Commanding Officer's Letter Book | Private'. Contains summaries or full transcripts of over 300 letters, both private and official, relating to the period when Henry Despard was commanding the 99th Regiment in Sydney (1846-8) and Hobart Town (1848-54) and in undertaking special duties in the Victorian goldfields (1853). The correspondence largely relates to regimental organisation, discipline and welfare. 128pp., with index to letters at rear of volume.
Dates:
Mar. 1846-Aug. 1854
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Malta, 1919-09 - 1924-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/59
Scope and Contents
Colonial Office correspondence and memoranda on Malta, with correspondents including: Sir Gerald Strickland [Member of Malta Legislative Assembly] on circulating Empire news to counter propaganda, the new constitution, the influence of Italy, the use of English in Malta and the behaviour of ministers in Parliament (8); Edward Wood [Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, later 1st Lord Irwin and 1st Lord Halifax]; 1st Lord Plumer, Governor of Malta, on subjects including the Malta...
Dates:
1919-09 - 1924-03
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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Maps of Australia
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1217
Scope and Contents
A map of Australia showing various numbered peaks and areas.
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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Memoir explaining the construction of charts of Australia, 1801 - 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 213-247
Scope and Contents
With remarks on the observations for latitude and longitude, and on the variation of the compass. A narrative account, made by Captain Matthew Flinders, on a voyage of the HMS Investigator in the years 1801-1803; with a note dated 1805.
Dates:
1801 - 1805
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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Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray, 2002
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2002
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Memorandum book for 1801-1806, 1801 - 1806
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/2/10
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprised mainly of notes on the events of the day, appointments, remedies for colds and other ailments, household tips and expenses. Also includes notes on improving the lunar tables, on the rates of timekeepers, on his assistants, and notes on papers received from the Admiralty from Captain Matthew Flinders relative to the latitude, longitude and variation observed on the coast of New Holland or Australia.
Dates:
1801 - 1806
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).