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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 598 Collections and/or Records:

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Summaries of observations made between December 1801 and July 1802, 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 55v-60v
Scope and Contents

Includes accounts of the rates and errors of the timekeepers by Earnshaw and Arnold, and summaries of observations to determine longitude made in Princess Royal Harbour, at Bay 10, in Port Phillip Bay and at Cattle Point on the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.

Dates: 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Log book, observations and memoir of the HMS Investigator / Journal of the voyage of HMS Investigator, 1802 and 1803
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Survey of Australian sites, 1964-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1181
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A report by A.R. Hogg on surveys of Western Australian Astronomical Sites entitled 'Mt. Singleton Observations 1963'.

Dates: 1964-02
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of Roderick Redman
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Swan in the Down..., 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 200ar
Scope and Contents

British spec[ies] white with light brownish beak - Black Australian swan is even lighter coloured


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.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants' / 'Descent of man' first edition: correspondence and material relating to birds / 'Descent of man' first edition: material relating to birds / Birds-145 Note
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Tour programmes for MT's overseas visits, 1979 & September 1980, 1979-06 - 1980-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/10
Scope and Contents Part 1, 1979: includes programmes for MT's visit to G7 summit, Tokyo, Japan, June 1979, and her visit to Australia, June-July 1979 (see also photographs of Tokyo (THCR 8/1/20 and 8/2/8) and Australian tours (THCR 8/1/21 and 8/2/8)) Part 2, 1980: programme for MT's visit to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], September 1980 (see also THCR 5/1/5/44 (Private Office speech file) and THCR 8/1/31 and 8/2/9...
Dates: 1979-06 - 1980-09
Conditions Governing Access: Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 opened in March 2011 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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS / Margaret Thatcher's personal filing / Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders
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Transcript of interview: Adrian Sindall, 2008

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 120
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2008
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Charles Cullimore, 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 119
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2009
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Dennis Amy, 1998

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 45
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1998
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Herbert Tucker, 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1996
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: John Hickman, 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1995
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Roger Beetham, 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 63
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir (Arthur) John Coles, 2000

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 46
Scope and Contents

Also includes a copy of a pamphlet written by Coles for the New Europe group, on British influence and the euro.

Dates: 2000
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Barder, 1997 - 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 22
Scope and Contents Also includes recordings of the 45-minute BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Reunion', broadcast on 30 August 2009, and also of the longer discussion from which the programme was taken, where five people who were closely involved in the international Ethiopia famine relief programme in the mid-1980s were reunited to discuss their memories of those events. The participants were: Sir Brian Barder; International Red Cross nurse Claire Bertschinger; the BBC reporter Michael Buerk; Dawit Wolde Giorgis,...
Dates: 1997 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: Access copies of the cds are available: please contact Churchill Archives Centre if you wish to listen to them.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir Ivor Roberts, 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 108
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2007
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir John Leahy, 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 52
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2001
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir Roger Carrick, 2004

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 86
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2004
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/10/64-65
Scope and Contents

Letter from 3rd Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia (Melbourne) to WSC on subjects including: military service in Australia; WSC's success at the Admiralty; comparisons in the press between Australia's and Canada's contributions to the Navy and criticism aimed at Australians for wanting their own navy.

Dates: 19 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/29/64-65
Scope and Contents

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Anglo-Australian Naval Agreement: WSC complains about the delays put in the way of a naval conference with the Australians and other Dominion representatives, and comments on the difficulty of getting officers to volunteer for Commonwealth service. [Carbon].

Dates: 18 Jun 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/277-284
Scope and Contents

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/26/57-61
Scope and Contents Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval aviation in the Mediterranean, supporting WSC's proposal to establish air stations at Malta and Gibraltar. Hamilton comments on the possibility of the Navy assuming full responsibility for the defence of places like Malta and Gibraltar, and also mentions his current visit to Australia, reporting a discussion with Senator Millen, the Defence Minister, on...
Dates: 07 Mar 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and memoranda.
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(Untitled), 20 May 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/9/47-48
Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral Sir George King-Hall [Commander-in- Chief, Australia Station], (Admiralty House, Sydney), to WSC, sending a copy [not present] of his speech in which he argued that the Commonwealth should contribute its fair share to Imperial defence; he also comments on the success of the Royal Australian Navy, and the execution of War Orders.

Dates: 20 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/74-75
Scope and Contents

Letter from Frederick Butler [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] to James Masterton-Smith [Private Secretary to WSC], on the concerns of the Australian Government at the detention of Australian transports for special service at the Dardanelles.

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/47-48
Scope and Contents

Letter from A.G. Hill to WSC, congratulations on letter of support for Frederic Horne, Liberal candidate in the Ludlow By-Election [Shropshire], and on the free trade campaign in Australia, particularly the success of free trade candidates in elections for the House of Representatives in New South Wales.

Dates: 25 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/15/59
Scope and Contents

Letter from Senator Pulsford to WSC, on support for free trade in Australia.

Dates: 19 Jan 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), [1904]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/132
Scope and Contents

Memorandum by Sidwell Shotton on Australian Naval Defence [incomplete].

Dates: [1904]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Army: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/114-115
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC requesting liaison with Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to British War Cabinet] to provide information about policy development before decisions are implemented.

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams (copies).

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