Australia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:
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Itineraries: Australia, 1974-08 - 1974-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/35
Scope and Contents
Papers from CS's visit to Australia for trade talks, September 1974, including: itinerary and programmes; records of meetings; transcripts of CS's speech at the National Press Club luncheon, a press conference and annotated press statement at the end of the visit; press cuttings.
Dates:
1974-08 - 1974-10
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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Journal of the voyage in the HMS Investigator, 1801-1802, 1795 - 1802-04-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 3r-50v
Scope and Contents
This is the first of three sections of the log book for the voyage; see also [RGO 14/64: 52r-97v] and [RGO 14/64: 99r-106r]. Also included here are unrelated pages from a voyage [of HMS Thetis?] dated 1795-1797.
Dates:
1795 - 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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Journal of the voyage of HMS Investigator, 1802 and 1803, 1801-12 - 1803-01-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 52r-97v
Scope and Contents
This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. See also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 99r-106r].
Dates:
1801-12 - 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).
Series
Legal Business, Overseas and International Affairs, 1947 - 1978
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DGFT 5
Scope and Contents
These papers mainly relate to African and Asian countries.
Dates:
1947 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open (except for a few files which are closed under data protection) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
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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Letter concerning a chronometer purchased in New South Wales by Commander Mitchell of HMS Slaney, 1827-05-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 25
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1827-05-24
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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Letter from [Christian Carl] Rumker to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 217-218
Scope and Contents
Providing an extract of his last observations at the observatory at Parramatta and requesting government confirmation of the grant of 1000 acres of land at Stone Quarry Creek (which he had received from the governor).
Dates:
1822-06-28
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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Letter from James Basire, 1788-02-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/16: 311-313
Scope and Contents
Regarding engraving work done on a chart of Australia ('New Holland') and New Zealand.
Dates:
1788-02-27
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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Letter from James Inman to [Nevil Maskelyne], 1803-08-05 - 1803-08-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 209-216
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations taken at Garden Island, Sydney, New South Wales, and his equipment and instruments. A postscript concerns a gift of a pet for Miss Maskelyne, with mention of the different animals of the country.
Dates:
1803-08-05 - 1803-08-08
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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Letter from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1795-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 98-105
Scope and Contents
Sent from New South Wales, concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1795-10-06
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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Letter from P.M. Roget of the Royal Society, 1828-02-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 220-221
Scope and Contents
Concerning the reduction of the observations taken at Parramatta Observatory under Sir Thomas Brisbane.
Dates:
1828-02-02
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).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1790-07-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 302-304a
Scope and Contents
Reporting on his work at the observatory at Sydney, and describing the main hindrances to his work (including the lack of 'men of business' in the country, the 'unfortunate want of abilities' of the surveyor of lands, and his problems with the Governor). The letter also includes a description of the local topography of Sydney and his opinion of the country - 'a more dreary, dismal, barren, inanimated [sic] country I believe does not exist anywhere in the whole world'.
Dates:
1790-07-26
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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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 249-250
Scope and Contents
Concerning a fault in the sextant and requesting a replacement instrument; also concerning his desire to be placed in the land detachment.
Dates:
1787-01-25
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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Letters, A - Z, 1917-01 - 1917-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (mainly consisting of letters written by LSA while Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet) between LSA and correspondents including: Professor William Adams [Secretary to the Prime Minister], on LSA's memoranda about Ireland (2); Christopher Addison [Minister in Charge of Reconstruction], on LSA's idea for extending postal rates to Empire trade; Waldorf Astor [Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister], on LSA's ideas on proportional representation; Lieutenant-Colonel John...
Dates:
1917-01 - 1917-12
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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Letters concerning the purchase of two chronometers for New South Wales, 1829 - 1830
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 328-335
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection contains a complete set of astronomical observation ledgers, with clock error notes, computation ledgers, star catalogues, weather records and correspondence. There are observations of comets, including measurements taken of Encke's Comet, 1828, and Halley's Comet, 1835, and observations of rockets, made with Sir James South in 1831. The papers include Pond's measurements for his work on the proper motions of stars, stellar parallax and other subjects, as well as substantial...
Dates:
1829 - 1830
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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Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell: transcripts, 1941-10 - 1941-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/21
Scope and Contents
Letters on subjects including: visiting India, Australia and New Zealand; the Japanese advance; the sinking of HMSS Prince of Wales and Repulse.
Dates:
1941-10 - 1941-12
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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Letters from parents, 1938-02-27 - 1939-08-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Letters to JEP in Australia from his parents, on subjects including: JEP's work at the University of Sydney, Australia [as Professor of Greek]; his publications, including work on the Rendel Harris Papyri, and his poems, Casting Off; the approach of war; JEP's preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature]; news from Trinity College [Cambridge]; JEP's finances.
Also includes letters from others, including Colin Hardie [Tutor in Classics], Magdalen...
Dates:
1938-02-27 - 1939-08-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters from the Queen to Churchill, 1952-08 - 1962-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 1/8
Scope and Contents
Letters from Queen Elizabeth II on subjects including: Churchill's correspondence with Harry S Truman, President of the United States, on a joint message to Mohammed Mussadiq [Prime Minister of Iran, also known as Mohammed Mossadeq and Mosaddegh] over the oil dispute with Iran; the Queen's respect for "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne]; her Christmas broadcast (1952); horseracing; the Bermuda Conference (1953); her tour of the Commonwealth (1953-54), particularly her...
Dates:
1952-08 - 1962-02
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed.
Sub-Series
Letters to Europe, 1810-1898 (with one photocopy made in c. 1983)
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C11
Scope and Contents
Fair copies of letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. (C11/4-60) and its precursors (C11/1-3), Canton, Macao and Hong Kong, to places in Europe, including some to the United States, Australia and other locations. C11/4 also includes some letters from Europe. C11/1-3 and C11/6-60 includes indexes of recipients.
Dates:
1810-1898 (with one photocopy made in c. 1983)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Sub-Series
Letters to India, 1800-1883 (with some photocopies made in c. 1983)
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C10
Scope and Contents
Fair copies of letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. (J10/15-67) and its precursors (J10/1-14), Canton, Macao and Hong Kong, to correspondents in India, as well as some in the East Indies, Australia and other locations. Most of the letters are unsigned. Prior to 1832 the letters are from the companies that preceded Jardine, Matheson & Co., notably Charles, Magniac & Co. and Magniac & Co. C10/2-63 and C10/65-67 include indexes of recipients.
Dates:
1800-1883 (with some photocopies made in c. 1983)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Letters to parents: letters from Australia, 1938-02-18 - 1938-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/1
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his journey to Australia and work at the University of Sydney, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; sales of First Poems.
Also includes annotated typescripts of JEP's article Religion at the Stake, and an article [? by JEP], The Aim of Education.
Dates:
1938-02-18 - 1938-10-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters to parents: letters from Australia, 1938-10-11 - 1939-09-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his work at the University of Sydney, Australia, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; his poetry; the approach of war, including the German invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; his preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also includes: letter from Maurice Pryce [fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge]; drafts of lectures and articles by JEP, The Case...
Dates:
1938-10-11 - 1939-09-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters to parents: letters from Australia (copies), 1938-02-18 - 1990-12-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/4
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters, edited by Professor Kenneth Cable, Associate Professor of History at Sydney University, Australia, from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his work at the University of Sydney, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; his poetry, particularly First Poems; the approach of war, including the German invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; his preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also...
Dates:
1938-02-18 - 1990-12-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10 [eventually entitled "Recovery and Reform" and included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various pre-war proofs., [1938] - [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/411
Scope and Contents
Includes typed drafts and galley proofs (marked printer's copy and first revise) for chapters entitled "The Crimean War", "Canada: 1660-1780", "Canada: 1780-1812", "The Loyalists", "New Zealand", "Australia", "The Locust Years (1815-32)", "The Monarchy and the Divorce (1820-22)", "Tory England (1822-27)", "The Dissolution of Eighteenth-Century England (1827-30)", "The Passing of the Great Reform Bill (1830-32)", "Reform and Beyond (1832-54)", "England: 1832-37", "England: 1837-46", "South...
Dates:
[1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10, "Recovery and Reform" [eventually included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various post-war revises., Nov 1954 - Jan 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/436A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some described as first, second, third, fourth, penultimate, or last revise, "duplicate", or second draft) and manuscript and typed drafts for: provisional chapter lists; chapters entitled "The Locust Years" or "The Tory Peace" or "The Victory Peace", "Prelude to Reform" or "Canning and the Duke", "The Migration of the Peoples. I: Canada and South Africa", "The Migration of the Peoples. II: Australia and New Zealand", "Reform and Beyond" or "Reform and Free Trade",...
Dates:
Nov 1954 - Jan 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open