Oceania (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4738 Collections and/or Records:
Item
3 legged race - Ionic Sports, 1929
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/1
Scope and Contents
75 x 56mm. A view showing boys taking part in a three-legged race on the deck of the 'Ionic'.
Dates:
1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
3 year cocoanuts [i.e. coconuts], 1905
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091C/3
Scope and Contents
202 x 149 mm. A view from high ground looking out over a large plantation of young palm trees.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
8 year old apple trees. Dr Dean, Bridgetown, 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/67
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. Showing field on a slope in background planted with apple trees, with fields and two horses in front.
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
30 Government Building, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 1876
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/36
Scope and Contents
360 x 260 mm. A view looking across the hillside behind the town towards the Government Building, a two storey wooden construction with a few officials standing outside the entrance. With small houses in the background.
Dates:
1876
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
153 x 201 mm. Picture shows: Lord Shepherd, Minister of State at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, signing the agreement., 1970-05
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/220
Scope and Contents
Agreement reached at Fiji Constitutional Conference in London
Dates:
1970-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
1300 bales of wool on Derby Jetty, N.W [i.e. north-west], 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/83
Scope and Contents
200 x 145 mm. Showing piles of bales on the jetty, while a horse-drawn trolley carries more along a rail line. Derby, situated inside King Sound, is one of the main exporting stations for cattle and sheep from the north-west districts of Western Australia.
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
2421 Nellies Grotto, Imperial Cave, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/17
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
2425 Grand Stalactite, Imperia Cave, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/16
Scope and Contents
150 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
3270 Underground River, R1, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/18
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Banana Plantation in the Port Moresby district, 1884
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/33
Scope and Contents
285 x 230 mm. A view showing people standing in a row in a cleared area, with a sailor standing beside a thatched house and banana plants behind fencing in the background. The photograph is an original for an illustration in Lyne, p. 100.
Dates:
1884
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A bit on the Milton and Lawrence Road, Otago, New Zealand, 1876
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/59
Scope and Contents
362 x 265 mm. A view looking down on the road which runs through a rocky gorge across two small stone bridges. Milton lies near the coast south west of Dunedin and this road follows the Clutha River north west up to Alexandra.
Dates:
1876
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A boundary dog near 'the Wolds' on the way to Lake Pukaki, 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6801
Scope and Contents
South Island, New Zealand. [Dog sitting near heap of rubbish].
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A bullock timber waggon, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/21
Scope and Contents
198 x 151 mm. A view on a country road, with woods on either side, showng a 12 strong bullock team transporting a large section of tree trunk. Negative number 933.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Bush Home, 1885 - 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/56
Scope and Contents
200 x 146 mm. A view showing a small wooden cabin with a mother and two children beside the doorway. The roofing is made in the characteristic settlers’ way with sheets of flattened tree-bark held down by a network of branches. The picture shows a small vegetable plot in the foreground. This photograph, and Y3087D/55, give a fascinating and evocative picture of the hardships of life outside the larger cities.
Dates:
1885 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Bush Road, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/35
Scope and Contents
285 x 225 mm. A view down a dirt road in the Bush, with a pony cart on the road.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
[A bush scene], 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/123
Scope and Contents
190 x 287 mm. A view showing trees and bushes in the countryside.
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
[A bush scene, Newton Boyd Road], 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/117
Scope and Contents
290 x 189 mm. A view in the bush showing a small pool in the foreground with woods behind. The picture is very similar to Y3086F/70 which was taken on the Newton Boyd Road.
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Chief's House, Fiji 23, 1920 - 1929
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/3/5
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Chief’s Hut, 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/189
Scope and Contents
New Caledonia A Chief’s Hut 151 x 201 mm. A view showing a group standing or lying in front of the chief’s hut, a conical thatched structure surmounted by a decorated spire. One figure in front of the hut wears European clothes. See Plate 200 for an interesting photograph of a New Caledonian house in the process of being built.
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A Chief’s Residence, New Caledonia, 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/201
Scope and Contents
152 x 196 mm. A view looking along a palm lined path, on which people are standing or sitting in small groups, towards the chief’s house, a similar structure to that seen in Plate 189. Photograph by Hughan.
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
[A closer view of a steep gangway with horse ascending it], 1899 - 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/21
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1899 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
File
A correct globe with the new discoveries: A correct globe with ye new constelations [sic] of Dr Halley &c, 1775
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.1.01
Scope and Contents
The pocket terrestrial globe is just 7 cm in diameter and is made of papier mâché with a plaster coating, over which the paper gores, printed from a copper plate and hand coloured, have been affixed. Its protective case is covered with sharkskin and lined with celestial gores. The whole item is an updated and adapted version of a pocket globe published by Herman Moll in 1719.Pocket globes were first produced in England by Joseph Moxon (1627–1691) and they remained in vogue well into...
Dates:
1775
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A country corduroy bridge, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/25
Scope and Contents
198 x 147 mm. An interesting photograph showing a cleared route through dense forest, with a rough bridge constructed from rows of tree trunks, and a man standing below the bridge as an indication of scale. Negative 113.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A country road, 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/2
Scope and Contents
205 x 150 mm. A view down the road, with a suited man standing at the roadside in front of a house partially obscured by trees. With a wooded hill behind.
Dates:
1910 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Item
A country road, with car, 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/3
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. A view down a county road, with a white open-topped car parked on the road. Beyond are wooded hills, with some land reclaimed and cultivated.
Dates:
1910 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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