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Oceania (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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West Australian: Front View, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/27
Scope and Contents

287 x 234 mm. A view showing the entrance to one of the Western Australian sections, with specimens of metals, minerals and timber.

Dates: 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).
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West end of Teste Island from anchorage, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/20
Scope and Contents

85 x 230 mm. A view of a bay surrounded by hills, with canoes in the water.

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).
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Western Australia, 1954 - 1989

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/50
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1954 - 1989
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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Western Australia Branch Newsletter, 1958 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/24
Scope and Contents From the Series: By the end of the nineteenth century, the society had established a large non-resident membership in the overseas empire and within the United Kingdom among those not living in the London area. At first a network of honorary corresponding secretaries was formed to manage the society's affairs outside London. In 1910 it authorised the establishment of local branches to increase membership and extend the scope of its activities. The first UK branch was formed in Bristol in 1913 and the first...
Dates: 1958 - 1985
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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Western Australia - Imperial Airways at Adelaide, en route for Ceduna, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/93
Scope and Contents

Showing passengers boarding.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Wet Jacket Arm [18 miles from Dusky Sound], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/34
Scope and Contents

194 x 140 mm. A view looking along the Sound, with a ship in the distance and steep hills on either side.

Dates: 1885
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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Whakarewarewa, 1900 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/9
Scope and Contents

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

Dates: 1900 - 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).
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Whakarewarewa - boiling spring, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/101
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Whakarewarewa [Hot Springs near Ohinemutu], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/5
Scope and Contents

196 x 146 mm. A view looking over scrubland towards the springs, from which steam is rising, with a Maori village situated around the springs. Ohinemutu (see Y308B103) is a Maori village on the edge of Lake Rotorua.

Dates: 1885
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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Whakarewarewa - Pohutu Geyser, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/99
Scope and Contents

85 x 140 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Whakarewarewa public baths, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/103
Scope and Contents

125 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Whakarewarewa - sulphur pool, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/102
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Whakarewarewa. The laundry, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/156
Scope and Contents

54 x 52 mm. Four people working outside the laundry at Whakarewarewa, a village in Rotorua,
New Zealand.

Dates: 1948
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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Wharepuni at Koriniti (Corinth), Wanganui River, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/44
Scope and Contents

198 x 135 mm. An interior view of this now dismantled house, with painted rafters and carved wooden statues holding up the central supporting poles. The house no longer exists, W.J. Phillips in ‘Carved Maori Houses’, (Wellington, 1955), using the same photograph of the interior. Burton’s use of the word Wharepuni seems inexact in these pictures, this term referring to houses with earth piled up at the sides for warmth.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
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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Wharepuni at Parekino, Wanganui River, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/24
Scope and Contents

198 x 140 mm. A view showing part of the entrance of an assembly house with a group of Maori women and children grouped in front. The woman standing at the right, next to the carved wooden figure, is named on the print ‘Nkagura’.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
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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Wharf, Hobart Town, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/180
Scope and Contents

187 x 97 mm. A view looking across Sullivan’s Cove showing the New Wharf and part of Salamanca Place, with a small steamer moored in the foreground and sailing ships moored at the new wharf.

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).
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Wharf. Port Darwin, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/123
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1925
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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Wharves and warehouses built on piles on reclaimed land : Wellington, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6935
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing Town Hall tower at the right].

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).
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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/48
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view showing the railway lines running alongside, with sailing ships at anchor.

Dates: 1887
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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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/49
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view of the railway lines with rolling stock and the harbour with numerous sailing ships in the background.

Dates: 1887
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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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/50
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view looking land-ward from the sea.

Dates: 1887
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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Wharves, Brisbane River, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/17
Scope and Contents

240 x 185 mm. A view from the river showing the wharves to the right, with a sailing vessel moored in the foreground, and a steamer behind.

Dates: 1886
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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What is left of the old Parliament Buildings, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6945
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Chiefly the Library: in front is seen a marble statue of John Balance, Premier before Seddon. [Fire destroyed wooden parlt. Blgs adjoining to the left in 1907. S.S.]

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).
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Whatipoho in Action, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/7
Scope and Contents

147 x 200 mm. A view showing the mouth of a geyser from which steam is emerging.

Dates: 1885
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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Wheat awaiting trainage, Gerogery, N.S. Wales, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/36
Scope and Contents

A view of a large number of stacked sacks of wheat waiting in the station yard at Gerogery, with two small boys sitting on one pile.

Dates: 1911
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).