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Oceania (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Willow Vale Dairy, Bangalow, Nth. Coast District, N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/74
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of a herd of cows in a field, with farm buildings beyond and hills in the distance.

Dates: 1909
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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Wilson Hall, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/22
Scope and Contents

199 x 146 mm. An exterior view of the hall, a building in English perpendicular Gothic style, modelled on Oxford and Cambridge College lines, and designed by Joseph Reed. The cost was borne by Sir Samuel Wilson. The building was completed in 1879, and described by Sir Redmond Barry as being ‘florid but pure in taste’.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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Windmill on stream, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/30
Scope and Contents

130 x 195 mm. Photograph showing an Aboriginal Australian family beside a lake with a windmill behind.

Dates: 1894
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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Witches Cauldron, near Lofley’s, Taupo, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/27
Scope and Contents

142 x 198 mm. A view from the lakeside looking down on to the boiling spring, with steam rising from its mouth and an outlet running into the lake.

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).
 Sub-sub-class

Woitape, Papua [i.e. Papua New Guinea], 1960-08

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1493-1494
Scope and Contents

Showing a uniformed man carrying a rifle standing outside a hut.

Dates: 1960-08
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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Woitape, Papua [i.e. Papua New Guinea], 1960-08

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1495-1496
Scope and Contents

A view looking over felled trees at the valley beyond.

Dates: 1960-08
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).
 Sub-sub-class

Woitape, Papua [i.e. Papua New Guinea], 1960-08

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1499-1500
Scope and Contents

A view through fallen (or felled) trees of the hills beyond.

Dates: 1960-08
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).
 Sub-sub-class

Woitape, Papua [i.e. Papua New Guinea], 1960-08

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1501-1502
Scope and Contents

Showing an aeroplane beside a wooden/thatched building, and a large group of people.

Dates: 1960-08
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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Wollondilly Bridge, near Goulbourn, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/54
Scope and Contents

280 x 220 mm. Information given states '1 span of 90 feet, 2 spans 65 feet each, 6 approach spans, total length 325 feet'. A view from the river bank of the bridge, with wooden superstructure and wooden piers.

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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[Woman carrying breadfruit], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/51
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '28/2' next to '51. Other articles of food are bread fruit, taro (a root), yams, bananas (generally fried)'.

Dates: 1903
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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[Woman cutting a man's hair], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/29
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '27/10' next to '29.'

Dates: 1903
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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[Woman plaiting coconut fibre], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/39
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '26/11' next to '39. Plaiting fibre - pillow also mats, high dressing of hair'.

Dates: 1903
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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[Woman with umbrella], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/25
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '22/11' next to the following notes: '25. Diamond costume'

Dates: 1903
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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Women's College, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/58
Scope and Contents

206 x 132 mm. A view showing the front of the brick building, with verandahs and balconies on each floor, and a square tower at one end. The Women's College was incorporated as early as 1889, and in 1892 the first students took up residence in a hired house. The College itself came into use in 1894.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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[Wooded lakeside with two figures, hills in background], 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/42
Scope and Contents

183 x 132 mm. Possibly New Zealand.

Dates: 1870 - 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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[Wooded valley with timber buildings and water-powered cableway], 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/40
Scope and Contents

182 x 132 mm. Possibly New Zealand.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Wooden block with cut design for pressing the tapa upon, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7457
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. The design is impressed on the tapa by this block before being painted: Sir Everard Im Thurn's collection at Suva.

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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Wooden boomerang (returning), 1880 - 1900

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.8.01
Scope and Contents

Wooden boomerang similar to examples from Victoria and Western Australia in the late nineteenth century. Minor damage suggests it had been used in hunting or recreation.

Dates: 1880 - 1900
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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Wooden Clubs and stone axes, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7467
Scope and Contents

Sir Everard's collection.

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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Wool in Transit, Riverina, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/42
Scope and Contents

A view showing three wagons, piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse teams.

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).
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Wool sorting, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/7
Scope and Contents

194 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shed, where men are working at tables sorting wool into different grades. Negative number 214.

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).
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Wool stores on wharves at Timaru, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6840
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Railway trucks loaded with wooden planks].

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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Wool Teams on the road, Kinross, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/34
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view showing three wagons piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse-teams.

Dates: 1909
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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Woollahra, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/70
Scope and Contents

272 x 214 mm. View looking down along a row of very similar domestic houses in Gothic style, with steeply pitched slate roofs, rusticated quoins and window surrounds and very elaborately carved (? or cast) decorative bargeboards on the gable ends. Precise location unidentified (? possibly Queen Street).

Dates: 1870 - 1879
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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Wooloomooloo from Domain, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/3
Scope and Contents

217 x 149 mm. A view looking east from the Domain, across Woomooloomoo Bay to the town beyond. Some signs of industry can be seen at the water’s edge – wooden wharfs and some moored sailing ships. Woomooloomoo Bay is now a cramped industrial area, with an enormous wharf projecting out into the Bay.

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).