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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4732 Collections and/or Records:

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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).
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Wheat crop, 400 acres ('Gillian'), Katanning, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/74
Scope and Contents

205 x 145 mm. View across a huge field, high with wheat, with a man standing among shoulder high crop.

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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Wheat farm, Southern District, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/12
Scope and Contents

196 x 150 mm. A view of a wheat field in a valley, showing a partially harvested field, with a horse-drawn harvester to the right of the picture. Negative number 1505.

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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Wheat in sheds, Fremantle Wharf, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/78
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. Showing wheat sacks piled 20 high, with a railway line for loading to one side, and workers posing for photographer.

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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Wheat on wharf, Fremantle, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/80
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing hundreds of sacks of wheat piled in front of the Customs House.

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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Wheat sheaves in stooks, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/11
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view of large wheatfield, with the corn packed in stooks, and a labourer in the foreground holding a bundle of wheat. Negative 1520.

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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Wheat Teams leaving a farm in the Western District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/64
Scope and Contents

A view showing loaded wagons pulled by large teams of horses.

Dates: 1908
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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Whenuapai aerodrome, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/76
Scope and Contents

70 x 55 mm. Group photograph. Persons identified as: 'Warcup, Barrow, Shanahan, C.O.'

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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Whinham Collegiate School, North Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/15
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260 x 205 mm. A three-quarter front view of the school buildings, with pupils grouped in front. The building is in Jeffcott Street, and was erected by Thomas Frost (1826-1910).

Dates: 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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White Naped Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7505
Scope and Contents

[Two].

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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White Terrace, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/35
Scope and Contents

197 x 142 mm. A close up view of some of the cups on the White Terrace showing the texture of the formations, with a Maori girl sitting in the background. See Y308B/100-101 and New Zealand Postcards 100-111 for images of the area before and after the eruption of Mt Tarawera, which destroyed the Terraces.

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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White Terrace, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/36
Scope and Contents

198 x 140 mm. A good general view of the Terrace, showing the formations and steam rising from the geyser above, which created the phenomenon. With a Maori standing in front of the Terrace. See Y308B/100-101 for other pictures.

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).