Oceania (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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New Zealand Scenery c.1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089A
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced portfolio containing signed, mounted prints, measuring approximately 240 x 185 mm, with brief descriptive captions pasted to the mounts. It seems likely that these prints form only a part of the complete portfolio: apart from the small number of prints, their geographical location and subject matter seem somewhat unbalanced - six of the views are from a relatively compact area of the eastern section of the North Island, with only one print from the South Island...
Dates:
1870
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Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand scrapbooks of Sir Cecil Day
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 303
Scope and Contents
Three scrapbooks of press cuttings, invitations and other memorabilia, including many original photographs.
Dates:
1911 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Newscuttings on New Zealand immigration
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 307
Scope and Contents
A newspaper cuttings book originating from New Zealand, containing articles on immigration to New Zealand, 1849 and 1850; letters to newspaper editors, 1852; and articles and letters on the settlement of New Zealand, 1866-1868. There are also a few articles on immigration to Van Diemen's Land, Australia, New Brunswick, California, Natal and Chile. The latter discusses the 1868 South American earthquake. Some of the cuttings are mounted on loose cardboard. Near the back of the book are a...
Dates:
1849 - 1868
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Cambridge University Library
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Norfolk Island: Outline of its history from 1788 to 1884, Sydney : Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308698A
Scope and Contents
220 x 275 mm leather-bound book of 51 pages. The book is illustrated by one double-page and 13 full-page autotypes from original photographs, the printed surface of plates 2-14 approx. 22 x 165 mm. The reproductions are of varying quality, probably depending on that of the originals; at their best (e.g. plate 14) they are virtually indistinguishable from actual prints. They were taken and printed by Mr A. Dyer, Photo-Mechanical Operator of the Government Printing Office (see p.43). The...
Dates:
1885
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Cambridge University Library
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Notebook on Queensland Aboriginal languages
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 291
Scope and Contents
This notebook has no formal title, but its introductory note is headed 'Townsville Cleveland Bay, Queensland, August 31 1885'. It is signed by Charles Price (1842-1926), a draper of Townsville. The volume contains 172 pages of vocabulary, compiled over 16 years of collecting, with Aboriginal words in alphabetical order on the left hand page and English translations on the right. It also includes notes on pronunciation (two pages) and translations of Aboriginal songs and chants (four...
Dates:
1885 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Ocean Island litigation records
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 315
Scope and Contents
A comprehensive set of papers relating to Ocean Island Nos 1 and 2. The first box contains a file of correspondence, 1980-1981, regarding the gift of the collection to the R.C.S.
Dates:
1970 - 1978
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Cambridge University Library
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Orakei Korako, Rotarua, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Y
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm, captioned on the reverse. These scenic views of the Rotorua area are a commercial souvenir set and are contained in a printed envelope. Printed and published by Isle's Photo Finishing Service, Rotorua.
Dates:
1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Panorama of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089M
Scope and Contents
Two prints joined to measure 557 x 189 mm and with the title handwritten at the top of the print. The panorama shows the small settlement at the end of the North Shore, with houses and bungalows gathered round the far side of the small beach in the foreground. At the left of the print is a jetty leading out into Waitemata Harbour, with Auckland visible in the distance across the water.
Dates:
1870
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of A.B. Brewster
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 355
Scope and Contents
A diary, a scrapbook and a printed book.
Dates:
1870 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of Douglas Hope Johnston
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 285
Scope and Contents
Papers, and a few photographs, relating primarily to Admiral Arthur Phillip and the Australian Pioneers, but also concerning Canada and New Zealand. There are pamphlets, programmes and other material accumulated by Hope Johnston, many of which were originally given to his friends and acquaintances, and include his lavish annotations. There are also items written by Hope Johnston and correspondence relating to different aspects of his work. The collection is in English with the exception...
Dates:
1901 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10
Dates:
1907 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers on North Queensland exploration
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 293
Scope and Contents
Six items relating to exploration in North Queensland, preceded by a list of contents signed 'H. Ling Roth'.1. "'Map of the Port Mackay District' given to me by Edmund Rawson as the original map made by Captain John Mackay but repudiated by him when published in facsimile in my book. So either Rawson made a mistake or I misunderstood him", 13" x 10½", undated.2. 'Expedition to Cape York 1862', typescript copied from the 'Brisbane Courier', 15 November...
Dates:
1862 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papua New Guinea, New Hebrides photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3094A
Scope and Contents
Album of photographs, two to a page, measuring approximately 150 x 100 mm, and all captioned beneath the print. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The majority of the photographs depict Indigenous peoples, the captions identify them in English or German, pencilled on loose labels. Images include Head houses, idols and artefacts, village...
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Peeps in sunny Queensland
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085R
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced portfolio containing three black and white photographs of bush scenes, with captions on the front of the prints.
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographic cigarette cards of New Zealand and the Pacific
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Z
Scope and Contents
60 x 40 mm.
1-11, 15-17 By Henry Winkelmann (1861-1931) who was a leading photographer in Auckland from the 1890s. Numbers 6 and 11 were issued with Golden Floss Cigarettes and the remainder with White Ensign Cigarettes. They all have titles on their fronts.
12-14 From a series of 50, 'Beautiful New Zealand', issued with Three Castles Virginia Cigarettes, taken by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office, and have printed descriptions on the backs.
Dates:
1880 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographic views: Queensland
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E
Scope and Contents
Commercially produced album with printed title page giving picture captions. Prints are mainly 260 x 200 mm; most are of Brisbane. Photographer unknown, probably by various hands. Plate 4 is captioned on print: 'S. Lomer and Co.'.
Dates:
1860 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced album containing mounted prints measuring approximately 190 x 140 mm and showing scenes in Sydney and the surrounding countryside. With brief identifying captions and reference numbers on prints.
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints showing views in Sydney and the surrounding countryside, with brief pencilled captions beneath the photographs.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Canada
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R
Scope and Contents
Eighteen loose professional photographs and two engraved prints, mainly showing Canadian landscapes. The collection also includes four photographs of Australia. Several of the images are captioned on the reverse.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of [England], Samoa and Hawaii from the Powell Collections
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted photographs of various sizes, generally uncaptioned. Inside the front cover of the album is written: 'Taken by Wilfred Powell, Deputy Commissioner for the Western Pacific of Samoa,' but the photographs were probably also taken by members of his family - and by the commercial photographer J. Davis of Apia, who died in 1903. Davis’s shop appears in Y309B/50. Little information is given with regard to locations and events, and many of the captions composed must be...
Dates:
1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Fiji
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091E
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs, most mounted on card and measuring approximately 220 x 165 mm. By various photographers on behalf of official government agencies and commercial organisations (mainly the Public Relations office, Suva and BOAC). Many of the Public Relations Office photographs are personally credited to Rob Wright. The pictures have detailed typewritten captions either on the mount or attached to the reverse of the print. They give a fairly comprehensive depiction of...
Dates:
1950 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of New Zealand, Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Norway, Samoa and Fiji
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF
Scope and Contents
The compiler and provenance of this photograph album are unknown. It captures a diverse range of subjects and places. Captions have been reproduced as they appear in the album. The majority of photographs relate to New Zealand and most are the work of Arthur James Isles (1870-1943), probably the son of the Oamaru photographer James Isles. Arthur Isles established a studio at Thames in the early 1890s and later settled in Rotorua. He exhibited at the Christchurch International Exhibition of...
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Queensland agriculture
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085L
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs relating to agriculture in Queensland. They fall into three distinct groups of four prints: four sepia prints on flimsy paper, four glossy sepia prints on heavier paper, and (probably of a later date) four miscellaneous black and white prints.
Dates:
1890 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs of Queenstown, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089W
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints (probably originally 12), measuring approximately 80 x 60 mm and captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set contained in a printed envelope, published by R.C. Griffiths of Queenstown.
Dates:
1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs of Samoa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A
Scope and Contents
A collection of 54 photographs, in two sizes measuring approximately 200 x 135 mm and 240 x 180 mm, most briefly captioned on the reverse. These captions have been reproduced. The photographs fall under five main headings:1-23 Samoan people, crafts, scenery and life24-26 The hurricane of 188927-41 Scenes and people connected with the Samoan Civil War of 189942-45 Robert Louis Stevenson and friends46-53 Scenes in Pago Pago (Tutuila Island, American Samoa)54 ...
Dates:
1899 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library