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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4939 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

The Burning of the Garden Palace, 1882

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086A
Scope and Contents A commercially produced album containing mounted photographs, measuring approximately 280 x 225 mm, and four pages of explanatory text, commemorating the fire which destroyed the exhibition hall on 22nd September 1882. The album consists of one photograph of the undamaged building and 16 of various parts of the ruins. Prints are without captions.The origins of the building lay in the New South Wales Government's decision in 1878 to hold an International Exhibition in Sydney. In...
Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Fonds

The cabinet portfolio: Queensland scenery

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085I
Scope and Contents

A commercially produced portfolio containing twelve prints, each 130 x 105 mm, mounted on card with printed captions, showing scenes in and around Brisbane. Photographer and publisher George P Wright, James Street, Valley, Brisbane.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access: 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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The Captain of the ‘Southern Cross’, Captain Bongard, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/56
Scope and Contents

151 x 204 mm. A full length portrait of Captain Bongard standing at the helm of the ‘Southern Cross’. It was Bongard, a mate of the earlier mission ship, also named ‘Southern Cross’, who found Bishop John Patteson’s corpse in a canoe anchored off Nukapu, ‘Wrapped in a mat, with a palm branch on it, the fronds being tied into five knots’, p. 156.

Dates: 1892
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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The Cataract Gorge and bridge, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6610
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Looking west along the gorge with high path on stilts on the right. Boats visible beyond the iron bridge across the river].

Dates: 1910-01
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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The Cataract Gorge, Launceston, looking east, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6609
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing pathway on stilts above the river with falls of water from it. Trees among cliffs above the river].

Dates: 1910-01
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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The Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6612
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing pathway on stilts along under the cliffs on the left of the picture].

Dates: 1910-01
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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The Cataract Gorge: South Esk: Launceston, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6608
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1910-01
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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The Cataract Gorge, South Esk, Launceston, Tasmania, 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6608
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

Dates: 1909-11
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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The Cathedral and the Town Hall, Sydney, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/112
Scope and Contents

205 x 144 mm. A view from the junction of Bathurst Street and George Street, with St Andrew’s Cathedral on the left and the Town Hall on the right.

Dates: 1888 - 1889
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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The Cathedral, from Little River at Paggarty, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/77
Scope and Contents

200 x 147 mm. A view looking across cleared land to the Cathedral Mountains in the distance.

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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The Cauldron, Whaka, 1900 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/16
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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The Caves House, Jenolan, N.S.W., 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7609
Scope and Contents

[View from hillside down to large house among trees and smaller house on hillside opposite].

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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'The Challenge', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7596
Scope and Contents

Male ostrich.

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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The 'Champagne Pool', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6984
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

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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The Circular Quay, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/84
Scope and Contents

270 x 208 mm. A view from the hill to the west of the Circular Quay looking east towards the Botanical Gardens and the south side of the docks, with merchants’ premises, shops, and sailing ships moored to the wharves. This photograph was taken before the building of the Customs House.

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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The Circular Quay, Sydney, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/8
Scope and Contents

A view of the curving road at the south side of the quay looking west, with trams and pedestrians. Wharves and shipping (not visible) are to the right of the picture. On the right can be seen notices advertising the ferry services to various of the pleasure spots - 'Mossman Bay - Fare 2d.', 'Neutral Bay - Fare 2d.', 'Manly Beach', etc.

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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The City Hotel, Sandhurst, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/21
Scope and Contents

178 x 123 mm. An exterior view of the hotel, a narrow stone building with iron-work verandahs on the first floor. A horse carriage stands in front of the hotel which was built in 1872, at the height of the Bendigo building boom, and is situated at Charing Cross, just beyond Pall Mall.

Dates: 1875
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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The coach on road from Derby to Scottsdale stopping at the 'Camp Inn', Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6595
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing a coach and four with two grooms in attendance and four hatted ladies seated on outside seats of the coach].

Dates: 1910-01
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-Fonds

The colony of Victoria: some of its industries, 1896

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/37
Scope and Contents

A paper read to the Royal Colonial Institute, 17 November 1896.

Dates: 1896
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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The continuous settling system in the Sugar Mill, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7349
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Interior view in the sugar mill. Same view with slightly different exposures].

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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The continuous settling system in the Sugar Mill, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7350
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Interior view in the sugar mill. Same view with slightly different exposures].

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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The corridor for convalescents : Christchurch Hospital, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6886
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Covered corridor seen from the outside].

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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The Council Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/25
Scope and Contents

363 x 262 mm. A view showing the wooden Council Chambers situated at the end of Hill Street with the harbour and shipping 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).
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The Court House, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086W/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Collection of professional photographs, each 90 x 70 mm, published for the Yass Newsagency by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney and Melbourne. Yass is 43 miles north of Canberra. Its population in 1947 was 3254.

Dates: 1949
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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The Courthouse, Hamilton, N.Z., 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/30
Scope and Contents

Captioned 'Photo by Cartwright 2831'.

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).