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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4738 Collections and/or Records:

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Aboriginal Display, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/24
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm. Showing Aboriginal Australians on their hands and knees, while a man in a kangaroo skin leaps between them.

Dates: 1901-05
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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Aboriginal Display, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/25
Scope and Contents

205 x 130 mm Showing a line of Aboriginal Australians holding spears, boomerangs and painted shields.

Dates: 1901-05
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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Aboriginal Display, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/26
Scope and Contents

205 x 130 mm. Showing a group of Aboriginal Australians in a semi-circle around a man wearing kangaroo skin. The sequence of photographs possibly represents a symbolic hunt, although Wallace, who describes the event in ‘The Web of Empire’, makes no specific mention of it.

Dates: 1901-05
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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Aboriginal Display, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/27
Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. Photograph showing a mock fight between A. Meston (see Y3085J/18) and an Aboriginal Australian. Photograph blurred through movement.

Dates: 1901-05
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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Aboriginal group, Australia, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011W/7
Scope and Contents

140 x 82 mm. Portrait of four Aboriginal Australians, their bodies decorated with paint and holding spears, with similar figures in the background.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Aboriginal rock shelter, Greenough river, Geraldton area, 1906-04-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/69
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view looking north from a small stone cave. Photograph W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 263.

Dates: 1906-04-14
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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Aborigines-Gippsland, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/86
Scope and Contents

200 x 149 mm. A posed portrait of a group of Aboriginal Australians (in European clothes) in front of a windbreak made from branches and leaves, with a lake in the background. Photographer possibly Charles Bayliss (Y308A/90).

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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Above the Barron Falls, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7538
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. North Queensland. [Rocks at the top with falls just visible].

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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Above the Barron Falls, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7539
Scope and Contents

North Queensland. [Rocks at the top with falls just visible].

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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Accommodation House [Waimangu] after eruption, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1924
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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Accommodation House [Waimangu] before eruption, 1924

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

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

Dates: 1924
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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Accreditation to Western Samoa, 1976 - 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/8
Scope and Contents

This file contains copies of official documents regarding Smedley’s appointment as non-resident High Commissioner of Western Samoa and its announcement, December 1976; newspaper cuttings reporting on the posting; copies of the Samoan welcome speech to Smedley and his reply; invitation cards for Samoan functions; Christmas cards from Chief Malietoa Tanumafili; tourist brochures and maps; and programme for 15th anniversary celebrations of independence, 1977 (circa 60 sheets).

Dates: 1976 - 1977
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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Acheson Passage, Dusky Sound, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/32
Scope and Contents

190 x 139 mm. A view looking along the Sound, with steep, tree covered hillside running down to the water’s edge.

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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Actinolite rock on Marble Bar, 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/53
Scope and Contents

151 x 108 mm. A view showing actinolite outcrops on a hillside on the Nullagine Road ten miles south of Marble Bar. The outcrops take the form of clusters of sharp pencilled shaped rock (probably green hornblende) projecting from the hillside. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 129.

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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Addington Sale Yards : Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7092
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Cattle for local consumption. [View of cattle in pens].

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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Addington Sale Yards : Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7094
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Sale of store sheep to farmers. New Zealand.

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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Addington Sale Yards: Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7095
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Sale of store sheep to farmers. New Zealand.

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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Addington Sale Yards: Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7096
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Sale of store sheep to farmers. New Zealand.

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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Addington Sale Yards: Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7097
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Sale of store sheep to farmers. New Zealand. [Shows wooden building with flag flying beside it and Christchurch Sale Yard written on the side. Roof line a gentle curve].

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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Addington Sale Yards : Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7086
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Selling fat lambs for freezing. New Zealand. [Showing lambs in wooden pens and auction proceeding].

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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Addington Sale Yards : Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7090
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Cattle for local consumption. [View of cattle in pens].

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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Addington Sale Yards : Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7091
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Cattle for local consumption. [View of cattle in pens].

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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Adelaide, a French steamer, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/33
Scope and Contents

Showing the steamer moored at Adelaide Harbour.

Dates: 1901
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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Adelaide, from Post Office Tower, looking South-West, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/6
Scope and Contents

260 x 205 mm. A view out over Franklin Street, to the edge of the city, but with open country in the distance, and a timber yard behind Franklin Street.

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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Adelaide from the Hills, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/169
Scope and Contents

216 x 168 mm. A view from the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Little of the city can be discerned but the picture shows cultivated fields on the plain outside the city.

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).