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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Pope's Eye Fort, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6510
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Just inside the Heads, near Port Melbourne. [Seascape].

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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[Population map showing states and dioceses], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/84
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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[Porphyrio] hochstetteri, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6711
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

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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Port Chalmers, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E/45
Scope and Contents

198 x 147 mm. A view looking down on Port Chalmers, with Otago Harbour in the background. The picture gives a good view of the layout of this as yet small settlement, with streets running off outwards from the curving beach. Port Chalmers lies 9 miles north-east of Dunedin.

Dates: 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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Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/56
Scope and Contents 360 x 295 mm. A view from a hill overlooking the town, with Otago Harbour and Quarantine Island in the background. Although the town has been roughly laid out, it has still not grown to any great size, consisting mainly of small bungalows and gardens with a few larger houses here and there. In the foreground a small narrow gauge railway line can be seen, probably used in quarrying stone for roadmaking. It would be around the time this picture was probably taken (c. 1875) that Port Chalmers’...
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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Port Darwin Harbour, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/3
Scope and Contents

205 x 139 mm. A view looking out towards Frances Bay, with Fort Hill at the right, and a road running across the foreground of the picture. Photographs 3, 4 and 5 form an overlapping panorama of Fort Hill (although taken at different times: a hut is present on the foreshore in Y3083A/3 but not in Y3083A/4).

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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Port Gladstone, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7530
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing wharf, with shed and railway trucks seen in 7528A and 7529 but from a distance and possibly from the ship] .

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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River] (fresh water) near the Lower Peach Trees, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/15
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view looking down on to the river, with thickly wooded banks, and two men in a rowing boat on the water.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], from the Dam at Audley, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/7
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the river, with steep wooded banks, showing part of the dam in the foreground. A small steamboat and a rowing boat are moored in the river.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], near Loftus (below the Dam), 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/31
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the river at a fairly wide point, with tree-lined hills coming to the water's edge.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], near Mangrove Creek, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/30
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the edge of the river with trees running down to the sandy beach.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand, from Hill Street, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/24
Scope and Contents

360 x 266 mm. A view looking down on to the harbour with city buildings in the foreground and Mt. Victoria visible beyond the harbour. Government House is in the centre of the photograph with a cluster of ships moored at the right at Queen’s Wharf. The Council Chambers are at the left of the photograph (see Y3089B/25).

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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Port of Brisbane

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085W
Scope and Contents

Album containing nine coloured (180 x 130 mm) and one black and white (205 x 135 mm) photographs of the Port of Brisbane, with printed captions. The album, which is not full, is a Saga self-adhesive album made in Japan. The first page reproduces the Charter and the Coat of Arms, with description (all in colour). The second page sets out brief facts about the Port's involvement in coal exports.

Dates: 1983
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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Port of Newcastle and Government Cranes, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/54
Scope and Contents

237 x 186 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with sailing ships moored and cranes loading sacks of wheat from railway trucks. Trucks loaded with coal can be seen on the line to the right.

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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Port of Newcastle Great Northern Railway Coal Shoots, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/53
Scope and Contents

265 x 204 mm. A view looking along the railway lines which run down to the wharves, with the harbour and Nobby’s Head beyond. By the dockside is a raised track and machinery for loading coal with the masts of berthed ships visible behind.

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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Port of Newcastle Nobby’s, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/52
Scope and Contents

242 x 192 mm. A view looking out over the roofs of the town towards Nobby’s Head, with shipping in the harbour and moored to wharves. Nobby’s Head was originally an island (first mentioned in Captain Cook’s log for May 1770), the breakwater being constructed between 1818 and 1846. The lighthouse, built in 1857, can just be seen: previously the island had served first as a convict labour camp and then as a quarantine station.

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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Port of Newcastle showing beach in course of construction , 1876-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/51
Scope and Contents

241 x 191 mm. A view looking out over rooftops towards the harbour. In the foreground shipping can be seen moored to the wharfs, with a railway running along the dockside. Out in the harbour, ships can be seen moored to a partially completed breakwater.

Dates: 1876-01
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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Portion of Botanic Gardens and Sydney Harbour from Public Library, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/11
Scope and Contents

A view looking out over the gardens, and beyond the statue of Governor Phillip to Farm Cove. Government House can be seen at the extreme left of picture, with Fort Denison beyond it in the harbour. On the horizon North Head can be seen - the outmost entrance to the harbour.

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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Portion of Botanic Gardens Museum, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086S/4
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. An interior view of part of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and the walls lined with framed Botanical illustrations. With a figure standing in the background.

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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Portion of Botanic Gardens Museum, Sydney, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086S/3
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A slightly blurred print showing an interior view of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and a figure standing in the background.

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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Portion of Govt Offices, Suva, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/8
Scope and Contents

228 x 169 mm. A view showing a group of European Government employees standing outside the two-story Government Offices, which were opened in 1882 when Suva became the seat of Government. Members of the group have not been identified.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Portion of Jalap plantation at Government Cinchona Plantation, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/3
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245 x 184 mm. A view showing the convolvulus-like plants growing up ‘pea sticks’.

Dates: 1879 - 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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Portion of Newcastle Harbour, showing Nobbys, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/30
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on the railway terminal situated beside the wharves, where two steamers are moored, with the promontory of Nobby's Head beyond. The promontory is situated on the outer lip of the harbour.

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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Portion of Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/9
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the harbour, in which various American warships can be seen, among them the 'U.S.S. Connecticut'.

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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'Portonian' cartoons

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 300
Scope and Contents A large folio volume of pasted in satirical cartoons relating to South Australia. The cartoons are titled at the top 'Portonian', and have captions below the image. Many of the pictures are numbered and dated. The volume includes a satirical annual diary with a cartoon in the centre, 4 December 1875, and a plan of the city of Adelaide 'compiled and published by the proprietors, Frearson and Brother, Adelaide, 1874', which was a supplement to the 'Portonian', 13 March 1875. The volume is...
Dates: 1872 - 1879
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).