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Oceania (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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[Preparing ceremonial costume], 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1510
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Film negatives with some matching prints, mostly of trees and flora, some of people and buildings, originally kept in three negative wallets from O'Brabant, Lae Photography. The prints with captions on the reverse have been listed.

Dates: 1960
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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[Preparing food outside a fale], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/47
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '27/12' next to the following notes: '47. Samoan oven - first fire and heat stones, when these are hot spread out food to be cooked place on with leaves over. No Banquet without pigs. Many pigs kept as pets. Led about with a string'.

Dates: 1903
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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[Preparing kava, the Samoans' national drink], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/54
Scope and Contents Smithson has pencilled '28/5' next to the following notes: '54. The national drink is 'Kava' which is made from the root of a sort of pepper tree - its making and drinking are attended with a deal of ceremony for the Samoans are a very ceremonious people. The root is first pounded with stones and then mixed with water in the Kava bowl. This is formed out of a piece of solid wood. The duty of kava making always devolves on the young girls of the household who must hold themselves in...
Dates: 1903
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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Preparing to fire the feu-de-joie after the proclamation at Motu-Motu, November 10th, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/3
Scope and Contents

285 x 230 mm. The third of a sequence of three pictures taken from the same viewpoint, covering the ceremony at Motu-Motu, the correct order being plates Y3084A/21, Y3084A/39, Y3084A/3. A detachment of sailors is grouped at the right, with rifles raised, with marines standing around the flag and spectators sitting on the ground around the flagstaff.

Dates: 1884
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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Presentation of food by the natives at Waivaka Town, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7416
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [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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Presentation of food by the natives at Waivaka Town, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7417
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [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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'Presented by the Premier of New South Wales in May 1936', 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 14
Scope and Contents

Album of captioned photographs.

Dates: 1936
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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Preservation Inlet [West Coast Sounds], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/30
Scope and Contents

194 x 144 mm. A view looking across the inlet, with a mountain visible in the distance beyond the far shore. Preservation Inlet lies at the extreme south western tip of the South Island and is now part of the Fiordland National Park.

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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Press Cuttings, 1921 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Major James Boosé became Secretary of the RCI in 1909 and was associated with the development of the branches during 1909-10. He made three overseas tours, and after his retirement in 1915 owing to ill health, two more as travelling Commissioner before his final retirement in 1922.

Dates: 1921 - 1922
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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Press cuttings, 1914 - 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 128/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The diaries were written when Wood was chiefly in Nyasaland and the Seychelles. They include a few inserted sketches and photographs. There is an accompanying set of press cuttings and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1914 - 1957
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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Priest's carved wooden dishes, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7465
Scope and Contents

[Sir Everard's collection].

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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Prime Canterbury lamb in the cooling room : freezing works near Christchurch, New Zealand, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6861
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing carcasses hanging].

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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Prince Albert Statue, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/43
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. A front view of the statue with two men standing in front. Erected in Hyde Park in 1866.

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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Prince Alfred Collegiate School, Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/17
Scope and Contents

260 x 195 mm. A front view of the school, with pupils standing in front. The school was opened in 1878, and named after Prince Alfred (later Duke of Edinburgh), who visited Adelaide in 1867.

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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Prince Alfred Hospital, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/59
Scope and Contents

202 x 147 mm. A view of the hospital from Missenden Road, Camperdown, showing a brick building with stone facings. The hospital was incorporated in 1873 as a gesture of gratitude for the saving of Prince Alfred's life, who was the victim of an assassination attempt while in Sydney. The land for the hospital was granted by the university, and the hospital is used by the university's medical students. The hospital was opened to patients in 1882.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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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Prince of Wales' Feather, Pohutu, and Waikorohihi Geysers, Whakarewarewa, 1900 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/18
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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Princes Bridge, Melbourne, 1888 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/49
Scope and Contents

204 x 142 mm. A view of the iron bridge, set on stone supports, which was built in 1888. The St. Kilda Road crosses the bridge which is situated just to the west of the Domain and the Botanical Gardens. This photograph is taken from Alexandra Gardens looking across the bridge to the north side of the city.

Dates: 1888 - 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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Prince's Street, Church Hill, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/36
Scope and Contents

277 x 183 mm. View of a terrace of modest two storey sandstone houses with dormer windows. The house on the right is dated 1849 on the cartouche above the roofline. The brick houses which continue the terrace to the left are of later date. In the centre of the group is James Lucas' Auckland Hotel, and next door to him the shop of G.E. Coy.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
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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Princess Theatre-Grand Hotel, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/13
Scope and Contents

201 x 127 mm. A view looking towards Spring Street, on which the theatre and hotel are built. This extravagant theatre was completed in 1887.

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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Princess Theatre Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/17
Scope and Contents

202 x 180 mm. A view of the theatre from the other side of Spring Street. The building, a mixture of styles and decorations, was designed by William Pitt, and was built in 1886-7, including such attractions as electric lighting and a roll-back ventilating roof.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Principal street for ships, showing Custom House, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/6
Scope and Contents

228 x 174 mm. Looking up the ‘main drag’ from Nabukalou Creek in 1885. The Customs buildings are at the extreme right.

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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Private Residence near the source of the Avon. Near Christchurch, New Zealand, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/6925
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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[Prize Bull (?) Bushey Park], 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/92
Scope and Contents

75 x 54 mm. A view showing a bull being exhibited by a farmer.

Dates: 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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Probably 516A, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham I/13
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains Kodachromes processed in Australia, arranged by processing number. Some items from H possibly originated in this group.

Dates: 1963
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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Procedure for Parliamentary Banquet, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/31
Scope and Contents

The procedure for the Women's Parliamentary Reception and Parliamentary Banquet at Parliament House, Adelaide, 23 March 1954, in honour of the Royal Visitors.

Dates: 1954
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).