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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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[Scene in a Tongan village], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/24
Scope and Contents

85 x 56 mm. An indistinct picture showing Tongans and Europeans standing in a central grassy square in a Tongan village.

Dates: 1899
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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Scene in German Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/60
Scope and Contents

234 x 289 mm. A view showing an ornate pavilion advertising ‘Wertheim’s Machines’, with sewing machines and cutlery on display.

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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Scene in Italian Fine Art Gallery, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/38
Scope and Contents

288 x 235 mm. A view of paintings on the wall of the gallery, with a statue in the foreground.

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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Scene in Middle Harbour, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/108
Scope and Contents

180 x 111 mm. A similar view to Y308A/107 , with plants and scrub in the foreground.

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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Scene in New Zealand Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/39
Scope and Contents

288 x 234 mm. A view showing various exhibits in the New Zealand Court, with pictures and photographs at the right and rock specimens and biscuit samples in the centre.

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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Scene in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/26
Scope and Contents

188 x 134 mm. A view looking along a shrub-lined path in the gardens with the central lake visible in the centre of the photograph. Taken from the hill on the South Yarra side of the gardens, the Government Domain can be seen in the distance with Government House (completed 1876) on the skyline.

Dates: 1877 - 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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[Scene in Tonga], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/7
Scope and Contents

85 x 56 mm A view showing four Europeans standing at the entrance to a palm-thatch hut. The figure on the left is Alfred Tennyson. This page of the album also contains a list of the officers of SS ‘Waikere’, a half-tone reproduction of the ship, a route map of the journey, Violet Douglas Pennant’s ticket, and the address of one Fred Hanseu MD.

Dates: 1899
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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[Scene in Tonga], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/8
Scope and Contents

85 x 57 mm. A view showing a European standing beside a palm-thatch hut.

Dates: 1899
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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[Scene in Tonga], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/9
Scope and Contents

157 x 110 mm. A view showing a group of Europeans standing near a palm-thatch hut.

Dates: 1899
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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[Scene in Tonga], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/10
Scope and Contents

157 x 109 mm. A view showing a group of Europeans standing at the entrance to a palm-thatch hut. Alfred Tennyson stands at the left of the group.

Dates: 1899
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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Scene near ‘Bulli’ N.S.W., 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/96
Scope and Contents

194 x 147 mm. A view looking across partially cleared land, with figures in the foreground, towards densely wooded hills beyond.

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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Scene near ‘Corranderrk’ Station, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/9
Scope and Contents

187 x 133 mm. A view from a hill near Rourkes’ Bridge on the Healesville Road looking across the River Yarra, past a recently made clearing on the far side and towards a newly constructed Government road: Corranderrk is the local habitation of the Natives of this district, and is situated on the right hand side of the picture, about a mile and a half from the roadway.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Scene near Dandenong: Moon’s Range, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/24
Scope and Contents

190 x 133 mm. A view from a hillside looking out over dense forest, with a settler’s small hut and cleared space in the foreground.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Scene near the Yarra Flats, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/18
Scope and Contents

188 x 134 mm. A view looking along the Yarra as it passes through woodland, its course partially impeded by fallen trees. In the background a homestead can be seen beside the river.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Scene on the Goulbourn River, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/65
Scope and Contents

198 x 143 mm. A view looking along the river, with trees and woodland on either side.

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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Scene on the River Campaspe, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/22
Scope and Contents

186 x 134 mm. A view looking over flooded woodland beside the River Campaspe near Echuca.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Scene taken from St Paul’s Tower, looking Eastward, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/41
Scope and Contents

178 x 124 mm. A view showing small residential buildings in the foreground, with more sparsely populated ground beyond, and with the Free Methodist Church in the middle distance. The text below the photograph reads ‘This view represents the locality of the Back Creek gold diggings, and though at present almost deserted, was once a scene of activity; in consequence of the rich patches of alluvial ground it contained’.

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).
 Sub-Series

[Scenery and People], 1875 - 1910

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC New Zealand/1-259
Scope and Contents

Colour and monochrome postcards of various dates depicting the scenery and people of New Zealand.

Dates: 1875 - 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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Scenery on the Mount Lyell line towards Regatta Point, from moving train., 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6566
Scope and Contents

[Showing river between forested hills].

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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Scenery on the Mount Lyell line towards Regatta Point, from moving train. [Showing river between forested hills], 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6565
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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[Scenes in Western Australia], 1928-08-08 - 1928-08-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/112-118
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1928-08-08 - 1928-08-11
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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Scenes on Xmas Day, 1888, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/119
Scope and Contents

148 x 100 mm. A view showing three men rowing, presumably on the Lane Cove River.

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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Scenes on Xmas Day 1888, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/120
Scope and Contents

100 x 150 mm. A photograph of three men in casual clothes. The two at the right would appear to be brothers, or even twins.

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).
 Sub-sub-class

Schedule of claims lodged with the Association by members in respect of loss or damage of property, 1943 - 1944

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These records relate to various associations formed in Australia, India, Ceylon and South Africa by residents of Malaya displaced by the war. They provided information and assistance to evacuees, civilian internees, and prisoners of war.

Rules of the organisations, lists of members, minutes of meetings, memoranda, circulars, indemnity records and related correspondence (343 sheets).

Dates: 1943 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
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School at Soa - Malanta - Joesph Waite the teacher, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/17
Scope and Contents

206 x 152 mm. A view showing the bamboo and palm-thatched building, in front of which stand the teacher and a row of children.

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).