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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Shearers at work shearing, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/39
Scope and Contents

200 x 125 mm. A view showing a line of shearers, holding sheep and posing for the photographer.

Dates: 1894
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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Shearing at Burrawong Station near Condobolin, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/40
Scope and Contents

A view looking along a shearing shed, with men at either side at work shearing sheep.

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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Shearing by machinery, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/9
Scope and Contents

192 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shearing-shed, with men at work shearing with powered clippers. Negative number 948.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Shearing Time, Burrawong Station, N.S. [i.e. New South] Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/32
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking along a shearing shed, with men on either side at work shearing sheep.

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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[Sheep coming ashore from steamer], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/98
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
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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Sheep near Breaker Bay, Kaikoura, NZ, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/51
Scope and Contents

74 x 46mm. A view showing a flock of sheep.

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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Sheep near the Kimona turnoff, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6581
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Similar picture to previous one but with cart disappearing into the dust].

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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Sheep near the Kimona turnoff on the Ringarooma Road, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6580
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Dorset County, Tasmania. [Sheep being driven by a man on horse back with dist obscuring the background].

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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Sheep shearers at work in a shearing shed on Balmoral Station near Lake Tekapo, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6832
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. South Island, 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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Sheep shearers at work in a shearing shed on Balmoral Station near Lake Tekapo, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6833
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. South Island, 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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Sheep Station and wool washing, Otago, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/70
Scope and Contents

360 x 261 mm. A view looking across scrubland towards the sheep station, with mountains in the distance. The sheep station consists of a large barn with pens outside and three smaller cabins. In the centre of this group is a field under cultivation.

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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Sheep troughs fed from natural springs, 'Newmarracarra', Geraldton District, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/6
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing a large water tank, with feed pipes to where sheep are drinking.

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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Sheep waiting to be shorn at Balmoral Station, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6835
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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Sheep washing, Jondaryan, Western Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/22
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing sheep being pushed into a sheep dip and swimming along it.

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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Shelling the split nut, Savusavu, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham H/6
Scope and Contents From the File:

Slide numbers 1 and 2 are Ektachromes with frames made in England, 3-7 are Kodachromes processed in Australia.

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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Shipping and cranes : Wellington Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6943
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Looking across towards Oriental Bay : view taken from back of Government Bdgs [i.e. Buildings].

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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Shipping at Circular Quay, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/24
Scope and Contents

A view looking down on to the moored sailing ships at the quay. Taken from the east side of the quay, facing south into Sydney. James Barnet's Customs House can be partially seen (before the addition of the first floor verandah).

Dates: 1908
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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Shipping at Stockton, Newcastle District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/21
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A view of moored sailing ships, tied three deep to the shore. Stockton lies just north of Newcastle, on a peninsula the other side of the Hunter River. Like Newcastle it is an important coal producer; in the early days of the colony, the worst convicts from Newcastle were sent to Stockton as lime-burners.

Dates: 1908
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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Shipping of sheep to China at Pinkenbah, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/21
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Photograph showing sheep loaded in pens aboard ship. Pinkenbah is a suburb of Brisbane, on the river in the north-east part of the city.

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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Shipping timber and produce, Bunbury, Western Australia, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/29
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view down the pier with steam and sailing ships being loaded from the railway running down the pier. The ship in the foreground is again the 'Hobart' of Melbourne.

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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Shipping wheat, Fremantle, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/79
Scope and Contents

150 x 200 mm. A dockside scene, with sacks of wheat being hoisted aboard the steamer 'Armadale' from the wharf below. With dockers posing for the photographer.

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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Ships and boats in Waitemata Harbour, 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089N/1
Scope and Contents

201 x 84 mm. A view showing the two ships steaming out of the harbour with yachts, rowing boats and two crowded paddlesteamers following behind. North Shore and Devonport can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1895
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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Ships and boats in Waitemata Harbour, 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089N/2
Scope and Contents

201 x 83 mm. A view showing the two ships steaming out of the harbour with yachts, rowing boats and two crowded paddlesteamers following behind. North Shore and Devonport can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1895
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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Ships and boats in Waitemata Harbour, 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089N/3
Scope and Contents

200 x 84 mm. A view showing ships at the harbour mouth, followed by the yachts and paddlesteamers.

Dates: 1895
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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Ships in harbour Sydney [?], 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/43
Scope and Contents

186 x 127 mm. oval print. A view showing two three-masted steamers at anchor, with parts of a large city visible on the far side of the harbour, bearing a resemblance to Sydney. Sydney would certainly be the obvious port of call for leave and business matters, and Powell did have a number of correspondents there.

Dates: 1885 - 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).