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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Thames River, Te Aroha, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/19
Scope and Contents

192 x 143 mm. A view looking across the river, which debouches into the Firth of Thames south-east of Auckland, towards the small township of Te Aroha, partially obscured by trees.

Dates: 1884 - 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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Thames River: Te Aroha, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E/25
Scope and Contents

198 x 147 mm. A view looking across the river towards the town of Te Aroha, which lies about 30 miles south of Thames.

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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Thames Street, Queentown, Lake Wakatipu, Otago, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/68
Scope and Contents

342 x 243 mm. A view looking along this wide street, lined with small wooden houses and a church, with the Remarkables in the distance.

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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Thames Valley Te Aroha, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E/27
Scope and Contents

199 x 147 mm. A view looking out through trees towards the cultivated plain of the Thames Valley.

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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[Thatched house (fale) and palm trees], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/14
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '22/2' next to the following notes: '14. Tho' apparently far away from civilization yet reminded unexpectedly by sewing machine. Usual mode of getting to Apia by Kawwan 40 tons only - leaving at 5 p.m. but as it there was a rumour that U.S.N.Z. boat to call Kawwan was to leave at 3. However Haurots arrived 1.30 - Kawwan 5. Weird scene on deck native sleeping'.

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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[Thatched hut], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/33
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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[Thatched hut under palm trees], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/28
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '27/9' next to '28.'

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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[Thatching in progress], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/10
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Smithson has pencilled '27/3' next to '10. Thatching made species of sugar cane'.

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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The Accommodation House, Jenolan Caves, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/27
Scope and Contents

A view from the hillside looking down on the hotel, which served as a base for tourists to the caves. Jeremiah Wilson was appointed 'Keeper of the Caves' in 1867, soon after the area was made a Government Reserve and from the early 1880's he provided accommodation for visitors. The building illustrated here was started in 1897.

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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The Admiral, (Captain Pearce ) turning his ship at Aroa wharf, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7073
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Steam 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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The Aratiatia Rapids : near Wairakei., 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6989
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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The Aratiatia Rapids : near Wairakei., 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6990
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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The Arcade, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/22
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm. A view looking along the Royal Arcade, with shops on either side. The arcade runs from Bourke Street through to Collins Street and was built in 1869-70.

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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The arch of the Devil's Coach House, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7607
Scope and Contents

[Outer view of cave in the rock].

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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The archery ground, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6880
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Domain Fete, Christchurch : Museum bdg [i.e. building] in distance.

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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The Argyle Cut, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/75
Scope and Contents

273 x 209 mm. View looking west along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut, a passage carved through solid rock beneath Cumberland Street and Prince's Street in the 1840s to give access between the Circular Quay and Miller's Point. Cumberland and Prince's Street pass over the Cut on stone bridges.

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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The Argyle Cut, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/76
Scope and Contents

271 x 207 mm. View looking east along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut. A small portion of Holy Trinity Church can be seen in the left foreground.

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).
 Fonds

The Australian Bicentennial

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308L
Scope and Contents

Twenty-two images (with some duplicates), chiefly of the 'Young Endeavour'. A photograph of an article on the voyage of the Young Endeavour which sailed from Portsmouth in August 1987 and arrived in Hobart on 10 January 1988, taken from the RCS Newsletter No. 19, Spring 1988, is filed with the photographs.

Dates: 1986 - 1987
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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The Australian Club, 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/67
Scope and Contents

274 x 190 mm. A view of the club premises, an elegant colonial style building with balconies on each floor, taken from the junction of O’ Connell Street and Bent Street.

Dates: 1870
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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The Australian Laughing Jackass, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/97
Scope and Contents

98 x 145 mm. A studio photograph showing two stuffed kingfishers among arranged vegetation. Photograph by Henry King, Sydney.

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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'The Australian Peregrinations of T.D. Simon', Vol. 2, 2 - 28 Apr. 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Z
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs measuring approximately 125 x 90 mm, pasted into the album pages. A detailed account of the second half of a six week holiday spent with ex-Kenya friends living in Queensland. Many day-trips to towns around Toowoomba, Brisbane and Warwick are described. The smaller, second section recounts similar information regarding Simon's home territory around Christchurch, Hampshire.

Dates: 2 - 28 Apr. 1986
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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The avenue of crotons and palms, Kamerunga Nursery, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7547
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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The Avon at Christchurch: City Surveyor's Office, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6848
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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The Avon at Christchurch: City Surveyor's Office, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6849
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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The Avon at Christchurch : City Surveyor's Office, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6850
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [View from ?bridge up river to City Surveyors Office building].

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).