Oceania (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:
Item
The evaporators in the Sugar Mill, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7347
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [Interior of sugar mill showing evaporators].
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 evaporators in the Sugar Mill, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7348
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [No print]. [Missing]. [Interior of sugar mill showing evaporators].
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 evening gossip, Whakarewarewa, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089R/8
Scope and Contents
200 x 140 mm. A view showing seated Maoris in the foreground with a pallisaded Maori pa, or village, beyond.
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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The Feast Prepared, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/3/2
Scope and Contents
A caption on the reverse reads, 'Almost any occasion is a good reason for a feast in a land where food is so plentiful. These pigs have been roasted whole in a native oven'.
Dates:
1920 - 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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The Fijian club dance, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/96
Scope and Contents
135 x 60 mm. postcard.
Dates:
1949
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).
File
The Fijian Coconut Industry, circa 1905, 1905
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091C
Scope and Contents
Contains loose photographs measuring approximately 205 x 145 mm and captioned on the print. The photographs show scenes on plantations and the various stages in the manufacture of copra. After sugar, which was introduced as an industry into Fiji after the British annexation of 1874, copra was Fiji's biggest export earner. The Fijians already extracted an impure oil from the coconut, which they traded with the missionaries and early traders, but it was not until Fiji became a Crown Colony...
Dates:
1905
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 first bird brought to the farm by Mr Barraclough, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7595
Scope and Contents
'The Duchess', named by Queen Mary.
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 First Church, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/54
Scope and Contents
265 x 360 mm. An exterior view of the First Church, designed by R.A. Lawson and built between 1867-1873. Generally considered one of the finest churches in New Zealand, it is built in a restrained Gothic style in Oamaru stone, with a 175 foot spire.
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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The Fisher Library (from the North West) - Showing the Book Stack, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086N/4
Scope and Contents
355 x 280 mm. A view looking up at the rear of the building, with the book-stack to the left. 'The book stack, ... is seven stories in height ... The interior fittings of the stack, lift and staircase are wholly of steel, its floors of thick translucent plate glass, and when the heavy fireproof door is closed the Library is considered to be absolutely fireproof.' (Dallen, 1914, page not recorded).
Dates:
1915
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 Fisher Library (from the South West), 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086N/3
Scope and Contents
355 x 280 mm. A view showing the richly carved stone decorations on the exterior. The building, constructed in a rather ecclesiastical style, was designed by Colonel Vernon and opened in 1910.
Dates:
1915
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 Fisher Library - Interior of the Reading Room (looking East), 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086N/5
Scope and Contents
355 x 280 mm. A view looking along the library, showing readers' desks, and the high vaulted wooden arches of the roof, which are supported on elaborate stone corbels.
Dates:
1915
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 Fisher Library - Interior of the Reading Room (looking West), 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086N/6
Scope and Contents
35 x 280 mm. A view looking along the library, showings readers' desks, and the high vaulted wooden arches of the roof, which are supported on elaborate stone corbels.
Dates:
1915
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 Flat Flemington Race Course, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/23
Scope and Contents
201 x 150 mm. A view along the track, with stands in the distance.
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 forest land from the train, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6540
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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The Forester River, near Scottsdale, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6576
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Showing stream with dead trees and stumps and stumps in 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).
Sub-Fonds
The founding of Australia, 1937
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/43
Scope and Contents
A printed copy by the Medici Society Ltd of London of 'The founding of Australia at Sydney Cove by Captain Arthur Phillip R.N., First Governor and Captain-General of New South Wales, on Saturday, the 26th January 1788, after landing from H.M. Brig Supply. The Governor about to propose the health of His Majesty King George III just after the Union Jack has been hoisted and saluted by the Guard of Marines', 583 x 456 mm, 1937. The picture is accompanied by a printed outline drawing of the...
Dates:
1937
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Australasia miscellanea
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The Fountain and Terra Cottas, Acclimatisation Society’s Grounds, Bowen Park, 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/11
Scope and Contents
270 x 205 mm. A view looking across the lawn to the bungalow beyond the fountain.
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-Fonds
The Fremantle Observer, 1832-05-19
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/21
Scope and Contents
'The Observer', Fremantle, Western Australia, no. 3, a handwritten newspaper edited by Charles Macfaull, laminated by the British Museum Map Room (4 pages). The newspaper contains local news items and intelligence from England.
Dates:
1832-05-19
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Australasia miscellanea
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The future Lord Stanmore (son of Sir Arthur Charles Gordon) and servant, 2006
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/29
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.
Dates:
2006
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 Gap, Sydney Heads, 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/2
Scope and Contents
206 x 155 mm. A view looking down on the small collection of houses grouped near the edge of the cliff at the gap, a fissure in the cliffs situated midway between Outer South Head and Inner South Head. The cliffs at North Head can be seen in the distance on the other side of the harbour.
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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[The Garden Palace before the Fire], 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086A/1
Scope and Contents
280 x 230 mm. A view of the building from the roof of Government House and looking south towards the Garden Palace. A cruciform building 800 ft. long, with towers at the corners and a central dome 100 ft. in diameter, which collapsed in the fire 'with a crash like a peal of thunder'.
Dates:
1882
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 Gates of Namosi: Namosi Town. The way between the mountains is called The Gates, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7400
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).
Item
The Gates of Namosi: Namosi Town. The way between the mountains is called The Gates, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7399
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).
Item
[The Gates of Namosi: Namosi Town. The way between the mountains is called The Gates], 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7399
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).
Item
The General Post Office, 1875
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/10
Scope and Contents
265 x 215 mm. A front view of the Post Office, with three men standing on the balcony. The Post Office was rebuilt after the second great fire in Queen Street which destroyed a whole block of shops, and was completed on 28th October 1872. This picture was probably taken shortly after completion, as the building does not seem occupied or in use.
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).