Oceania (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Village, Port Moresby, 1884
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/30
Scope and Contents
285 x 230 mm. A view showing Papua New Guineans posing in front of their houses, with six Europeans among them.
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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[Village Scene], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/16
Scope and Contents
228 x 175 mm. A view showing a group standing in front of a Fijian bure (thatched hut). It is of the Western Viti Levu type. The picture and the photographer are not recorded at the Fiji Museum.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Fiji
Fonds
Village settlements: River Murray
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B
Scope and Contents
A collection of fourteen prints mounted on board, with printed captions, most prints measuring 270 x 220 mm. Photographer unknown. Beneath each photograph is printed 'Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide. A. Vaughan. Photo-Lithographer.' Vaughan became photo lithographer for the Survey Department in 1892 and although it is unlikely that he was also the photographer it indicates that the work was done on behalf of a Government department. Possibly Lindt was the photographer.The...
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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[Village street], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/22
Scope and Contents
Smithson has pencilled '24/10' next to the following notes: '22. Natives are a fine race men being tall and well proportioned, women whilst young being distinctly good looking - costume of men consists of a waist belt or lava lava of coloured print reaching to the knees and in some cases a vest or singlet is worn as well; the women in addition to the lava lava s [sic] short or long bodice with or without sleeves generally the latter they are very fond of bright colours, pale pink with...
Dates:
1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Villagers by a hut on Savai'i island], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/24
Scope and Contents
Smithson has pencilled '28/6' next to the following notes: '24. group of natives P in Savaii - flowers'.
Dates:
1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
Vindy Boring Plant 25 SE from Winton, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/26
Scope and Contents
130 x 200 mm. Photograph showing the wooden derrick, with a steam engine and drilling machinery and workers posed on and around the derrick. The actual drilling does not seem to have commenced, as there is no drill in place.
Dates:
1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Visit of King and Queen of Hawaii to Captain Cook's Monument, 1880s], 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011P/7
Scope and Contents
243 x 182 mm. Showing King David Kalakaua (1836-1891) and his sister Liliuokalani (1838-1917) standing in front of the obelisk erected near the spot at which Captain Cook was killed in 1779. The caption reads 'This is a visit by the King and Queen of Honolulu to Captn. Cook's monument at the island of Hawaii which is governed and owned by Honolulu. The King is the big man in white in front leaning on the gun, the woman on the other side is his sister. The next man his the King's...
Dates:
1979
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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[Visitors at village], 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1509
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:
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Sub-sub-class
[Visitors examining felled trees], 1960
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1542-1543
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).
File
Volume XXIV : Maltese Islands, Victoria, Tasmania, November 1909, 1909-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24
Scope and Contents
This album now contains photographs numbered in the ranges 6178-6238A and 6501-6612 (originally there were 167). Added numbers are 6238A, 6515A and 6547A; spoiled: 6198; not used: 6210, 6212, 6217, 6228, 6232, 6502, 6604 and 6611; missing: 6184, 6197, 6199, 6205, 6209, 6211, 6220, 6230, 6233, 6235, 6501, 6513-6516, 6520-6521, 6527-6529, 6538, 6540, 6545, 6552-6554, 6556-65563, 6565, 6582, 6600-6602, 6605-6606 and 6608.Subjects covered in this album are: Malta: views from sea -...
Dates:
1909-11
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).
File
Volume XXIX : Fiji and New South Wales, 1910, 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
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).
File
Volume XXVI : New Zealand, 1910, 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 6787-7005 (originally there were 173 in the album). Added numbers are: 6933-7005; not used: 6791, 6821, 6834 and 6872; missing 6790, 6792-6794, 6802, 6809, 6812, 6814, 6848-6849, 6936-6937, 6941, 6944, 6947, 6981, 6984, 6989-6890, 6992-6993 and 6995.
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).
File
Volume XXVII : New Zealand, 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...
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).
File
Volume XXVIII : New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, 1910, 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the following ranges: 6918-6932; 7086-7097 and 7300-7454. Added number is: 7397A; spoiled: 7353-7356, 7368-7387, 7390, 7426, 7437-3742 (some due to shipwreck); not used: 6928-6929, 7301, 7326, 7331-7332, 7391 and 7430; missing: 6923, 6925, 6931-6932, 7300, 7302-7306, 7308-7313, 7322, 7324-7325, 7329-7330, 7333, 7345-7346, 7348, 7377-7379, 7388-7389, 7392, 7397A, 7399-7403, 7406, 7409-7410, 7414, 7416-7419, 7422, 7431, 7433, 7447-7448 and 7452. ...
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
W. Blacklock's Hotel, 1899 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/8
Scope and Contents
A view looking along the jetty towards the timber-frame hotel which stands at the water’s edge. With the American flag flying from the roof. Print number 52.
Dates:
1899 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Lantern slides of Samoa
Item
W. MacGregor, 2006
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/35
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.
Dates:
2006
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
Waikato River at Whitoria, Hamilton, N.Z., 1900 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/29
Scope and Contents
Captioned 'Photo by Cartwright 2823'.
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).
Item
Waikato River, Hamilton, N.Z., showing Presbyterian Church, Claudelands, 1900 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/27
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).
Item
Waikato River, North Island, 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/100
Scope and Contents
140 x 85 mm.
Dates:
1948
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
Waikato River, N.Z., Looking N. from Railway Bridge, 1900 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/24
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).
Item
Waikato River, with Crow’s Nest, Near Lofley’s, Taupo, 1884 - 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/32
Scope and Contents
198 x 142 mm. A view looking down on the curving river, with steam rising in places from the steep banks. It is difficult to tell which of the numerous small plateaux above the river is the Crow’s Nest.
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).
Item
Waikerie Pumping Station, 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/3
Scope and Contents
275 x 220 mm. The picture shows men working in the foreground erecting piping with winches, and the hillside behind excavated to receive a pipeline up to a water tank at the summit.
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).
Item
Waikite Geyser, 1900 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/17
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).
Item
Waimakariri Bridge, 1876
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/46
Scope and Contents
361 x 265 mm. A view from the river bank looking towards the bridge, with grasses and rushes in the foreground. Additional information on the caption states: ‘This bridge carries the Addington and Kowai Railway over the River Waimakariri, in the provincial district of Canterbury. The bridge has a total length of 627 feet, made up of 19 spans of 33 feet each. The contract was let on the 21st April, 1871, and the work completed on the 16th November of the same year, at a cost of £4,400’.
Dates:
1876
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
[Waimangu Geyser], 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF/24
Scope and Contents
140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. PROTECTED. III. 2.11.01’.
Dates:
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).