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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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[Collins Street], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/29
Scope and Contents

202 x 149 mm. A view looking along the length of Collins Street taken from the crossroads with Swanston Street and showing trams and pedestrians. The building at the extreme right advertises ‘Melba’. If it is indeed advertising a current performance of Dame Nellie Melba, this would date the picture to 1902, when she returned for the first time to Australia after many years absence.

Dates: 1902
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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Collins Street, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/20
Scope and Contents

200 x 137 mm. A view from the Treasury Buildings in Spring Street looking along the length of Collins Street, with trams and carts on the road. The two church spires on the right belong to the Scots Church and the Baptist Church.

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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Collins Street Churches, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/28
Scope and Contents

200 x 143 mm. A view looking down Collins Street, showing two unidentified churches next to each other on the opposite side of the road. Possibly the Scots Church and the Baptist Church.

Dates: 1885 - 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).
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Collins Street, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/30
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view looking up Collins Street towards Spring Street, at whose junction the Treasury buildings can just be seen. Collins Street is busy with pedestrians, trams and carts.

Dates: 1885 - 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).
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Commodore Erskine addressing local Chiefs on board 'H.M.S. Nelson '; Hood Bay off Kerepunu, November 17th, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/9
Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. After an explanation of the meaning of the protectorate by Commodore Erskine, representatives of the chiefs were selected and given an ebony stick with Queen Victoria's head on a silver florin affixed to the top, as a symbolic representation of their authority. In this picture two chiefs sitting at the front are holding such sticks. Commodore Erskine stands to the right, with hands on sword. Directly behind him, with flowing beard and topee is the Rev. G.W. Lawes of the L.M.S.,...
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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Commodore James Goodenough’s cross, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/28
Scope and Contents

204 x 151 mm. A close-up of the cross, with two natives sitting on the ground beside it.

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).
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Commonwealth Day Youth Rally in Government House Gardens, 1987-03-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/lVb/197
Scope and Contents

151 x 100 mm. Colour print.

Dates: 1987-03-09
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, 1981: Chairs of current and previous meetings Kenneth Kaunda, Malcolm Fraser, Indira Gandhi, Lee Kuan Yew and Pierre Trudeau, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/870
Scope and Contents

240 x 148 mm. colour print.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Canberra Woden Valley Youth Choir entertaining delegates at the Lodge, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/867
Scope and Contents

240 x 191 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: delegates relaxing on the Government House tennis court, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/868
Scope and Contents

242 x 191 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: delegates watch a sheep dog demonstration at Huntley, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/869
Scope and Contents

241 x 191 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Forbes Burnham speaking at the opening ceremony, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/861
Scope and Contents

243 x 190 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Indira Gandhi, Forbes Burnham, Robert Muldoon, I.S. Audu, Sir Julius Chan and Peter Josie at the opening ceremony, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/862
Scope and Contents

245 x 193 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Lakeside Internationl Hotel where delegates stayed during the retreat, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/864
Scope and Contents

191 x 249 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Malcolm Fraser opening the meeting at Melbourne Town Hall, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/859
Scope and Contents

245 x 195 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Malcolm Fraser talking with Kenneth Kaunda at Government House, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/866
Scope and Contents

190 x 240 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Malcolm Fraser welcomes Margaret Thatcher to the official opening, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/857
Scope and Contents

195 x 244 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Margaret Thatcher arrives at Government House for unofficial talks during the retreat, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/865
Scope and Contents

191 x 249 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Tan Sri Muhamad Ghazali Shafie and M.V. Molapo at the executive opening session, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/863
Scope and Contents

249 x 189 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sept. to Oct. 1981: Indira Gandhi speaking at opening ceremony, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/860
Scope and Contents

240 x 189 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sept. to Oct. 1981: official group photograph taken at Melbourne, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/856
Scope and Contents

243 x 195 mm. Figures are named on the back.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sept. to Oct. 1981: opening session at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, showing Malcolm Fraser and Shridath Ramphal, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/858
Scope and Contents

237 x 186 mm.

Dates: 1981
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Sept. to Oct. 1981: Queen Elizabeth II with 41 leaders, 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/855
Scope and Contents

187 x 53 mm. photocopy.

Dates: 1981
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

Commonwealth in Focus Slides

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011GGG
Scope and Contents Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...
Dates: 1982
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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Commonwealth programme of Royal Visit to Australia, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/8a
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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).