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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Farmers dairy herd, Donnybrook, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/21
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing herd of cows in field, with woods behind.

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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Farming in the Tamworth District, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/35
Scope and Contents

A view of a farm in a valley with cattle grazing, farm buildings behind and partially cleared hills in the distance.

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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Farming opportunities in Mackay, Queensland

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085T
Scope and Contents A collection of loose photographs (mainly duplicates) measuring approximately 155 x 110 mm, and probably by P T Griffin. Consisting of thirteen different photographs and a mimeographed booklet concerning a cooperative dairy-farming scheme a few miles west of Mackay. The author of the booklet, having bought a tract of land, is attempting to attract investors from England who will go out to Australia and build up the area's productive capacity. A large part of the booklet is devoted to...
Dates: 1923
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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Farmland near Wellington, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/85
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 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).
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Feather money, brought to Forrest’s house at Nelua. Price of girl bought as teacher’s wife, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/22
Scope and Contents

204 x 151 mm. A view showing Mr A.E.C. Forrest, a European lay worker, standing among natives who carry large coils of feather money. This photograph is used as an illustration in ‘The Light of Melanesia’.

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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Federal Coffee Palace, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/15
Scope and Contents

138 x 185 mm. A view of the hotel from the junction of King Street and Collins Street, showing men at work on the telegraph poles outside.

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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Federal Coffee Palace, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/7
Scope and Contents

145 x 198 mm. A view of this elaborate hotel which stands at the corner of King Street and Collins Street, and was built in the early 1880s at the height of the construction boom. The façade of the building shows a bewildering extravagance of decoration and mixed architectural styles.

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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Federal Government House, Sydney, N. S. Wales, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/1
Scope and Contents

A view of the front of the house, first occupied by Governor Gipps in 1845, and built with mock battlements and turrets.

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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'Feeding' and 'catching', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6958
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills.

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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'Feeding' and 'catching', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6959
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills.

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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Fern Bower, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/48
Scope and Contents

201 x 150 mm. A view of fern-bearing trees among thick woodland, with two men posing for the camera.

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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Fern Bridge Gully Black Spur, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/19
Scope and Contents

189 x 132 mm. A view looking down onto the wooded bridge, built with the trunks of fern trees and crossing one of the sources of the River Watt. The bridge was situated near the summit of the Black Spur, about two miles from Fernshaw.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Fern Grove, near Mount Mundy, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/11
Scope and Contents

185 x 132 mm. Showing dense woodland and large fern trees between Mount Mundy and Mount Juliet.

Dates: 1877 - 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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Fern Gully at Gembrook, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/74
Scope and Contents

146 x 204 mm. A woodland scene showing trees and tall ferns.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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[?] Fern Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/6
Scope and Contents

272 x 204 mm. View looking across a street towards an unidentified group of verandahed houses. The pencilled caption is largely illegible.

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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Fern Tree Bower, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/185
Scope and Contents

188 x 103 mm. A forest scene amongst trees and ferns, with the monument of the Hobart Town Corporation Waterworks situated in a small clearing among the trees. For a similar view of this scene see Y3088A/1.

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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[Fernhill Club, Dunedin], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/29
Scope and Contents

195 x 144 mm. A view looking up the drive towards the clubhouse, a large residence with balconies on each floor. Designed by David Ross and built in 1868, it was originally the home of John John, a Waikouaiti whaler turned merchant.

Dates: 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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[Ferns and other vegetation], 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/27
Scope and Contents

182 x 131 mm. Possibly New Zealand.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Ferns, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/42
Scope and Contents

235 x 180 mm. A general view of the fern garden.

Dates: 1886
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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Ferns, etc. Acclimatisation Gardens, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/38
Scope and Contents

235 x 180 mm. Another view of various plants in the Gardens.

Dates: 1886
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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Fernshaw ‘Big Ben’450 ft high 56 ft Girth 1200 years old, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/62
Scope and Contents

203 x 159 mm. A view of the base of this huge tree, with three men standing beside it. The dimensions should be treated with scepticism.

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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Ferro-concrete jetty : Wellington Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6869
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing jetty in centre].

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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Ferry boat coming from Circular Quay : Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7483
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Steam ferry].

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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Ferry Buildings, Auckland, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/33
Scope and Contents

The postcard is captioned 'FGR 5152'.

Dates: 1920
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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Ferryboat, Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7524
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Also showing smoking steamer and sailing 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).