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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Government House from Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/23
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view across Farm Cove towards Government House, with a ship at anchor in the cove.

'In 1813 a road three miles long ... was built through the farm to the eastern portion of the cove, where on 13th June 1816, an inscription was etched on a huge sandstone rock known as Mrs. Macquarie's Chair. Here the Governor's wife could rest after her long walk from Government House in Bridge Street ...' (Clune 1968, page not recorded).

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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Government House from the back, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/20
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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Government House from Ye Domain, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/22
Scope and Contents

153 x 204 mm. A view looking through trees and over Farm Cover towards Government House.

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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Government House, Government Farm., 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/30
Scope and Contents

255 x 195 mm. View of a single-storey stone built house, with farm buildings behind and to the right.

Dates: 1890
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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Government House, Hobart, seen across the lake, 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6671
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

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).
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Government House, Marble Hill, Near Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/31
Scope and Contents

235 x 170 mm. Showing a solidly built house of different coloured stone, with a tower at one corner. Designed by William McMinn (1844-84), it was built as the Summer Residence for the Governor of South Australia.

Dates: 1890
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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Government House, Melbourne, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/1
Scope and Contents

196 x 141 mm. A view of Government House, with the Governor’s landau and a mounted escort passing in front of the entrance.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/4
Scope and Contents

202 x 155 mm. A view showing the lawn and front entrance to Government House, with a soldier on duty on the path in front of the building.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/103
Scope and Contents

206 x 158 mm. A view of the front of the house, with a soldier on sentry duty. Government House stands in the Domain, north of the Botanical Gardens and looking over Farm Cove.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/21
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view across Farm Cove to Government House, a turretted and crenellated building flying the Union Jack, and first occupied in 1845. To the right can be seen Fort Macquarie, manned as a garrison post and artillery store until 1902, when it was demolished. A tram depot was erected in its place and used until 1959, when the area became the site of the Sydney Opera House.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/22
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of Government House from across Farm Cove, with a ship at anchor in the cove. Part of Fort Macquarie is visible.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/49
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the front of the house with soldiers on guard before the front door. A crenellated and turretted building, it was first occupied in 1845 by Governor Gipps.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/1
Scope and Contents

285 x 230 mm. A view of the front of the building, partly obscured by trees. A mock Tudor gothic building with crenellations and turrets, it was first occupied in 1845 by Governor Gipps. The building is situated on the tongue of land between Sydney Cove and Farm Cove and North of the Botanic Gardens.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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[Government House, Sydney, from Farm Cove], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/5
Scope and Contents

161 x 14 mm. A view looking across Farm Cove towards Government House, with sailing boats in the foreground.

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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Government House, Sydney, N.S. Wales, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/1
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1908
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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Government House, Wellington, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/23
Scope and Contents

360 x 260 mm. A front view of this attractive timber building, with a square tower at one end and ornamental designs on verandahs and eaves. The house was designed in 1869 by W.H. Clayton.

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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Government Mint, Macquarie Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/12
Scope and Contents

281 x 210 mm. View of the Mint from Macquarie Street. This two storeyed verandahed building with hipped roof was originally the southern wing of the Rum Hospital, built 1811-16. It became the Government Mint in 1853 and has in recent years been turned into a Museum of State history.

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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Government offices, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/16
Scope and Contents

Showing the Department of Law, Harbour Office, Post Office and Custom House.

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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Government offices, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/51
Scope and Contents

A view showing the German consulate, a single storey wooden building in the foreground, with another unidentified bungalow beyond. Print number 35.

Dates: 1899 - 1900
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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Government Offices, Melbourne, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/3
Scope and Contents

204 x 155 mm. A view showing the façade and one side of the building, which overlooks the Treasury Gardens. Said to be the work of M. Egan, construction of the buildings began in 1859, but they were not completed until 1876. The stone carving of the Royal Coat of Arms over the main entrance can only be partially seen in this view. See also Y308A/11.

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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Government Printing Office, Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/10
Scope and Contents

260 x 200 mm. A three-quarter front view of the printing office, an imposing three-floor bluestone building. With a pony trap standing in front of the building.

Dates: 1890
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

Government Railways of New South Wales rolling stock 1885

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086D
Scope and Contents An album containing albumen prints, 270 x 220 mm. The volume has a printed title page: 'Photographs of Rolling Stock used on the Government Railways of New South Wales, each description of vehicle being illustrated'. There are no captions. No detailed identification of this volume has been attempted. The following is a summary: 1-35 locomotives; 36-74 passenger coaches; 75 guard's van; 76-80 luggage vans; 82 horse boxes; 83 prison van; 84-94 miscellaneous freight wagons: 88 meat van, 92...
Dates: 1885
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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Governor Solf in his native boat, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7316
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. T.S.S. Tofua in the distance. [Governor being rowed in long boat . Two men in white uniforms at the bow and umbrella held over man in the stern].

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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Governor Solf in his native boat, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7317
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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Governor Solf in his native boat returning to his gunboat, the Cormorant, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7318
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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).