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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Granite rock, Meekatharra area, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/75
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view showing a formation of rounded granite boulders set among scrubland, 24 miles north-north-west of Meekatharra townsite. Photograph by A.G. Maitland. Negative No. 601.

Dates: 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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Granite rocks and waterhole at Belladonia, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/24
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view showing sheep and horses watering at a pool. The waterhole itself is lined in the background by huge rounded granite boulders. Photograph by C.G.Gibson.

Dates: 1908-11
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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Granite rocks five miles north of Ponton River, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/21
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing rounded granite boulders on grassland north of Ponton River. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 477.

Dates: 1908-10
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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Granny Dunn, 1865 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/12
Scope and Contents

60 x 98 mm. A carte de visite full length studio portrait of E.J. Dunn's mother, taken at Beechworth, probably in the late 1860's. The backmark reads: 'Photograph by Jas. E. Bray' (James E. Bray), Camp Street, Beechworth. Extra copies 1/6 each or 7/6 per half dozen. Extra copies may be had by sending the above number'. The number '73' has been pencilled on the reverse, presumably by the phgotographer.

Dates: 1865 - 1869
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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Grapes growing at Roma, Maranoa District, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/12
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing grapes ripening on the vine. Roma lies about 270 miles north-west of Brisbane.

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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Grass trees, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/41
Scope and Contents

225 x 175 mm. Photograph shows a young man looking up at the grasses.

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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'Grass Trees', near Moora, Dandaragin Hill, 1906-11-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/72
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing a man standing next to a horse and cart beside two grass trees (also known as 'Blackboys') in the area north of Yandin Hill. Photograph By W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 286.

Dates: 1906-11-07
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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Grazing Horses, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083B/2
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206 x 139 mm. A view showing a small herd of horses grazing on lightly wooded land, with four scattered figures surrounding them.

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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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1900 - 1940
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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Great Hall, Syd. University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/7
Scope and Contents

208 x 151 mm. An interior view along the Hall, this time looking west towards the tapestry. The Hall is laid out with desks and chairs for an examination.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Great Hall, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/6
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209 x 145 mm. An interior view looking east along the Hall, with the stained glass windows and organ at the far end. The Great Hall measures 135 feet by 45 feet and its design is based on Westminster Hall. Arms of the British Universities are carved on the stone corbels which support the roof timbers, and hammer beams project above the corbels, at the end of which are wooden statues of angels. The Hall is generally considered the finest piece of Gothic architecture in Australia.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Great sport fishing here, 1912 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/19
Scope and Contents

138 x 78 mm. A postcard (original photograph) showing a fishing scene on Lake Taupo. Painted onto the negative over the original scene are huge trout jumping from the water. Photograph by Iles, Rotorua.

Dates: 1912 - 1922
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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Green and Blue Lakes, 1900 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/8
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).
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Green Lake, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/2/6
Scope and Contents

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

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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Green Stones, New Zealand, 1912 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/46
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing New Zealand Green Stone artefacts mounted on the wall at 'Roseneath', Kew, Victoria.

Dates: 1912 - 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).
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Greenhithe near Auckland, residence of H.J. Blyth Esq., 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 306/5
Scope and Contents

13½'' x 7''.

Dates: 1887
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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Grey Ironbark Trees at Wyong, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/50
Scope and Contents

A view of the trees, standing on largely cleared land, with felled timber beyond. A heavy strong wood, used for constructions such as wharves, machinery foundations and railway sleepers.

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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Greyhound Hotel, Queen's Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1860 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089L/3
Scope and Contents

280 x 202 mm. A view of a cross-roads looking towards the brick built hotel. Directly outside the hotel stands a stage coach, crowded with passengers both inside and on the roof, while nearer the camera stand three horses and carts, with drivers and passers by watching the photographer.

Dates: 1860 - 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).
 Sub-Fonds

Ground plans of Government Houses Sydney and Hobart, 1840 - 1849

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/10
Scope and Contents

Two rough, undated pencil sketches with descriptive notes, one on each side of a sheet of paper, 4½'' x 7''. The main writing is not in Frome's hand, but he has added 'Govnt House Sydney' and 'New Govt House Hobart Town'.

Dates: 1840 - 1849
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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Ground sluicing at the Woolshed, Otago, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/58
Scope and Contents

364 x 265 mm. A view looking down on to a waterfall and the pool below. The appearance of the rock face would make it probable that this is a man made sluice running into quarried ground, possibly connected with gold mining in the area.

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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Group at Holder Pumping Station, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/12
Scope and Contents

270 x 215 mm. Showing a posed group of men, women and children, in formal clothes, standing in front of the steam engine of the pumping station, which is protected by a corrugated iron roof. With a pipeline above the group. Members of the group are slightly out of focus.

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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Group at Lake Bonney, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/14
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A group of men and women posed in front of the lake, which lies about 15 miles west of Renmark. Most of the people pictured can also be identified in the group in Y3082B/12.

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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Group before a house in Ra (there is an albino child in centre of group), 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/44
Scope and Contents

204 x 151 mm. A view showing a group of families posed outside the entrance to a house.

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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Group for Ball Hut, Mt. Cook. Hermitage, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/31
Scope and Contents

75 x 57mm. A view showing a group dressed for hiking posed outside their hotel.

Dates: 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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Group, Kerepunu, Hood Lagoon, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A/32
Scope and Contents

285 x 230 mm. A view showing a group of five men and four children standing in front of a row of huts. This picture was taken shortly after the proclamation at Kerepunu: the flagstaff and its supporting wire are visible in the foreground. It looks down a street of houses from Espiegle Square. In the background, with the characteristic spire, the chief's house can be seen.

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).