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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Group of Boulder mines, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. View of mine buildings with chimneys and railway line. Boulder is a town on the eastern goldfields, just south of Kalgoorlie, which proved an immensely rich lead, and led to the discovery of the 'Golden Mile', one of the largest gold-bearing areas in the world.

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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Group of children in institutional clothes with four adults, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/26
Scope and Contents

270 x 205 mm. This is a loose print found in the album. It is captioned on reverse ‘The Orphanage W.A.’ (same handwriting as the album captions).

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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Group of clergy on board the mission ship ‘Southern Cross’, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/55
Scope and Contents

204 x 149 mm. A view showing a group of clergymen grouped at the stern of the ‘Southern Cross’. Of the eight figures five can be identified: Back row, left to right: unidentified, Rev Palmer, Captain Bongard, Bishop Montgomery. Front row: unidentified, unidentified, Rev Cullwick, A.E.C. Forrest.

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 of coffee plants of different varieties, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7546
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Kamerunga State Nursery, North Queensland. [Mr Newport, seen in previous print, standing by coffee bushes].

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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[Group of dancers], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/63
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '24/2' next to '63. Group'.

Dates: 1903
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 of dancers], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/64
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '24/3' next to '64. Group'.

Dates: 1903
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 of English Exhibitors Melbourne Exhibition, 1888-9, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/138
Scope and Contents

296 x 160 mm. A posed group of 27 men who attended the exhibition.

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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Group of Maoris, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/134
Scope and Contents

197 x 129 mm.A view of a group of men and women standing under palm trees, presumably about to perform a dance. They are not Maoris as the caption states, but belong to one of the South Sea island groups.

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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Group of Maoris outside meeting house with Maggie Papekura, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7013
Scope and Contents From the File: 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).
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Group of native chiefs, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/39
Scope and Contents 228 x 176 mm. A view showing a group sitting in two rows in front of the verandah of Government House at Suva. All the men were Government Rokotui. (Roko were officers in charge of a district. Tui means king or sovereign). All the men were high chiefs in their own right.1-6 left to right front row:1. Not known2. Katonivere Rokotui Machuata3. ? Rokotui Ra4. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau Rokotui Tailevu (Eldest son of Seru Cakobau)5. Marica Toroka Rokotui Lomaiviti6. Not...
Dates: 1880 - 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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Group of native fisherman, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/45
Scope and Contents

265 x 208 mm. A view showing a large group of fishermen and young children, posed in a village clearing with a net spread on the ground in front of them.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Group of Native Warriors with the Governors commissioner at Namuamua, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7388
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing].

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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Group of Native Warriors with the Governors commissioner at Namuamua, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7389
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing].

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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Group of natives at Namosi, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7404
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Group standing around in village with huts to the sides and mountains 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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Group of natives at Namosi, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7405
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Unposed people walking from the camera, one with umbrella towards village huts].

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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Group of Natives in Exhibition Grounds, Adelaide , 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/1
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. Showing a group of about 60 Aboriginal Australians in European dress. There is a policeman standing to the left.

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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[Group of people on the upper deck of a ship, with a funnel apparently marked with the Houlder symbol], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/27
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. The group contains three men (two identified as ‘F’ and ‘Capt. Hutton’), a woman (‘Nell’) and a boy. It is not clear whether ‘F’ is the same as ‘F.H.H.’ in Y308M/18. Captain Hutton, an elderly man in civilian clothes, has not been found in any biographical work consulted.

Dates: 1899 - 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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[Group of Samoans by roadside], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/23
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '21/11 ?' next to the following notes: '23. Group of natives by roadside - cigarettes'.

Dates: 1903
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 of school children], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/113
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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 of structural fibre producing plants, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7545
Scope and Contents

Mr Newport, manager of the State nursery, pointing out sisal hemp. North Queensland. [Showing man in white with pith helmet among sisal hemp].

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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Group of the tour taken at Christ's College at Christchurch, 1932 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/23
Scope and Contents

148 x 105 mm. Half-tone illustration from unknown periodical. From partly legible writing on the back it appears that this was used as a greetings card. The caption on the back of the print confirms that the location is in New Zealand.

Dates: 1932 - 1933
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 of women, Vavau, Tonga], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/11
Scope and Contents

196 x 144 mm. A view showing a row of Tongan women performing a ceremonial dance.

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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[Group outside Government House, Sydney], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/6
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190 x 130 mm. A group portrait taken on the grass outside the house of four men (three of whom are in military uniform) and three women. The women are presumably the Keppel sisters and Violet Douglas Pennant (although these have not been individually identified). The identities of the men have not been determined.

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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Group, possibly also taken at Christ's College, but on a different occasion, 1932 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/24
Scope and Contents

175 x 125 mm.

Dates: 1932 - 1933
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 with Lord Bledisloe, Governor-General of New Zealand at Wellington February 1933, 1933-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/22
Scope and Contents

125 x 85 mm. Autographed and dated by Lord Bledisloe.

Dates: 1933-02
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).