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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Medical School, University of Surrey, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/27
Scope and Contents

210 x 146 mm. A view of the Medical School, showing the main façade and entrance. Most of the building is, unfortunately, in shadow.

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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Medical School, University of Sydney, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/26
Scope and Contents

194 x 131 mm. A view of the Gothic stone building which was erected in 1887. The first chair, in Anatomy and Physiology, was filled in 1883, the School starting with four students. The growth of the Medical Faculty was fast, and in 1890, the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology was split into two professorships.

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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Meeting house, model pah, Whaka., NZ, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/73
Scope and Contents

62 x 40mm. A view showing members of the tour standing in front of the entrance to the Maori assembly house.

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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Meeting house, model pah, Whaka., NZ, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/74
Scope and Contents

75 x 59 mm. A view showing a Maori woman standing in front of the Assembly house.

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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Meeting of the Waters, Katoomba, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/76
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. Showing the junction of two smallish rivers below cascades.

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).
 Series

Melbourne, 1890 - 1900

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Victoria/246-252
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards depicting mainly buildings and the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne.

Dates: 1890 - 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).
 Sub-Fonds

'Melbourne' and 'Geelong' deeds, 1935

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/34
Scope and Contents

Copies of two manuscript deeds drawn up by J.T. Gellibrand, signed between John Batman and eight local chiefs on 6 June 1835. The deeds, the originals of which are in the Public Library of Victoria, granted Batman land covering the sites of Melbourne and Geelong, but were later held to be legally invalid. They have been mounted in plastic sleeves.

Dates: 1935
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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Melbourne Exhibition, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/9
Scope and Contents

203 x 145 mm. A view inside the Exhibition Hall, showing the decorated and painted walls, with a large organ at the far end, and chairs and a gallery beneath.

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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Melbourne from South Yarra (from Fairlie House), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7659
Scope and Contents

365 x 265 mm. No print.

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).
 Fonds

Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra Yarra 1839

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 382
Scope and Contents

Painted view of early Melbourne. Reprinted by the Grown Lands Dep. Melbourne, March 1881. Drawn by J. Adamson. Engraved by J. Carmichael for R. Clini.

Dates: 1881
Conditions Governing Access: Stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
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Melbourne, Government House, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/96
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates: 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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Melbourne, in the Botanical Gardens, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/7
Scope and Contents

Showing succulents growing in a rock garden.

Dates: 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).
 Fonds

Melbourne International Exhibition

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A
Scope and Contents An album with printed title page, containing mounted and captioned prints measuring approximately 290 x 235 mm., and showing the courts and exhibits of various countries. Photographer unknown. The Melbourne Exhibition, which lasted from October 1st 1880 until April 30th 1881, was the second international exhibition to be held in Australia, the first being in Sydney the previous year (see Y3086A, 'The Burning of the Garden Palace'). There had been numerous smaller exhibitions but these had...
Dates: 1880
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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Melbourne Public Library, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/16
Scope and Contents

200 x 147 mm. An interior view looking along a reading room lined with columns and busts, and with the bookshelves in alcoves. The library, situated in Swanston Street, was designed by Joseph Reed. The foundation stone was laid in 1853, and the first portion of the building was completed in 1856, when it was officially opened in that year.

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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Melbourne - SS 'Geelong', 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/87
Scope and Contents

A view showing the 'Geelong' being towed by a tug in Melbourne Harbour.

Dates: 1909
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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Melbourne University, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/21
Scope and Contents

207 x 149 mm. A view looking across a small ornamental lake towards two of the university buildings, the original building being on the right. One of the oldest Melbourne buildings, it was completed in the 1850s, with external walls of Victorian Bluestone, and faced with Hobart freestone.

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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Men at Soa - Malanta, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/20
Scope and Contents

204 x 148 mm. A view showing a group of men and children grouped in front of a bamboo house, and holding spears and other weapons. Two of the people, wearing European clothing, are probably connected with the mission.

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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Men-of-war in harbour during the war, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/22
Scope and Contents

A view looking out into the harbour at Apia where seven men-of-war are anchored. Print number 39.

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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[Men re-enacting a war scene], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF/42
Scope and Contents

180 x 241 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number engraved into foot of photograph: 'A.J. TATTERSALL. PHOTO. SAMOA'. This image may relate to the Samoan Civil War of 1899.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Men with horses and cart, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/10
Scope and Contents

204 x 139 mm. A photograph of two men, one carrying an axe, standing beside a small wagon in front of a river or lake, at an unidentified location. The man standing at the left bears a considerable resemblance to the man standing at the right of the picture in Y3083B/1.

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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Menu for Parliamentary Banquet, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/32
Scope and Contents

The menu for the banquet at Parliament House, Adelaide, 23 March 1954, in honour of the Royal Visitors.

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).
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Menzies Hotel, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code:  GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/155
Scope and Contents

183 x 128 mm. A view of the hotel, which stands at the junction between William Street and Bourke Street. The hotel, opened in 1867, is built in the renaissance style, and was erected by David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba. For a later view of the building, considerably altered, see Y3087D/18.

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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Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/18
Scope and Contents

200 x 149 mm. A view of the hotel which stands on the junction between William Street and Bourke Street, with a tower, in renaissance style, at one corner. Opened in 1867, the hotel was built by David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba. For an earlier view of the building when it looked considerably different, see Y308B1/55.

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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Mercury Bay - where Captain Cook took the transit of Mercury, 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089A/3
Scope and Contents 232 x 186 mm. A view of Whitianga, with a jetty in the foreground leading to houses, the 'Whitiangi Hotel' and the 'Whitiangi Music Hall'. The photograph also has several people posing for the camera. Mercury Bay is a large inlet on the east coast of Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island. Whitianga is situated at a narrow strait between Mercury Bay and Whitianga Harbour, an inland extension of the Bay. It was east of Whitianga, at Cook's Beach, that Cook observed the transit of...
Dates: 1870
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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Metroxylon ?solomonevae, Kupei, 1960-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1594
Scope and Contents

Trees.

Dates: 1960-10
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).