Australia (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2767 Collections and/or Records:
Item
8 year old apple trees. Dr Dean, Bridgetown, 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/67
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. Showing field on a slope in background planted with apple trees, with fields and two horses in front.
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).
Item
1300 bales of wool on Derby Jetty, N.W [i.e. north-west], 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/83
Scope and Contents
200 x 145 mm. Showing piles of bales on the jetty, while a horse-drawn trolley carries more along a rail line. Derby, situated inside King Sound, is one of the main exporting stations for cattle and sheep from the north-west districts of Western Australia.
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).
Item
2421 Nellies Grotto, Imperial Cave, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/17
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
Item
2425 Grand Stalactite, Imperia Cave, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/16
Scope and Contents
150 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
Item
3270 Underground River, R1, Jenolan, 1890 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/18
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
Item
A bullock timber waggon, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/21
Scope and Contents
198 x 151 mm. A view on a country road, with woods on either side, showng a 12 strong bullock team transporting a large section of tree trunk. Negative number 933.
Dates:
1885 - 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).
Item
A Bush Home, 1885 - 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/56
Scope and Contents
200 x 146 mm. A view showing a small wooden cabin with a mother and two children beside the doorway. The roofing is made in the characteristic settlers’ way with sheets of flattened tree-bark held down by a network of branches. The picture shows a small vegetable plot in the foreground. This photograph, and Y3087D/55, give a fascinating and evocative picture of the hardships of life outside the larger cities.
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).
Item
A Bush Road, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/35
Scope and Contents
285 x 225 mm. A view down a dirt road in the Bush, with a pony cart on the road.
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).
Item
[A bush scene], 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/123
Scope and Contents
190 x 287 mm. A view showing trees and bushes in the countryside.
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).
Item
[A bush scene, Newton Boyd Road], 1870 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/117
Scope and Contents
290 x 189 mm. A view in the bush showing a small pool in the foreground with woods behind. The picture is very similar to Y3086F/70 which was taken on the Newton Boyd Road.
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).
Item
[A closer view of a steep gangway with horse ascending it], 1899 - 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/21
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
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).
Fonds
A collection of Photographs illustrative of the Railway System of New South Wales 1887
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E
Scope and Contents
A collection of albumen prints by an unknown photographer. The prints were originally in an album with a printed title page reading 'Charles Potter, Government Printer, presented by C.A. Goodchap, Commissioner of Railways'. Some of the pages have decorative designs round the mount, but only a few have captions, and the following details have been derived from various sources. Plates 21-25 have not been researched in the same detail as plates 1-24 and, unless otherwise stated, they are...
Dates:
1887
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).
Item
A country corduroy bridge, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/25
Scope and Contents
198 x 147 mm. An interesting photograph showing a cleared route through dense forest, with a rough bridge constructed from rows of tree trunks, and a man standing below the bridge as an indication of scale. Negative 113.
Dates:
1885 - 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).
Item
A country road, 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/2
Scope and Contents
205 x 150 mm. A view down the road, with a suited man standing at the roadside in front of a house partially obscured by trees. With a wooded hill behind.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
A country road, with car, 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/3
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. A view down a county road, with a white open-topped car parked on the road. Beyond are wooded hills, with some land reclaimed and cultivated.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
A country road, with car., 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/4
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. A similar view to Y3082C/3, but a back view of the same car (registration 55) and with the hills behind more extensively cultivated.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
A country road, with car, 1910 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/5
Scope and Contents
205 x 150 mm. Again a view of similar countryside to Y3082C/2-4, looking down the road and with a back view of the same car, but no sign of cultivation on the hills. The pictures are almost certainly of one area and taken on the same day. A possible location would be somewhere in the Mount Lofty Range of hills outside Adelaide, where the countryside is very like this.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
A 'face' of the Briser's mine showing drift and cement, Derby, Tasmania, 1910-01
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6587
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
Dates:
1910-01
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).
Item
A farm near Tumut, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/19
Scope and Contents
199 x 151 mm. A view of cattle in a field in a lightly wooded valley. Negative 1542.
Dates:
1885 - 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).
Item
A Flock of Sheep, Burranong Station, N.S. Wales, 1908
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/53
Scope and Contents
A view of a large flock of sheep, with horsemen on the perimeter of the flock.
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).
Item
A flock of sheep on the station, 1880 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/XII/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Nothing is known of the provenance of this collection of lantern slides and glass plates. The images likely were created to illustrate lectures given at the RCS.
Dates:
1880 - 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).
Item
A ford, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/31
Scope and Contents
280 x 225 mm. A view looking down on a ford, crossed by a small plank bridge. With cattle in the river, a bullock cart, a pony trap, and with three ladies posing on the bridge. A small cottage is visible on the hill beyond the river. Location unidentified.
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).
Item
A Giant Tree-Camp in the Bush, 1885 - 1891
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/79
Scope and Contents
207 x 150 mm. A view showing the hollow stump of a large tree, inside of which a camp for the night has been made. A white-bearded man sits outside by his camp fire.
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).
Item
A gully or creek, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/32
Scope and Contents
280 x 225 mm. Showing a small stream among rocks, flowing through wooded country. Location unidentified.
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).
Item
A herd of cattle, 1885 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/16
Scope and Contents
199 x 149 mm. A view showing a herd of cattle standing on lightly wooded ground. This print has an embossed stamp reading 'Kerry and Co. Photo. 308 George Street, Sydney, Copyright.' Negative number 564.
Dates:
1885 - 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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