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Australia (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2774 Collections and/or Records:

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View of fossil Otozamites Feistmanteli, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/74
Scope and Contents

107 x 136 mm. A studio photograph showing the fossil, found three miles south of Mingenew. Photograph by E.S. Simpson and R.H. Irwin. Negative No. 321.

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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[View of gangway; ship to left, railway truck on right, with horses crossing it to the ship; crane in background], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/15
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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).
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View of Ginginup Hill, Gin Gin, 1903-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/58
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151 x 107 mm. A view of Ginginup Hill showing the base and cap of sandstone and grit with chalk halfway up the hill. Photogrpah by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 165.

Dates: 1903-12-16
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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View of Golden Square Township, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/19
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180 x 126 mm. A view looking down on this suburb of Bendigo, showing the Wesleyan Church in the centre, with small houses and businesses grouped around it.

Dates: 1875
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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View of gorge on Elvire River (tributary of Ord River), Kimberley Stock Route Survey, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/78
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121 x 90 mm. A view showing a pool in the gorge with Aboriginal Australians holding fishing rods on the bank. Photograph by H.W.B Talbot. Negative No. 584.

Dates: 1908 - 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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View of Grapevines in Dalwood Vineyards in full fruit, viz; A. - Black Verdot vines, age 28 years. In 1886, average production 650 gallons per acre, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/9
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155 x 105 mm. A view of growing vine plants.

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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View of Illagi (Murgurra) Pool, Nabberu District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/1
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122 x 94 mm. A view looking across a tree-lined pool on the Kimberley stock route. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 422.

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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View of interior portion of principal wine press room, showing screw presses and tubs, fermenting vats of 1000 gallons each, covered with canvas cloths, and centrifugal pump drawing off wine must into cask in cellar beyond, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/13
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260 x 210 mm. Photograph printed from broken plate. An interior view of a building with wooden joists and pillars, with a corrugated iron roof. The screw-presses are at the right, the pump in the centre with worker standing beside it and the fermenting vats on the left.

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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View of Irwin River, Dongara area, 1905-05-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/17
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152 x 107 mm. A view from a hillside looking over the meandering Irwin River and its debouchment into the sea in the distance. A photograph 'taken from roadnear west end of cemetery'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 515.

Dates: 1905-05-16
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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View of Jasper Bar in the Coongan River, Pilbara Marble area, 1905 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/27
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152 x 108 mm. A view looking along the Coongan River with a spur of white jasper jutting out into the river in the foreground. It is the presence of this mineral which gives the Marble Bar area its name. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 541.

Dates: 1905 - 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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[View of lake or river from high ground], 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/21
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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View of laterite hill, Laverton Hill, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/48
Scope and Contents

120 x 92 mm. A view showing a hillside covered with scrubland and with a rocky outcrop at the summit. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 113.

Dates: 1905
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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View of Mitchell Street, Sandhurst, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/50
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185 x 128 mm. A view looking up Mitchell Street from near St Paul’s Church, towards Charing Cross (marked by the lamp in the centre of the crossroads).

Dates: 1875
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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View of North Old Chum, showing Surface Excavations, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/10
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177 x 125 mm. A view looking towards mine workings, with an excavated trench in the foreground. Sites identified in the key are The Dividing Range between Happy Valley, Victoria Hill and Iron Bark; Lansell’s No. 180 Claim; New Chum and Victoria Company’s Quartz Crushing Battery.

Dates: 1875
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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View of NW [i.e. north-west] corner of Dalwood Cellars, showing cellar-hands, wine press-house, cooper's residence, offices, etc, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/10
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270 x 210 mm. Shows the group of stone vineyard buildings with workers standing at left of picture.

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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View of Old Chum Hill, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/35
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179 x 124 mm. A view of the hill with men and women posing in the foreground, among small domestic houses, and mine workings on the hill beyond. The key identifies the following: Abe Lincoln Crushing Plant, Mr. Lansell’s Residence, Mr. Lazarus’ Residence, Lazarus Co. Claim, Old Chum Claim.

Dates: 1875
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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View of Port Darwin, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/1
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205 x 139 mm. A view of the harbour and town looking down from Fort Hill. The picture shows ships at anchor, and warehouses and boat sheds on the shore, with Government House on the hill overlooking the bay at the left of the picture. A similar photograph, also by Foëlsche, but probably taken at an earlier date, appears in Alfred Searcy’s ‘In Australian Tropics’ (London 1907).

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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View of portion of Dalwood Vineyards, from Northern Gazabo, looking east, showing Vigneron's cottages along vineyard edge; also Farmers' cottages and 'Hudson's Hill' on opposite side of the Hunter River, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/8
Scope and Contents

260 x 210 mm. A view looking along rows of vines towards Hudson's Hill in the distance. The Hunter River is not visible.

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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View of Portion of Dalwood Vineyards, from Northern Gazabo, showing Southern Gazabo on the left, Dalwood House and cellars and Terrace Hill in the distance, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/6
Scope and Contents

260 x 215 mm. A view of the vineyards, with a path between the vines.

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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View of Portion of Dalwood Vineyards, from Southern Gazabo, showing grape-pickers, carts with grape crushers, date palms, wine stores, and portion of 'Terrace Hill' in the distance, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/5
Scope and Contents

260 x 215 mm. The wine stores are in the distance. The grape pickers, mainly female, stand among the vines, while the grape crushers, mounted on a ponycart with a large barrel, proceed along a path between the vines.

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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View of Portion of Dalwood Vineyards, from Southern Gazabo, showing Northern Gazabo on the left, Vigneron's cottages on the right; 'Wallaroo Hill', 'Lamb's Valley Gap', and 'Paterson Range' in distance, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/7
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260 x 215 mm. A view down the rows of vines, with cottages beyond the vines and the hills behind.

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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View of portion of the City of Sandhurst [Bendigo], as seen from the Hill Camp Reserve, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/4
Scope and Contents 188 x 132 mm. A view looking down on to the centre of Bendigo from the Camp Reserve, with the thatched Rotunda in the foreground and gardens beyond. To the right of the picture is shown the City of Sandhurst Claim, supposed to be on the Hustler’s line of reef. St Paul’s Church tower may be seen in the distance. To the left of the picture Williamson Street branches out from Pall Mall. On the side of the street is the far-famed Shamrock Hotel; on the other stands the Bank of Australasia, with...
Dates: 1877 - 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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View of Rock Hole 28 miles from Mount Brophy, Kimberley Stock Route Survey, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/77
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123 x 94 mm. A view showing the entrance to the Rock Hole (filled with water), with a man and two tethered camels in the foreground. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 577.

Dates: 1908 - 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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View of Sailors’ Creek Bridge, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/27
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183 x 120 mm. Showing the wooden bridge which spans Sailors’ Creek. In the foreground two prospectors can be seen on the bank of the creek beside their gold sluices.

Dates: 1877 - 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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View of Sailors’ Creek Falls, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/28
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188 x 134 mm. A view looking along the valley towards the Sailors’ Creek Falls (dry in this photograph) near Dylesford.

Dates: 1877 - 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).