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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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Western Australia Branch Newsletter, 1958 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/24
Scope and Contents From the Series: By the end of the nineteenth century, the society had established a large non-resident membership in the overseas empire and within the United Kingdom among those not living in the London area. At first a network of honorary corresponding secretaries was formed to manage the society's affairs outside London. In 1910 it authorised the establishment of local branches to increase membership and extend the scope of its activities. The first UK branch was formed in Bristol in 1913 and the first...
Dates: 1958 - 1985
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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Western Australia - Imperial Airways at Adelaide, en route for Ceduna, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/93
Scope and Contents

Showing passengers boarding.

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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Wharf, Hobart Town, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/180
Scope and Contents

187 x 97 mm. A view looking across Sullivan’s Cove showing the New Wharf and part of Salamanca Place, with a small steamer moored in the foreground and sailing ships moored at the new wharf.

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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Wharf. Port Darwin, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/123
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1925
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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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/48
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view showing the railway lines running alongside, with sailing ships at anchor.

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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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/49
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view of the railway lines with rolling stock and the harbour with numerous sailing ships in the background.

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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Wharves at Newcastle, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/50
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. A view looking land-ward from the sea.

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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Wharves, Brisbane River, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/17
Scope and Contents

240 x 185 mm. A view from the river showing the wharves to the right, with a sailing vessel moored in the foreground, and a steamer 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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Wheat awaiting trainage, Gerogery, N.S. Wales, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/36
Scope and Contents

A view of a large number of stacked sacks of wheat waiting in the station yard at Gerogery, with two small boys sitting on one pile.

Dates: 1911
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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Wheat crop, 400 acres ('Gillian'), Katanning, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/74
Scope and Contents

205 x 145 mm. View across a huge field, high with wheat, with a man standing among shoulder high crop.

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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Wheat farm, Southern District, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/12
Scope and Contents

196 x 150 mm. A view of a wheat field in a valley, showing a partially harvested field, with a horse-drawn harvester to the right of the picture. Negative number 1505.

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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Wheat in sheds, Fremantle Wharf, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/78
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. Showing wheat sacks piled 20 high, with a railway line for loading to one side, and workers posing for photographer.

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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Wheat on wharf, Fremantle, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/80
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing hundreds of sacks of wheat piled in front of the Customs House.

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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Wheat sheaves in stooks, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/11
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view of large wheatfield, with the corn packed in stooks, and a labourer in the foreground holding a bundle of wheat. Negative 1520.

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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Wheat Teams leaving a farm in the Western District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/64
Scope and Contents

A view showing loaded wagons pulled by large teams of horses.

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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Whinham Collegiate School, North Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/15
Scope and Contents

260 x 205 mm. A three-quarter front view of the school buildings, with pupils grouped in front. The building is in Jeffcott Street, and was erected by Thomas Frost (1826-1910).

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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White Naped Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7505
Scope and Contents

[Two].

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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Wild flowers in (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area, 1902-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/31
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152 x 108 mm. A view showing a hillside covered in (?) everlasting daisies, probably taken at the same time as plate 38. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. A.

Dates: 1902-08
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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Wild flowers in (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area, 1902-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/32
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A similar view to plate 31. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. B.

Dates: 1902-08
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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Wild flowers (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area, 1902-08-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/38
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing (?) everlasting daisies growing on hillside, with Kings Mount, Sugarloaf Peak and Razorback Mount in the far distance. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 26.

Dates: 1902-08-21
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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William Dunn, June 1871. Born at Goulbourn, New South Wales, August 2nd 1851, 1871-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/8
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35 x 55 mm. (Vignetted oval). A carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of William Dunn, presumably the brother of E.J. Dunn. The backmark reads: 'Portraits and landscapes. Photograph by J.E. Bray, Beechworth, Victoria'.

Dates: 1871-06
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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William Lanny [sic], 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088C/1
Scope and Contents

185 x 179 mm. A full-faced portrait of William Lanne looking to one side of the camera. Lanne for many years worked on whaling ships out of Hobart Town and died in February 1869 of cholera contracted on his return from a whaling voyage. For further information on his life see Bonwick, pp. 394-95.

Dates: 1866
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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William Westall Drawings, 1889 - 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/9/12
Scope and Contents

Material relating to the acquisition of drawings of Australia by William Westall in 1889, the publication of a volume reproducing some of them in 1962, and their sale to the National Library of Australia in 1969.

Dates: 1889 - 1981
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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Williams River [i.e. Williams Creek], North Coast, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/69
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the river, the banks on either side of which are lined with trees.

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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Willoughby Falls Nh Shore, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/36
Scope and Contents

203 x 156 mm. A similar view to plate 27 but taken from slightly more to one side. The figure seen in plate 27 is sitting in front of the falls.

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).