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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2785 Collections and/or Records:

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Workroom, Physics Laboratory, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/51
Scope and Contents

209 x 152 mm. A view of the workroom, with lathes, workbenches and tools.

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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Workshop, P.N. Russell Engineering School, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/46
Scope and Contents

210 x 154 mm. A view of the workshop, with brickwork floors, into which are set lathes and other engineering equipment.

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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Wreck - French - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/57
Scope and Contents

A view of the deck of a French wreck.

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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Wreck - French ship - Newcastle, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/55
Scope and Contents

A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater, with Newcastle harbour in the background and the city in the distance.

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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Wreck - Newcastle, Australia, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/56
Scope and Contents

A view showing the deck of a French ship.

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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Wreck - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/54
Scope and Contents

A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater.

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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Wreck of Orient Line R.M.S. ‘Austral’ (afterwards raised), Sydney Harbour, 1882 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/99
Scope and Contents

189 x 110 mm. A view of the ship, almost totally submerged apart from masts and funnels, with Fort Denison visible in the background. The ‘Austral’ sank in Neutral Bay on November 11th 1882, taking a heavy list while coaling. Five people died. The ship was refloated in February 1883.

Dates: 1882 - 1883
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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Wynward Square, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/85
Scope and Contents

232 x 177 mm. A view of the square with a central grassed area surrounded by residential houses. The square had formerly been the site of the Military Barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822 and according to Maclehose ‘the biggest in the British Empire’. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square named after Major-General E.B. Wynward, who arrived as Commander of the British Forces in Australia and New Zealand in 1848.

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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Wynyard Square, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/15
Scope and Contents

277 x 207 mm. Showing a corner of Wynyard Square, with Pfahlert's Family Hotel prominent in the left foreground and terraced residential houses beyond. The square had formerly been the site of military barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square re-named after Major General E.B. Wynyard, who arrived in that year as Commander of British Forces in Australia and New Zealand.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Wynyard Square East, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/18
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265 x 211 mm. View looking along Wynyard Square East, with no. 1 Wynyard Square in the right foreground. This substantial three storey residential building, with a cast-iron balcony running along the first floor, is surmounted by the inscription 'Isaac Levey 1861'. The next building along in the square is Horner's Family Hotel.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Wynyard Square South, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/16
Scope and Contents

275 x 214 mm. View looking along the row of commercial premises along the south side of Wynyard Square. In the foreground is the three storey, nine bay building occupied by T.F. Meyer and Co. and D. Mitchell and Co. The first storey windows of this building are recessed into arch-topped openings with decorative fanlights above the windows. Beyond are the premises of Charles Teakle, auctioneer.

Dates: 1870 - 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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[Yacht under full sail, Sydney Harbour], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/31
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. Uncaptioned print. In the foreground a yacht with three sails flying has been well caught by the photographer. With the cliffs of North Head in the background.

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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Yarrowford Bridge, on the road from Glen Innes to Tentorfield, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/50
Scope and Contents

280 x 220 mm. Information given states '2 spans of 75 feet each with 1 approach span, total length 180 feet'. A side view of the bridge from the river bank, with riders and pedestrians on the bridge. A wooden superstructure with wooden piers.

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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Yarruun Parpur Tarneen (Victorious), 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308J/2
Scope and Contents

102 x 146 mm. Chiefess of the Morporr people.

Dates: 1881
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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Yass Bridge, Yass River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/15
Scope and Contents

255 x 241 mm. Information given states '1 span of 180 feet, 2 approach spans, Total length 240 feet'. A view from the river bank showing the white lattice bridge, with two iron supports on the river bank.

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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Yass Bridge, Yass River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/16
Scope and Contents

335 x 255 mm. A view looking down on to and across the bridge, showing the wooden roadway and the small township on the far side of the river. The town of Yass lies west of Goulbourn.

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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Yass, New South Wales 1949

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086W
Scope and Contents

Collection of professional photographs, each 90 x 70 mm, published for the Yass Newsagency by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney and Melbourne. Yass is 43 miles north of Canberra. Its population in 1947 was 3254.

Dates: 1949
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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Yates apple trees, 8 years, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/55
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. Showing an orchard of apple trees, with man holding a child in right foreground, (probably J Wheatley).

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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Yates Apples from J Wheatley, Bridgetown, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/56
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. A close-up of a small pile of apples.

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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Ye Adelaide Post office, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/175
Scope and Contents

217 x 167 mm. A view of the Post Office from Victoria Square, with trees and shrubs in the foreground.

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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Ye Derwent from Government House, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/181
Scope and Contents

178 x 98 mm. A view looking out across the lawn of Government House towards the Derwent, with a three-masted ship in the river and more shipping berthed in the bay beneath Government House.

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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Ye Outer Domain, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/40
Scope and Contents

260 x 189 mm. A view showing a tree-lined pathway in the outer Domain with women and children siting in the shade. The outer Domain is the southern half of the open land south of the Botanic Gardens.

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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Ye Sydney Abattoirs, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/26
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. A view looking up from a jetty at the water’s edge, towards the long low building of the abattoir. These abattoirs were situated on the Pyrmont side of the Glebe Island Bridge, and can be seen to the north of the bridge in Plate 24.

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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Ye Weatherboard, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/38
Scope and Contents

216 x 270 mm. A view looking out over the dense forest of the Jamieson Valley from the top of the Weatherboard (Wentworth) 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).