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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2774 Collections and/or Records:

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Aldgate Railway Station, Adelaide and Melbourne Railway, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/26
Scope and Contents

260 x 200 mm. A view from the railway track towards the station, with the stationmaster and others on the platform, and a passenger train drawing in to the station. Aldgate lies between Crafters and Bridgwater in the Mount Lofty Ranges and the section of the railway to Aldgate was opened in March 1883, the last 21 miles of the line costing £20, 500 per mile to construct.

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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Alfred Hospital, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code:  GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/152
Scope and Contents

183 x 129 mm. A view of the hospital, a brick building with white stone facings situated in Commercial Road, Prahran. The hospital, the second in Melbourne, was built as a thanksgiving to commemorate the Duke of Edinburgh’s survival of the attempted assassination in Sydney in 1868. Prince Alfred laid the foundation stone in 1869, and the building was opened in 1871.

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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Alluvial miners sluicing wash-dirt, Nullgine area, 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/50
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing two bearded prospectors working a rudimentary wooden slicing apparatus. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 126.

Dates: 1896
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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Alluvial Tin-washing at Torrington, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/51
Scope and Contents

A view showing prospectors at work beside a crude sluice for separating the alluvial tin.

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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Alluvial Tin Washing at Torrington, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/46
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view showing prospectors at work beside a crude sluice for separating the alluvial tin.

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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American Court: Great Hall, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/45
Scope and Contents

291 x 234 mm. A view showing a section of the American Court, with paintings on a gallery above and various models of organ on the ground floor.

Dates: 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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American Court: Temporary Annex: Front View, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/46
Scope and Contents

287 x 233 mm. A view of the entrance to the main section of the American Court showing a horse-carriage, a safe, a weighing machine and other products.

Dates: 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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American Machinery, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/47
Scope and Contents

288 x 235 mm. A view looking down an aisle between two long rows of mainly agricultural machinery.

Dates: 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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[An Aboriginal Australian family], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/122
Scope and Contents

152 x 200 mm. A view showing a man, a woman and a youth; the man is seated, holding a boomerang and has scars on his chest and arms, the woman and youth lying on the ground to one side beneath a bark windbreak.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/106
Scope and Contents

152 x 195 mm. A frontal view of a seated man, with long hair and scars on his chest. Around him are arranged various plants and a shield. The man holds a cleft stick.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/107
Scope and Contents

152 x 198 mm. A view showing an older man holding a shield and club.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/109
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm. A portrait of a bearded man with scars on his chest and holding a cleft stick. Draped in front of him is a fishing net.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/110
Scope and Contents

152 x 200 mm. A view of a bearded young man, seated and holding a rifle.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/114
Scope and Contents

150 x 196 mm. A view of a seated man, with scars and holding a boomerang, with a large snake on the ground in front of him.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian man], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/118
Scope and Contents

152 x 197 mm. A seated man, showing him carving a boomerang with a small axe.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian woman], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/108
Scope and Contents

148 x 198 mm. A posed view of a woman, holding a cleft stick as seen in Plate 106, and with scars on her arms.

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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[An Aboriginal Australian woman], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/124
Scope and Contents

150 x 199 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a white fur headpiece.

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).
 Fonds

An appreciation of the life of William French (1897-1960) soldier, naturalist and adventurer extraordinaire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 381
Scope and Contents The collection was compiled by Allan Allison, Carlisle City Museum Assistant (1956-66) and Senior Nature Reserve Warden with Nature Conservancy Scotland (1968-78), who became acquainted with French during the final years of his life. At its heart are ten original letters (approximately 60 pages with photocopied duplicates) written by French to his lifelong friend Ernest Blezard, Curator of Natural History, Carlisle City Museum (1926-1966):1-2 Australia 19253 Solomon Islands...
Dates: 1925 - 2012
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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An Australian bush stream, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085R/1
Scope and Contents

215 x 265 mm. An unidentified pictorial scene showing a river with thickly wooded banks.

Dates: 1913
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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An Australian Conservatory Botanical Gardens, Ballarat, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/70
Scope and Contents

197 x 150 mm. An exterior view of this conservatory, a large wooden construction built from slats in order to let in light while giving protection against wind.

Dates: 1888 - 1889
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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An Australian Sundowner, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/46
Scope and Contents 200 x 146 mm A view showing a sundowner camped at the base of a hollow tree with a small fire in the foreground. The term ‘sundowner’ originates from the practice in the outback of giving rations of mutton, tea and flour to anyone who applied for work at a station-sundowners were that wandering body of men who always came at dusk, too late for any work to be exacted, but early enough to claim rations. How far this photograph is a genuine portrait of such a type, or a posed genre picture, is...
Dates: 1888 - 1889
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-Series

An Australian town, 1910 - 1919

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Australia - general/396-399
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards (original photographs) of an unidentified Australian town, photographed by James Morton Junior.

Dates: 1910 - 1919
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

An interesting historical event in Australian history, 1923

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/17
Scope and Contents

A translation of the Dutch account, published in 1647, of the wreck of the 'Batavia' on the Abrolhos Islands and subsequent events of 1628-1629 (85 pages). Some extracts from Saville-Kent's 'A naturalist in Australia' have been added, and there are four pages of illustrations taken from the Dutch account.

Dates: 1923
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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An old house in which Sir John Franklin is said to have spent his last night in Hobart, 1850 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D/3
Scope and Contents

180 x 135 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 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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An orchardists home, Warburton, Bridgetown, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/60
Scope and Contents

500 x 155 mm. A view from closer-up of the same house and orchard as Y3081B/59.

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).