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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2761 Collections and/or Records:

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Newton Window, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/12
Scope and Contents

57 x 105 mm. A view of one of the stained glass windows that are high on the north and south walls of the Hall. This window depicts Roger Bacon, Robert Greathead and John Duns Scotus.

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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Nicholson Museum, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/19
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm. A view of a section of the museum, with a case of exhibits and, hanging on the walls, various stone tablets with Latin inscriptions. Sir Charles Nicholson accumulated a large collection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Etruscan artefacts which formed the basis of the Museum collection.

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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Nicholson Museum, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/20
Scope and Contents

206 x 149 mm. A view of another section of the museum showing a carved stele (upright slab) and various pieces of Egyptian sculpture.

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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Nicholson Museum, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/21
Scope and Contents

208 x 150 mm. A view of another section of the museum, with papyri on the walls and various pieces of Egyptian sculpture.

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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Nicholson Museum, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 149 mm. A view of the museum, showing the inscribed stele (upright slab), various papyri and a Greek or Italian vase.

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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Nicholson Window, Great Hall, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/10
Scope and Contents

98 x 131 mm. A view of the stained glass window depicting various founders of Oxford Colleges.

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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Nimboy Bridge, Newton Boyd Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/61
Scope and Contents

260 x 190 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 150 feet each (iron), 4 spans of 60 feet each (timber), with two thirty feet approach spans, total length 750 feet'. A side view from above looking down on the bridge, with bark roofed cabins on the near river bank. A bridge of similar design to Urara bridge, although longer and with small iron arches above the roadway across the width of the bridge.

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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Nimboy Bridge, Newton Boyd Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/62
Scope and Contents

247 x 186 mm. A close-up view along the bridge, showing the details of the supporting piers, which are of similar design to those of Urara bridge.

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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Nimboy Bridge, Newton Boyd Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/63
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. A view looking down on and along the length of the bridge.

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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Nimboy Bridge (Shewing made of launching girders), 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/64
Scope and Contents

154 x 95 mm. An interesting photograph of the bridge under construction, with the two spans nearest the camera not in position, and scaffolding around parts of the bridge.

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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Nine months old ostriches, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7594
Scope and Contents

South Head: Sydney, N.S.W.

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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No. 49 (Swanson’s) Bridge, Main Range, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/35
Scope and Contents

280 x 230 mm. View across a gorge, showing a railway bridge of iron girders, and the track continuing up an incline. Two men stand at the edge of the bridge with a railway trolley.

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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No. 51 Bridge, Main Range, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/34
Scope and Contents

285 x 225 mm. A view across a wooded gorge, crossed by an iron railway bridge on wooden supports.

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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Noorama Bore, South Western District, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/25
Scope and Contents

225 x 180 mm. Photograph showing three women, a man and a young girl, posed in front of the flowing pipe of the bore.

Dates: 1894
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

Norfolk Island: Outline of its history from 1788 to 1884, Sydney : Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1885

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308698A
Scope and Contents 220 x 275 mm leather-bound book of 51 pages. The book is illustrated by one double-page and 13 full-page autotypes from original photographs, the printed surface of plates 2-14 approx. 22 x 165 mm. The reproductions are of varying quality, probably depending on that of the originals; at their best (e.g. plate 14) they are virtually indistinguishable from actual prints. They were taken and printed by Mr A. Dyer, Photo-Mechanical Operator of the Government Printing Office (see p.43). The...
Dates: 1885
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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Norfolk Island Pine Botanical Gardens, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/17
Scope and Contents

153 x 199 mm. A view looking along a path in the gardens at the end of which stands a fine Norfolk Island pine. These trees are endemic to Norfolk Island, which lies about 930 miles north-east of Sydney.

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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North Side of the Great Hall, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/5
Scope and Contents

212 x 152 mm. An exterior view of the north wall showing the stained glass windows and ivy covered buttresses.

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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North Terrace, Adelaide, looking East, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/3
Scope and Contents

260 x 200 mm. A view down the street, which was at this time predominantly residential, with tramlines and a horse tram in the distance. North Terrace lies directly south of and parallel to the River Torrens and has always been a sought-after area of Adelaide. The building nearest the camera is the Adelaide Club House, designed by E.A. Hamilton and completed in 1864.

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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Northern Tasmania, 1957 - 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/31
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1957 - 1993
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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Northern Territory, 1964 - 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/32
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1964 - 1991
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

Notebook on Queensland Aboriginal languages

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 291
Scope and Contents This notebook has no formal title, but its introductory note is headed 'Townsville Cleveland Bay, Queensland, August 31 1885'. It is signed by Charles Price (1842-1926), a draper of Townsville. The volume contains 172 pages of vocabulary, compiled over 16 years of collecting, with Aboriginal words in alphabetical order on the left hand page and English translations on the right. It also includes notes on pronunciation (two pages) and translations of Aboriginal songs and chants (four...
Dates: 1885 - 1886
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Notes on the Australian blue gum tree, 1873

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/4
Scope and Contents

'Notes on the eucalyptus globulus or Australian blue gum tree', 8 pages. There is a covering letter from William Bell to C.W. Eddy, Secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute, dated 9 June (no year), 1 page; an undated letter to Eddy from a colleague (the signature is illegible) who had read Bell's manuscript, 2 pages; and a press cutting commenting on the eucalyptus. The latest date referred to in the text in 1872. As Mr Eddy died in October 1874, the paper must date from 1873 or 1874.

Dates: 1873
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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Nullarbor Plain, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/104
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

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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Nursing staff - Mission Hospital, Ceduna, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/96
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

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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Objects and rules, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These records relate to various associations formed in Australia, India, Ceylon and South Africa by residents of Malaya displaced by the war. They provided information and assistance to evacuees, civilian internees, and prisoners of war.

Rules of the organisations, lists of members, minutes of meetings, memoranda, circulars, indemnity records and related correspondence (343 sheets).

Dates: 1943
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.