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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2761 Collections and/or Records:

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Saville's Creek, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/28
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the creek, with thickly wooded banks rising steeply on each side.

Dates: 1888
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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Saving’s Bank, Sandhurst, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/16
Scope and Contents

179 x 126 mm. A view of the savings’ Bank from the street, a stone building with a façade of square pillars and rounded arches.

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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Sawmills - Dorrigo, Nth Coast District, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/48
Scope and Contents

A view of a timber mill, with marked trunks ready to be sawn in the foreground, and the sawmill, a low open building, beyond.

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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[Scaly breasted parrot], 1919 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/40
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Fifty-three undated watercolours intended as bookmarks, each 200 x 45 mm in size, sold by John Sands of Sydney as indicated by stickers pasted onto the reverse. The images are of birds, with the exception of two koala bears, two kangaroos and one opossum. The vast majority are the work of three authors, signed Artah, M. Simpson and Koddi. Artah is Violet Artah Bartlett, an artist specialising in Australian ornithology who worked in Sydney during the 1920s. It has proved impossible as yet...
Dates: 1919 - 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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Scarborough Colliery, Sth. Coast District, N.S.W, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/35
Scope and Contents

A view of the colliery, with hills beyond, and railway track in the foreground.

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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Scarborough Colliery, Sth. Coast District, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/48
Scope and Contents

A view of the colliery, with hills beyond and a railway line in the foreground.

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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Scene at Fern Tree Gully, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/47
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view looking over densely wooded hilly land, with farm buildings in a gully in the foreground.

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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Scene at Healesville, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/21
Scope and Contents

189 x 133 mm. A view looking along a creek near Healesville, with scrub and fallen tree trunks in the foreground and woodland beyond.

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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Scene at Studley Park, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/31
Scope and Contents

188 x 134 mm. A view looking over Studley Park from a hillside, with the River Yarra in the foreground. Studley Park is about two miles distant from Melbourne. On the right hand side of the picture may be seen the Johnson-Street new Bridge. The left-hand side of the picture shows a portion of the Abbotsford Convent grounds.

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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Scene at Warburton on the Yarra River, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/78
Scope and Contents

211 x 151 mm. A view looking down river, with woods on either bank.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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Scene in German Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/60
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234 x 289 mm. A view showing an ornate pavilion advertising ‘Wertheim’s Machines’, with sewing machines and cutlery on display.

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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Scene in Italian Fine Art Gallery, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/38
Scope and Contents

288 x 235 mm. A view of paintings on the wall of the gallery, with a statue in the foreground.

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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Scene in Middle Harbour, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/108
Scope and Contents

180 x 111 mm. A similar view to Y308A/107 , with plants and scrub in the foreground.

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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Scene in New Zealand Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/39
Scope and Contents

288 x 234 mm. A view showing various exhibits in the New Zealand Court, with pictures and photographs at the right and rock specimens and biscuit samples in the centre.

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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Scene in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/26
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188 x 134 mm. A view looking along a shrub-lined path in the gardens with the central lake visible in the centre of the photograph. Taken from the hill on the South Yarra side of the gardens, the Government Domain can be seen in the distance with Government House (completed 1876) on the skyline.

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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Scene near ‘Bulli’ N.S.W., 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/96
Scope and Contents

194 x 147 mm. A view looking across partially cleared land, with figures in the foreground, towards densely wooded hills beyond.

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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Scene near ‘Corranderrk’ Station, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/9
Scope and Contents

187 x 133 mm. A view from a hill near Rourkes’ Bridge on the Healesville Road looking across the River Yarra, past a recently made clearing on the far side and towards a newly constructed Government road: Corranderrk is the local habitation of the Natives of this district, and is situated on the right hand side of the picture, about a mile and a half from the roadway.

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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Scene near Dandenong: Moon’s Range, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/24
Scope and Contents

190 x 133 mm. A view from a hillside looking out over dense forest, with a settler’s small hut and cleared space in the foreground.

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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Scene near the Yarra Flats, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/18
Scope and Contents

188 x 134 mm. A view looking along the Yarra as it passes through woodland, its course partially impeded by fallen trees. In the background a homestead can be seen beside the river.

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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Scene on the Goulbourn River, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/65
Scope and Contents

198 x 143 mm. A view looking along the river, with trees and woodland on either side.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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Scene on the River Campaspe, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/22
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186 x 134 mm. A view looking over flooded woodland beside the River Campaspe near Echuca.

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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Scene taken from St Paul’s Tower, looking Eastward, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/41
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178 x 124 mm. A view showing small residential buildings in the foreground, with more sparsely populated ground beyond, and with the Free Methodist Church in the middle distance. The text below the photograph reads ‘This view represents the locality of the Back Creek gold diggings, and though at present almost deserted, was once a scene of activity; in consequence of the rich patches of alluvial ground it contained’.

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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Scenery on the Mount Lyell line towards Regatta Point, from moving train., 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6566
Scope and Contents

[Showing river between forested hills].

Dates: 1910-01
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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Scenery on the Mount Lyell line towards Regatta Point, from moving train. [Showing river between forested hills], 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6565
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1910-01
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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[Scenes in Western Australia], 1928-08-08 - 1928-08-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/112-118
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1928-08-08 - 1928-08-11
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).