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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2761 Collections and/or Records:

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South Australia, 1956 - 1972

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/42
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: 1956 - 1972
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

South Australia, 1910

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Australia
Scope and Contents

Coloured and monochrome postcards, showing rural and agricultural scenes in South Australia.

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).
 Item

[South Australia], 1928-08-14 - 1928-08-16

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/127-134
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: 1928-08-14 - 1928-08-16
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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South Australia Royal Music Festival, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/33
Scope and Contents

The programme of the festival at Wayville Oval, 24 March 1954, given in honour of the Royal Visitors.

Dates: 1954
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

South Australia. Views in Adelaide, Suburbs and Country Districts

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

A commercially produced album containing 42 mounted prints, mostly 260 x 200 mm., of scenes in Adelaide and the surrounding countryside, with printed captions. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Photographer unknown, printed by 'E. Spiller, Govt. Printer, Adelaide.'

Dates: 1890
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

South Australian Company report on lands, 1879

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/29
Scope and Contents

'Summary of the report on the Company's farm lands at 31 December 1879', 21 lithographed manuscript pages with a map. The report describes various plots with a view to housing or mining development within 10, 20, and 50 miles of Adelaide. The map includes circles indicating these distances.

Dates: 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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South Australian Court, 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/49
Scope and Contents

285 x 234 mm. A view showing a model of bush land, with mountains in the distance and stuffed kangaroos on the grassland. At the left is a tableau showing two Aboriginal Australians building a fire.

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).
 Item

South Australian Dairy Herd, Slington [?Darlington], 1910 - 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C/1
Scope and Contents

195 x 145 mm. A general view of a dairy herd in a field. Also pencilled on reverse ‘Govt. photo supplied by’, then stamped ‘Intelligence and Tourist Bureau’.

Dates: 1910 - 1920
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).
 Item

South Brisbane : Brisbane River, 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7589
Scope and Contents

In the foreground is seen the Queensland Government steamer 'Lucinda.' This view is taken from the Agricultural College.

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).
 Item

[South-easterly view], 1870

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/18
Scope and Contents

389 x 274 mm. A view looking over the roofs of small hotels and commercial buildings towards open land on the far side of the River Yarra. A photograph taken at an earlier date than Y3089B/17: the Town Hall, visible at the extreme left of the print, still has scaffolding surrounding the tower. Part of Queen Street can be seen at the left of the photograph.

Dates: 1870
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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South Head Sydney, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/1
Scope and Contents

208 x 155 mm. A view looking along the cliff which stands at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, with the north side of the inlet visible in the distance.

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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South Sydney, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/87
Scope and Contents

270 x 209 mm. A view from Pyrmont looking over the southern half of Darling Harbour towards the southern side of the city. A fine picture, with the Town Hall and St Andrew’s Cathedral prominent on the skyline.

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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South Sydney and University, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/25
Scope and Contents

207 x 156 mm. A view looking towards the East front of the University buildings, taken from the Glebe, and showing house and shops in this suburb. The stream in the foreground is Black Wattle Swamp Creek.

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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Southern Cross, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/2
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. Sailed from Newcastle on 18 Jan. 1900. Note on the back, ‘The Southern Cross was wrecked in the River Tagus, & for many years used as a dance hall. We saw her several times from the Royal Mail ships to & from Lisbon, then she disappeared.’

Dates: 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).
 Item

? Southern Cross, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/3
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. No name is visible but the funnel has the same Pattee Cross as Y308M/1 and 2.

Dates: 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).
 Fonds

Souvenir of New South Wales Court, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087J
Scope and Contents

An album containing nineteen mounted prints measuring approximately 290 x 225 mm., photographed by Johnston and O'Shannessy, and showing scenes in, and exhibits from, the New South Wales Court. Prints are uncaptioned apart from 'Johnstone and O'Shannessy, 55 and 57 Collins Street, Melbourne,' written beneath each print.

Dates: 1888 - 1889
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).
 File

Souvenir programme of Royal Visit to New South Wales, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Souvenir programme of Royal Visit to Tasmania, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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).
 Item

Spanning the Gilderoy Giant, 1885 - 1891

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/80
Scope and Contents

215 x 251 mm. A view showing a ring of men, women and children making a circle with joined hands around the base of an enormous tree.

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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Spearing Fish-Lake Tyers, Gippsland, 1888 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/84
Scope and Contents

205 x 159 mm. A view of the lake, with a rowing boat at the extreme left of the picture, in the prow of which stands an Australian Aboriginal man (in European dress) with a poised spear. Photographer possibly Charles Bayliss (Y308A/90).

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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[Spinebill honeyeater], 1919 - 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/28
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).
 Item

[Spinebill honeyeaters], 1919 - 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/37
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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Spotted gum tree height 300 ft. cir. 18 ft, 1885 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/23
Scope and Contents

151 x 196 mm. A view of the spotted base of the tree (similar to a plane tree). Handwritten captions on reverse identifies it as being in the Sydney Botanical Gardens. With Kerry's embossed stamp in one corner. Negative number 1420.

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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Spring St. from Treasury, 1885 - 1901

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/24
Scope and Contents

199 x 145 mm. A view taken from the steps of the Treasury, with ornate gas lamps in the foreground, and the Grand Hotel on the other side of the street (see Y3087D/19).

Dates: 1885 - 1901
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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[Spring Street], 1870

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/15
Scope and Contents

390 x 271 mm. A view showing a section of the southern end of Spring Street at its junction with Little Collins Street. Part of Port Melbourne can be seen in the distance.

Dates: 1870
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).