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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2643 Collections and/or Records:

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Dubbo Bridge, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/36
Scope and Contents

280 x 221 mm. A view from slightly to one side of the bridge, showing the approach road and supporting 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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Dubbo Bridge, Macquarie River, Dubbo, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/35
Scope and Contents

287 x 215 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 80 feet each with 5 approach spans, total length 390 feet'. A view of the bridge partially obscured by trees, from the river bank. With a figure reclining on the bank in the foreground. The bridge is a wooden structure with wooden supporting 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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Dudley Colliery, Newcastle Dist., N.S.W, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/36
Scope and Contents

A view looking down the railway line, with a terminus at the colliery, and showing wagons loaded with coal.

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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Dudley Colliery, Newcastle Dist., N.S.W [i.e. Newcastle District, New South Wales], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/29
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking along the railway line which runs up to the colliery.

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).
 Series

[Dunns retirement home 'Roseneath' at Kew, Victoria], 1912 - 1937

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/35-53
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints of various sizes. The photographs are mostly family portraits and albumen print cartes de visite of leading individuals in South Africa during his time. However, there are also some photographs of his retirement home, Roseneath, showing artifacts he had collected (35-53). 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 the collection's creation. Captions...
Dates: 1912 - 1937
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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E. Noble’s prize Jersey Cow, 1890 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085L/12
Scope and Contents 205 x 150 mm. Black and white photograph showing farmer posed next to cow. With contemporary handwritten sheet pinned to photograph which reads:Mr E. Noble.Mr Noble’s farm is situated about three miles from Craidley out towards Blenheim and is an ideal spot for Dairying. Mr. Noble has been Dairying for the last twenty years, and is now the happy possessor of one of the finest Jersey herds in Queensland and his cows which are in the pink of condition can all be milked without...
Dates: 1890 - 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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East Door, Great Hall, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. A head-on view of the double wooden doors of the Hall, with decorations on the surrounding stonework, and a carved coat of arms at each side.

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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East End of the Prince Alfred Hospital, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/60
Scope and Contents

209 x 143 mm. A view of the hospital, showing the verandahs, balconies, and elaborate iron-work rails outside the wards. These original buildings have long since been swallowed up in the growth of the hospital, forming a nucleus for the considerable accretions on all sides.

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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East Warwick Railway platform, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/21
Scope and Contents

235 x 180 mm. A view across a field towards the railway line, with the town in the distance. The station sign can be seen above the passenger carriage of a train in the station (engine hidden by building).

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).
 Sub-Series

Ecclesiastical architecture, 1910

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Queensland/111-118
Scope and Contents

Sepia postcards.

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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[Edward John Dunn], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/9
Scope and Contents

42 x 62 mm. (Oval image). A carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of Edward Dunn, probably taken in the 1860's. The backmark reads; 'Stewart and Co, 217 Bourke Street East, near Parliament Houses, Melbourne. A large framed copy of this portrait may be had price 20. Views taken within twenty miles of town'.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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[Edward John Dunn], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/10
Scope and Contents

35 x 50 mm. A carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of Edward Dunn, probably taken around 1870, shortly before he left Australia. The backmark reads: 'Stewart and Co, 217 Bourke Street East, near Parliament Houses, Melbourne. A large framed copy of this portrait may be had price 20. Marion, Imp, Paris'.

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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[E.J. Dunn and 'Acacia Dunni'], 1886 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/6
Scope and Contents

77 x 81 mm. Showing Edward John Dunn standing beside two young wattle trees.

Dates: 1886 - 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).
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E.J. Dunn 'Back to Beechworth', 1860 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/5
Scope and Contents

79 x 136 mm. Showing Edward John Dunn and an elderly lady, presumably his wife Elizabeth Julie Dunn, standing on a pathway. Beechworth is situated 140 miles north-east of Melbourne.

Dates: 1860 - 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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Elizabeth Road South, near [illegible], 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/68
Scope and Contents

285 x 209 mm. View of a block of houses on Elizabeth Street. At the right is a small confectioner and fruiterer, in the middle a narrow three storey public house (name unknown), at the left a small wood-frame bungalow with dormer windows. Precise location unidentified.

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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Elizabeth Street, from Bourke Street, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/37
Scope and Contents

202 x 148 mm. A view looking down the street, with pedestrians horse-carts and trams.

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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Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/38
Scope and Contents

199 x 145 mm. A view looking down Elizabeth Street, with the Post Office on the right at the junction with Bourke Street, and with trams and horse cabs on the road.

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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Ellanora Goldmine, Hillgrove, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/39
Scope and Contents

A view showing the roofs of the goldmine buildings, with a steep railway escarpment going up the hill behind.

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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Elter’s Glen, Fernshaw, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/71
Scope and Contents

198 x 147 mm. A woodland scene showing palms, ferns and a stream.

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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Empire outlook, 1954-03

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/14
Scope and Contents

An edition of the journal of the Royal Empire Society, New South Wales Branch, regarding the Royal Visit.

Dates: 1954-03
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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Emu Plains, Nepean River, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/27
Scope and Contents

280 x 225 mm. A view looking across the plain from a small wooded rise, with the river Nepean in the middle distance, and the township (indistinct) beyond the river. The town lies about 36 miles west of Sydney and in the early years of the nineteenth century was abundantly populated with emus.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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[Emus], 1919 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/47
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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Encampment Ground, Loftus Heights, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/11
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of high, cleared ground, with wooden houses in the distance and some tents nearer the camera. With two figures and a pony and cart. From the album introduction;

'Part of the high lands have been cleared of the dead timber and undergrowth and all but the most ornamental trees, and a large open space afforded, whereon military encampments and reviews can be held. About 600 acres of the cleared lands have been sown with English grasses'.

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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ENE [i.e. east-north-east] View of Dalwood House, showing 'Terrace Hill' and Leconfield House in the Distance, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/3
Scope and Contents

260 x 210 mm. A view showing the back of the house and garden, with a shed to the right. With Terrace Hill running along the horizon, and Leconfield House on a small hill in the distance seen between the barn and house.

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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Ensilage stack, Westbrook State Farm, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/58
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing an unidentified crop being hoisted by horse-powered crane onto a silage heap.

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).