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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2643 Collections and/or Records:

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Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canberra, Australia, 1970-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/62c
Scope and Contents

Neg. Left to right: Shri Ram Sahai, India; The Hon. Sardar Darbara Singh, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Punjab; the Hon. Vernon Christie, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria, Australia; and the Hon. William Garrett, President of the Legislative Council, Victoria; in the Legislative Council chamber, Melbourne.

Dates: 1970-09
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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Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canberra, Australia, 1970-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/62d
Scope and Contents

Neg. Left to right: The Hon. Frank Wise, MLC, Western Australia; Mr Peter Molloy, secretary, United Kingdom branch, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; the Hon. Charles Martinez, MP, British Honduras; the Hon. Joseph Hadson-Taylor, Minister of State and Leader of the House of Representatives, Sierra Leone; and Mr. Brian Jacques, of Australian Iron and Steel Pty. Ltd.; at Australian Iron and Steel plant, Kwinana, Western Australia.

Dates: 1970-09
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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Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canberra, Australia, 1970-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/62e
Scope and Contents

Neg. Left to right: Mr. Kwaku Ntim, MP, Ghana; Mr. Samuel Okudzeto, MP, Ghana; the Hon. Isaac Omolo Okero, Minister for Health, Kenya; and Mr. John Harman, MLA, Western Australia; at Healesville wildlife sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

Dates: 1970-09
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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AO natives of Warrior Island preparing beche-de-mere for market, 1940 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)61
Scope and Contents

Illustration from W. Saville-Kent, 'The Great Barrier Reef of Australia' (London, 1893).

Dates: 1940 - 1960
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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Appendix, 1946 - 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/4
Scope and Contents

A series of glass slides and transparencies of various universities, chiefly in Africa.

Dates: 1946 - 1986
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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Apple gathering at Bridgetown (Warburton's), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/62
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Photograph showing apple pickers at work in an orchard.

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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Apple Orchard, Stanthorpe. Instructor calls, 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1900 - 1940
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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Apple store - temporary, Bridgetown (Wheatley), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/58
Scope and Contents

195 x 150 mm. Showing a mound of apples stored on the verandah of a farmhouse.

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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Apples for market, boys picking, Warburton, Bridgetown, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/64
Scope and Contents

205 x 145 mm. Showing two boys picking apples and filling boxes, with pony cart in background.

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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Apples on 5 year old Yates tree, Pickering Brook, J. Price, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/68
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. A close up view of apples on a tree.

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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Approaching Tibooburra, N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/89
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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Aprasmietus scapulatas [King parrot], 1887 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/7/12
Scope and Contents From the File:

Fifteen labelled but undated watercolours on gilt-edged card, each 105 x 165 mm.

Dates: 1887 - 1918
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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Araluen Valley, Goldfield, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/29
Scope and Contents

233 x 191 mm. A view of the valley from a hillside, showing the river flowing through with workings on its banks. Araluen goldfield was discovered in 1851 but the main alluvial rush was from 1868-72. With the introduction of dredging in 1899 Araluen became the State's main source of dredged gold.

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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Archdeacon Langley and Canon Bate at Cook, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/103
Scope and Contents

Showing Archdeacon Langley and Canon Bate standing by a light plane.

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).
 Sub-Series

Archives of Malayan Associations, 1942 - 1946

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

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: 1942 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
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Argyle Cut, Sydney, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/7
Scope and Contents

285 x 230 mm. A view looking down Argyle Street and through the Cut, a passage cut through solid rock in the 1840s by convict labour. Made to give access from the Circular Quay to Millers Point and at the time of its construction was Sydney's Chinatown.

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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Argyle Street Underbridge, Moss Vale, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/10
Scope and Contents

346 x 242 mm. An interesting view of an iron girder bridge in the process of construction, with winches and wooden scaffolding in position and workmen on the bridge. Beneath the bridge, in the street outside Tattershall's Hotel, passers-by are watching the work in progress. Moss Vale lies on the Southern Line mid-way between Sydney and Goulburn, and was reached by the railway in 1867.

Dates: 1887
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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Arrival of the station mail, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/4
Scope and Contents

198 x 150 mm. A view showing five workmen sitting at a table in the open air, reading newspaper and letters. The print is uncaptioned on the front, but has a handwritten caption on the reverse, along with the negative number 2365.

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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Art Gallery, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/5
Scope and Contents

A three-quarter front view from the road of this fine building, designed by Vernon in the 1880's in Renaissance style.

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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Art work, 1820 - 1832

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 296/1
Scope and Contents There are 21 pencil and watercolour sketches of birds, some crudely finished, six of which are endorsed 'drawn from nature by R. Read Snr.' and dated 1820. In February 1963 Dr Averill Lysaght asserted that at least some of the pictures were copied, or even traced, from Latham's 'General synopsis of birds' (see Lysaght's letter in RCMS 296/3). The remaining pieces include pencil drawings of fruit; capitals and entablatures; a scene from the 'Iliad'; a seated nude man; and a coastal scene,...
Dates: 1820 - 1832
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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Artesian bore, Cunnamulla (5000000 gallons a day), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/41
Scope and Contents

200 x 105 mm. A photograph of the bore flowing, with two figures and corrugated iron sheds behind.

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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At Barron Crossing, near Atherton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7573
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [View of the ford on Barron River with woman on horse-back crossing].

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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At Govett’s [sic] Leap, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/30
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At Govett’s [sic] Leap 206 x 155 mm. A view looking along the sheer cliff face towards he falls, which drop 1000 feet into the heavily wooded Grose Valley.

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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At the lodge gates of Mount Pleasant, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6592
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. A private house and grounds resembling an old English home: Launceston. [Pair of horses pulling open carriage carrying lady with driver in bowler hat approaching the gates].

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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Audley Road, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/13
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. Showing the unsurfaced road, curving down among the hills, with a pony trap on the road.

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).