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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2783 Collections and/or Records:

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View to west of Monument Hill, Boulder, Kalgoorlie Area, 1901-01-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/9
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view looking across scrubland towards a small rocky hill. In the middleground a man is seated in a pony-trap. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 56.

Dates: 1901-01-09
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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/20
Scope and Contents

388 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial premises, small factories and warehouses towards Hobson’s Bay in the distance. In the middle ground of the print the masts of ships moored in the Coode Canal and the River Yarra can be seen.

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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/21
Scope and Contents

390 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial and residential premises towards open land, beyond which lies the Yarra’s outlet into Hobson’s Bay.

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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/22
Scope and Contents

387 x 273 mm. A view looking across hotels and houses towards an enclosed expanse of water in the distance (exact location unidentified). In the foreground stands the small wooden building of the West Melbourne Common School.

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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View westward of Sunday Island Bay, Derby Area, 1908-06-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/13
Scope and Contents

142 x 102 mm. A view at sunset looking over Sunday Island Bay from the now abandoned Sunday Island Mission. The mission cutter 'Rita' is moored near the beach in the foreground. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 453.

Dates: 1908-06-06
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

Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates: 1908 - 1915
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).
 Fonds

Views in India, circa 1901

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P
Scope and Contents An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates: 1901
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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[Views in Tasmania], 1912 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/20
Scope and Contents Three sheets comprising 46 small (49 x 32 mm) reproductions of Tasmanian views. With adhesive backing. Issued by Spurling and Son, Launceston.Sheet 1 shows views of: Zeehan; Queenstown and Mount Owen; Mt Lyell Smelters; Gordon River, West Coast; Smelting works, Zeehan; Mt Lyell Mine; Franklin River, West Coast; Sir John Falls, West Coast; Strahan; King River Gorge; Gordon River, West Coast; Montezuma Falls, West Coast; King River; Mt Lyell Haulage railway; Settlement Island, West...
Dates: 1912 - 1922
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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 154 mm. A view showing part of the lake, with lilies in the foreground and trees and shrubs on the bank.

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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/36
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm. A view showing a small wooden bridge, with thick foliage on either side.

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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/37
Scope and Contents

201 x 163 mm. A view looking across the same wooden bridge, towards a small summer house, with trees and shrubs 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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/38
Scope and Contents

198 x 138 mm. A view across one of the lakes in the gardens with shrubs and palms 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).
 Fonds

Views of Bendigo

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C
Scope and Contents A commercially produced portfolio containing fifty-two mounted prints measuring approximately 180 x 125 mm., showing views in and around Bendigo and giving a detailed photographic coverage of the city and its suburbs. Each print is pasted to an elaborately printed mount with a decorative border, 'Views of Bendigo' and the print number at the top, and a title and explanatory key beneath the picture. Beneath each plate is also printed 'N.U. Claire Photo. Sandhurst' and 'Welch.Typo.' Some...
Dates: 1875
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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Views of Brisbane, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/121
Scope and Contents

140 x 141 mm. A view looking down a road which leads to the riverside.

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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Views of Fern-Tree Gully, Clyde Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/24
Scope and Contents

183 x 228 mm. A view down the Clyde Road, with woods and ferns on either side. With two men and a horse on the road.

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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Views of Fern-Tree Gully, Clyde Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/25
Scope and Contents

182 x 229 mm. A close-up view of various types of ferns.

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).
 Fonds

Views of Hobart

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D
Dates: 1850 - 1935
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).
 Fonds

Views of Port Darwin Harbour and Gold-mining District

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A
Scope and Contents

Ten mounted prints, uncaptioned and measuring approximately 205 x 140 mm. showing views of the harbour and town, and of the gold mining districts inland.

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).
 Series

Views of the 'Emden' wreck, 1914 - 1934

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/163-165
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1914 - 1934
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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Views on Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/2
Scope and Contents

342 x 255 mm. A view, looking down, of the road which winds up along the side of a wooded hill. Mount Victoria (3424 feet) lies at the far side of the Blue Mountains from Sydney and is near the start of the descent towards Lithgow.

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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Views on Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/3
Scope and Contents

342 x 262 mm. A view showing the road between a cutting through rock about 10 feet high on either side, with a figure standing in the background. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed at the corner of the page.

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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Views on Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/7
Scope and Contents

346 x 250 mm. A view looking down on the road from above, with wooden fencing on either side of the road which curves up and around an outcrop of rock.

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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Views on Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/8
Scope and Contents

346 x 231 mm. A view from a rock above the road, showing the curve of the road, fenced on either side, between rocky, wooded hillside. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed at foot of page.

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).
 Fonds

Views on Mr C B Fisher's Northern Territory Cattle Stations

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083B
Scope and Contents

Ten mounted prints, uncaptioned and measuring approximately 205 x 140 mm.

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).
 Fonds

Village settlements: River Murray

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B
Scope and Contents A collection of fourteen prints mounted on board, with printed captions, most prints measuring 270 x 220 mm. Photographer unknown. Beneath each photograph is printed 'Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide. A. Vaughan. Photo-Lithographer.' Vaughan became photo lithographer for the Survey Department in 1892 and although it is unlikely that he was also the photographer it indicates that the work was done on behalf of a Government department. Possibly Lindt was the photographer.The...
Dates: 1892
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).