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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Waterfall and Cliffs, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083B/10
Scope and Contents

204 x 139 mm. A view from above, showing a waterfall dropping into a pool, with cliffs on either side. Location unidentified, but possibly one of the gorges on the Katherine River.

Dates: 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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Waterfall, Katoomba, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/22
Scope and Contents

280 x 225 mm. Showing a small series of gentle falls surrounded by densely wooded land.

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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Waterfall Road, near the Waterfalls, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/25
Scope and Contents

220 x 275 mm. A view looking down the earth road, built on the hillside, with steep slopes down on the left and a small rockface on the right. With three men standing 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).
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Waterfall scene on the Coliban River, near Elphanstone, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/20
Scope and Contents

187 x 131 mm. A view looking down onto the forty foot falls on the Coliban River, a branch of the Campaspe.

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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Waterfall, Tambourine Mountain, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/45
Scope and Contents

150 x 195 mm. Photograph shows a 30ft waterfall dropping into a pool with a man standing at the top and one at the bottom.

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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Waterfalls near Adelaide, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/173
Scope and Contents

168 x 216 mm. A view of a waterfall with two figures at the bottom.

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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Waterfalls near Adelaide, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/174
Scope and Contents

167 x 218 mm. A view of a small waterfall dropping into a pool with two men reclining at the water’s edge.

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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Watering cattle, Monaro, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/17
Scope and Contents

200 x 151 mm. A view across scrubland, with cattle drinking at a small river in the foreground. Negative number 2927.

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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Watering Horses, Peel River, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/52
Scope and Contents

A view of a herd of horses with foals standing in the river.

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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Watering the train, Emu Bay Railway, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6541
Scope and Contents

The water butt by the line.

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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Waterwheel, Walhalla, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/57
Scope and Contents

147 x 199 mm. A view of a waterwheel, with houses perched on the hillside beyond. It is not possible to discern what the power from the wheel is being used for.

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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Waterworks, Warwick, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/5
Scope and Contents

195 x 145 mm. A view looking down on to a fenced track and the waterworks, a modest building beside the Condamine Rver, with one brick chimney. Same caption on print.

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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Watson's Bay, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/25
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the small village on the coast, with a church at the left of the picture, and what is probably a school at the right. The settlement was originally the point of inspection for ships' papers and for customs, being the first large sheltered anchorage for incoming vessels on the south side of the main harbour. The bay was named after Robert Watson, who became harbour-master in 1811. Its chief function now is that of Pilot Station.

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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Watson's Bay, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/26
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the small village on the coast, with a church at the left of the picture, and what is probably a school at the right. The settlement was originally the point of inspection for ships' papers and for customs, being the first large sheltered anchorage for incoming vessels on the south side of the main harbour. The bay was named after Robert Watson, who became harbour-master in 1811. Its chief function now is that of Pilot Station.

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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Watson's Bay, Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7511
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing town on the land above the sea].

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).
 Fonds

Watson's Queensland album of photographic scenery

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085A
Scope and Contents

A commercial album containing ten mounted prints mainly 205 x 150 mm, with printed title page and captions. Published by Watson and Co., Queen Street, Brisbane. Photographed by John Watson.

Dates: 1873
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

Watson's Queensland album of photographic scenery, second series

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085B
Scope and Contents

A commercial album containing ten mounted prints mainly 227 x 175 mm, with printed title page and captions. Published by Watson and Co., Queen Street, Brisbane. Photographed by John Watson.

Dates: 1873
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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Weatherboard Falls, Blue Mountains, Western Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/5
Scope and Contents

193 x 237 mm. A view of the drop of the falls, with heavily wooded hills behind. Also known as the Wentworth Falls, water drops 614 feet into Jamieson Valley.

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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Weatherboard Waterfalls, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/29
Scope and Contents

194 x 246 mm. A view showing the falls, which drop 614 feet into Jamieson Valley. They are known as the Wentworth Falls.

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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Weathered granite rock, near Mount Warren, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/68
Scope and Contents

117 x 89 mm. A view showing an eroded granite rock among grassland in the Laverton area. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 245.

Dates: 1905
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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Wellamurra Bore, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/8
Scope and Contents

185 x 135 mm. Picture shows standpipe with water flowing into a network of pipes, supported by cleft sticks, a provisional measure of transporting the water until a permanent irrigation system is constructed.

Dates: 1894
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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Wellington Bridge, Macquarie River, Wellington, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/34
Scope and Contents

285 x 215 mm. Information given states '4 spans of 80 feet each with 9 approach spans, total length 590 feet'. A view of the bridge from the river bank, with the structure partially obscured by trees. A wooden superstructure with wooden 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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Wentworth Falls, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/52
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the top of the falls, which drops over 600 feet into the Jamieson Valley in the Blue Mountains. With thickly wooded ground behind.

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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Wesleyan Chapel, Redfern, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/42
Scope and Contents

264 x 210 mm. General view of the Gothic revival building, 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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Wesleyan Church, Golden Square, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/15
Scope and Contents

115 x 161 mm. A view of the church, which is built of brick with white stone facings, with a spire at the end nearest the camera. The church was built in 1859. (See also Y3087C/18).

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).