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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Williams River [i.e. Williams Creek], North Coast, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/69
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the river, the banks on either side of which are lined with trees.

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).
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Willoughby Falls Nh Shore, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/36
Scope and Contents

203 x 156 mm. A similar view to plate 27 but taken from slightly more to one side. The figure seen in plate 27 is sitting in front of the 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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Willoughby Falls North Shore, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/27
Scope and Contents

200 x 154 mm. A view of a small waterfall and cascade with a man seated in front of it. Willoughby is a suburb of Sydney on the north side of the harbour. See also Plate 36.

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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Willow Vale Dairy, Bangalow, Nth. Coast District, N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/74
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of a herd of cows in a field, with farm buildings beyond and hills in the distance.

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).
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Wilson Hall, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/22
Scope and Contents

199 x 146 mm. An exterior view of the hall, a building in English perpendicular Gothic style, modelled on Oxford and Cambridge College lines, and designed by Joseph Reed. The cost was borne by Sir Samuel Wilson. The building was completed in 1879, and described by Sir Redmond Barry as being ‘florid but pure in taste’.

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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Windmill on stream, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/30
Scope and Contents

130 x 195 mm. Photograph showing an Aboriginal Australian family beside a lake with a windmill behind.

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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Wollondilly Bridge, near Goulbourn, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/54
Scope and Contents

280 x 220 mm. Information given states '1 span of 90 feet, 2 spans 65 feet each, 6 approach spans, total length 325 feet'. A view from the river bank of the bridge, with wooden superstructure and 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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Women's College, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/58
Scope and Contents

206 x 132 mm. A view showing the front of the brick building, with verandahs and balconies on each floor, and a square tower at one end. The Women's College was incorporated as early as 1889, and in 1892 the first students took up residence in a hired house. The College itself came into use in 1894.

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).
 Series

Wooden boomerang (returning), 1880 - 1900

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.8.01
Scope and Contents

Wooden boomerang similar to examples from Victoria and Western Australia in the late nineteenth century. Minor damage suggests it had been used in hunting or recreation.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Wool in Transit, Riverina, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/42
Scope and Contents

A view showing three wagons, piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse teams.

Dates: 1911
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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Wool sorting, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/7
Scope and Contents

194 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shed, where men are working at tables sorting wool into different grades. Negative number 214.

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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Wool Teams on the road, Kinross, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/34
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view showing three wagons piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse-teams.

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).
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Woollahra, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/70
Scope and Contents

272 x 214 mm. View looking down along a row of very similar domestic houses in Gothic style, with steeply pitched slate roofs, rusticated quoins and window surrounds and very elaborately carved (? or cast) decorative bargeboards on the gable ends. Precise location unidentified (? possibly Queen Street).

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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Wooloomooloo from Domain, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/3
Scope and Contents

217 x 149 mm. A view looking east from the Domain, across Woomooloomoo Bay to the town beyond. Some signs of industry can be seen at the water’s edge – wooden wharfs and some moored sailing ships. Woomooloomoo Bay is now a cramped industrial area, with an enormous wharf projecting out into the Bay.

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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Woolshed and wagons laden with wool, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/35
Scope and Contents

195 x 125 mm. Photograph showing heavily laden carts drawn by teams of cattle, with woolshed in background.

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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Woolsorting and Classing, Burrawong, N.S. [i.e. New South] Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/33
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view showing workers posing in a shed, with wool stored in the loft behind them.

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).
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Working programme of Royal Visit to Tasmania, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/15
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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Workroom, Physics Laboratory, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/51
Scope and Contents

209 x 152 mm. A view of the workroom, with lathes, workbenches and tools.

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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Workshop, P.N. Russell Engineering School, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/46
Scope and Contents

210 x 154 mm. A view of the workshop, with brickwork floors, into which are set lathes and other engineering equipment.

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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Wreck - French - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/57
Scope and Contents

A view of the deck of a French wreck.

Dates: 1908 - 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).
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Wreck - French ship - Newcastle, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/55
Scope and Contents

A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater, with Newcastle harbour in the background and the city in the distance.

Dates: 1908 - 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).
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Wreck - Newcastle, Australia, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/56
Scope and Contents

A view showing the deck of a French ship.

Dates: 1908 - 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).
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Wreck - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/54
Scope and Contents

A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater.

Dates: 1908 - 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).
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Wreck of Orient Line R.M.S. ‘Austral’ (afterwards raised), Sydney Harbour, 1882 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/99
Scope and Contents

189 x 110 mm. A view of the ship, almost totally submerged apart from masts and funnels, with Fort Denison visible in the background. The ‘Austral’ sank in Neutral Bay on November 11th 1882, taking a heavy list while coaling. Five people died. The ship was refloated in February 1883.

Dates: 1882 - 1883
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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Wynward Square, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/85
Scope and Contents

232 x 177 mm. A view of the square with a central grassed area surrounded by residential houses. The square had formerly been the site of the Military Barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822 and according to Maclehose ‘the biggest in the British Empire’. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square named after Major-General E.B. Wynward, who arrived as Commander of the British Forces in Australia and New Zealand in 1848.

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).