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Delegates to the Agricultural Society, Brisbane, 1st meeting
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085N
Scope and Contents
205 x 140 mm. A mounted sepia print of twenty-four delegates (plus one looking through a window behind) posed for the camera. Stamped on mount with : 'Peabody, Photo. Rockhampton.' Delegates not identified.
Dates:
1909-08
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Deloraine, 1951
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/150
Scope and Contents
132 x 82 mm.
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Delta Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/20
Scope and Contents
120 x 85 mm. Pencilled caption on reverse reads ‘Delta Central District’. Showing the flow from a smallish bore.
Dates:
1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Deniliquin Bridge, Edwards River, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/12
Scope and Contents
205 x 153 mm. A view of the bridge from the bank, constructed of girders on wooden supports. With 4 spans of 80 feet and a total length of 560 feet.
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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Denison Bridge, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/31
Scope and Contents
328 x 192 mm. A view from the road, looking down the length of the bridge, and showing the girders of the superstructure in detail.
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Denison Bridge, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/32
Scope and Contents
337 x 285 mm. A view from the riverbank, taken close to a pier, and showing the outside edge of the superstructure.
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Denison Bridge, Macquarie River, Bathurst, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/30
Scope and Contents
534 x 174 mm. 2 joined prints. Information given states '3 spans of 110 feet each, 6 approach spans, total length 510 feet'. A side view from the river bank, showing the whole length of the bridge across the river. The bridge is constructed of iron girders, with cylindrical iron supporting piers.
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Department of Lands, Sydney, 1886 - 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/45
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view of the partially complete Lands Department, seen from the junction of Bridge Street and Pitt Street. Designed by James Barnet in 1877, by 1888 only the north-west corner was finished. This picture was probably taken around that year, or possibly a year or two earlier.
Dates:
1886 - 1888
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Diamond sparrow and golden painted finch], 1900 - 1930
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/6
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:
1900 - 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).
Series
Diaries of Mrs Emily Childers, 1852 - 1869
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 37/8
Scope and Contents
The diaries record mainly domestic and family news, an account of life in Melbourne during 1852-56, and continental tours in 1861, 1864 and 1869.
Dates:
1852 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Childers papers
File
Diary, 1928-06-01 - 1928-11-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/1
Scope and Contents
The primary function of the Empire Tour was to impress the party with the prosperity and economic potential of the Dominions. Kelsey reported on many visits to farms, agricultural colleges, research stations, industrial sites and commercial centres. As an engineer, he was particularly interested in mines, factories and power stations. The party also toured many sites of natural beauty as well as museums and galleries. Kelsey recorded his impressions of the people he encountered and their...
Dates:
1928-06-01 - 1928-11-26
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Empire Settlement Tour
File
Diary, 1902-01-19 - 1903-03-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 355/1
Scope and Contents
The diary describes Brewster’s official duties, which included administration, legal affairs, finance, surveying construction and agricultural projects, visiting isolated communities, and commanding the constabulary. Brewster also gives a brief account of his colleagues and social life (100 sheets).
Dates:
1902-01-19 - 1903-03-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers of A.B. Brewster
File
Diary letters, 1907 - 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/1
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Fisher to Halford Mackinder describing his travels (circa 2,000 pages).
Dates:
1907 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Fonds
Diary of Samuel Viveash
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 287
Scope and Contents
A typescript copy of Viveash's diary of his activities from his emigration to the Swan River in 1838 until September 1851, 229 pages. There is a brief introduction and index by Canon A. Burton, who arranged the preparation of the typescript.
Dates:
1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Diatomite deposit, Lake Gnangarra, Perth area, 1902-10-21
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/43
Scope and Contents
152 x 107 mm. A view looking over the marshy, reed grown lake bed, with two figures standing beside an excavated trench in the foreground. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 71.
Dates:
1902-10-21
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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Diatomite deposit, north end of Little Badgerup Lake, Perth area, 1903-03-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/44
Scope and Contents
120 x 92 mm. A view showing cracked mud and reeds on the lake bed of Little Badgerup Lake. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 86.
Dates:
1903-03-12
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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Diatomite deposit, south end of Little Badgerup Lake, Perth area, 1903-03-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/45
Scope and Contents
117 x 92 mm. A similar view to the previous plate, taken from the south side of the lake. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 87.
Dates:
1903-03-12
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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[Dining room, 'Rosenheath', Kew, Victoria], 1912 - 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/41
Scope and Contents
203 x 150 mm. A view looking along the dining room, with animal horn trophies mounted on the walls.
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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Dinner time at the Municipal Quarry, Launceston, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6603
Scope and Contents
[Four horses with their nosebags still harnessed to their carts].
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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Director's House, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7553
Scope and Contents
Kamerunga Nursery. [Woman in long skirt standin on top of wooden stairs among creeper in front of the house].
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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Display from the 41st consignment of clothing from the Women War Workers Unit of the Society’s Sydney Branch, 1943 - 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/IIIa/17
Scope and Contents
200 x 145 mm.
Dates:
1943 - 1944
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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Dissecting Room, Medical School, 1895 - 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/37
Scope and Contents
210 x 149 mm. A view of the room, showing work benches, with two statues of male figures.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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The University of Sydney
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Distant View of Sydney University, 1895 - 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/1
Scope and Contents
205 x 132 mm. A view looking along Parramatta Street towards the east front of the main university building, with the Great Hall on the right. The building to the left of the main building is the university Medical School. The university is situated on the small hill overlooking Victoria Park, between Glebe and Newtown.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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The University of Sydney
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[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/4
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm. Taken from the deck of another ship.
Dates:
1914-11-09
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Remains of the Emden
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[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/5
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm. A view from the deck of another ship, with a seaman standing in the foreground.
Dates:
1914-11-09
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Remains of the Emden