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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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George Street, Sydney, looking north from Bathurst Street, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/5
Scope and Contents

A view looking north along George Street, with a tram in the foreground, and St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Town Hall on the other side of the road. Beyond the Town Hall can be seen the domes of the Queen Victoria Markets, designed in 1893 by George McRae.

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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George Street, Sydney, looking South from Wynyard Street, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/6
Scope and Contents

A view along the busy street, with trams and pedestrians. The road off to the left is Martin Place, and the building immediately beyond it, the Post Office. The dome of the Victoria Markets can be seen on the skyline in the middle distance.

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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Geraldton Pier, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/25
Scope and Contents

195 x 150 mm. A view of the pier, with a railway line running along it, and a steam cargo ship moored alongside (ship is the 'Hobart' of Melbourne).

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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German Band in Barrack Street, Sydney, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7490
Scope and Contents

[Brass band on edge of pavement with large building 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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German Court: Dresden China and Glassware: Great Hall, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/58
Scope and Contents

288 x 234 mm. A view showing part of the German Court, with china and glassware displayed on wooden stands and tables.

Dates: 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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German Imperial Tent: North Transept, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/61
Scope and Contents

290 x 236 mm. A view of a canopied tent, decorated with crowns and eagles and displaying jewellery inside.

Dates: 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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German Piano Court, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/59
Scope and Contents

290 x 233 mm. A view looking down an aisle, with rows of pianos on either side, interspersed with statues on plinths.

Dates: 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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Gerogery Station, platform and line, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/4
Scope and Contents

345 x 262 mm. A view looking along the line at Gerogery towards the platforms where workers are standing. To the left of the lines stands sacks of wheat ready for freighting. Gerogery, on the Southern Main Line branch 12 miles from Culcairn, was largely a goods station, catering predominently in the shipping of wheat, and there is none of the elaboration in the building that can be seen in the larger passenger stations like Albury. The line to Gerogery was opened in September 1880.

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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Giant Fern trees: Splitters’ Track, Black Spur, 1877 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/8
Scope and Contents

133 x 187 mm. A view looking along a path at Morley’s Creek about a mile and a half from Fernshawe, with giant fern trees bordering the track. A heavily bearded man stands in the background.

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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Giant Tree Bridge, Gippsland, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/81
Scope and Contents

207 x 158 mm. A view looking down on the bridge, which consists of a large tree trunk with a wooden balustrade. The bridge crosses a gorge among thick woodland, and has a man standing on it.

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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Glaciated boulder, Irwin River, Upper Irwin District, 1907-10-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/6
Scope and Contents

107 x 151 mm. A view looking west at a glaciated boulder embedded in the blue clay of the Irwin River Bank. A pick is placed in the foregound as an indication of scale. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 338.

Dates: 1907-10-25
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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Glass spearheads, 1930 - 1935

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.8.02
Scope and Contents A set of seven spearheads of various sizes crafted in the early 1930s by the indigenous people of Kimberley District, Western Australia. They are made from recycled glass bottles and insulators removed from telegraph poles and continue a three thousand year-old tradition of making spearheads. Their distinctive serrated edges were made by ‘pressure flaking’—a technique which involves applying a pointed stick or a shaped piece of animal bone at a very slight oblique angle to the flat of the...
Dates: 1930 - 1935
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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Glebe Island Bridge, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/24
Scope and Contents

200 x 161 mm. A view looking north from the Glebe towards the wooden bridge which connects Glebe Island to Pyrmont, with some small factories by the water’s edge, and with grazing horses and cattle in the foreground. The bridge was built in 1857 to shorten road communications between Balmain and Pyrmont and was replaced in 1901. (Glebe Island is not in fact an island nor even part of the Glebe, but is a peninsula on the other side of Rozelle Bay from Glebe.)

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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Glen Dhu State School for boys and girls : Launceston, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6584
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Young man in boater standing in front of entrance tower of brick and stone with brick building beside and a flagpole].

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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Glen Tin smelting Co. Works, Tent Hill, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/42
Scope and Contents

A view from a different angle of the same tin works, with men sluicing the mud in the foreground. New South Wales, formerly a large tin producer, has since the 1950s closed most of her remaining mines.

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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Glimpse of Maternity Ward, BCA [i.e. Bush Church Aid] Hospital, Penong, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/101
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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Glimpse of Women's Ward, BCA [i.e. Bush Church Aid] Hospital, Penong, S.A [i.e. South Australia], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/100
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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Glow before sunset, Mt Koscuisko, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7621
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Painting only.

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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Glow before sunset, Mt Koscuisko, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7621
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

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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Gneissix granite slope, near Donnybrook, 1904-01-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/61
Scope and Contents

151 x 108 mm. A view showing a wooded slope near Donnybrook showing the characteristic 'blackboy' trees. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 172.

Dates: 1904-01-30
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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Going to the the shearers, Berkshire Valley, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/22
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. Showing a fully fleeced flock of sheep being driven through the bush.

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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Gold Creek, Fernshaw, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/65
Scope and Contents

204 x 160 mm. A woodland scene, showing trees and ferns.

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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Gold mining district, Darwin, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/7
Scope and Contents

201 x 137 mm. A general view of wooden huts and shacks among scrubland, exact location unidentified. From 1872 Darwin had several goldrushes, which continued off and on until the late 1890s. These were precipitated when gold was noticed in the holes that were being dug for the new telegraph system between 1870-1872.

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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Gold-mining District, Darwin, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/8
Scope and Contents

205 x 139 mm. A view of an unidentified building, a store possibly, with horses, carts and Aboriginal Australians standing in front. In the background a Chinese labourer can be identified by his hat.

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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Gold-mining District, Darwin, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/9
Scope and Contents

206 x 139 mm. A view showing wooden cabins standing above a small 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).