Australia (nation)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
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Gold rush watercolours
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 391
Scope and Contents
These small painted figures, animals and scenes illustrating the Australian gold rushes were created by an unknown artist. The donor W.H. Carter recorded in a letter filed with the collection, 'They were given to my mother in Adelaide at the time of an early gold-rush by a local artist about the year 1851.’ They may be the work of George Hamilton (1812-1883), who emigrated to Australia from England in 1839 and became a clerk in the South Australian Treasury in 1848, an inspector of mounted...
Dates:
1851
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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Gold workings in auriferous conglomerate, Grants Hill, Nullagine area, 1896-08-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/51
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. A view showing the excavated hillside with small caverns and mounds of quarried earth. Photogrpah by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 127.
Dates:
1896-08-28
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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Golden Shiraz vines, age 26 years. In 1886, average production 1340 gallons per acre, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/9B
Scope and Contents
150 x 105 mm. A view of growing vine plants. A note is appended here stating 'In 1886 the Black Hermitage Vines, aged 13 to 33 years, produced an average of 810 gallons per acre'.
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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[Gorge in the Mt Lofty Ranges], 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/170
Scope and Contents
216 x 167 mm. A view looking along a gorge towards the plain on which Adelaide lies.
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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Gorges on the Murray watershed, 1885 - 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/1
Scope and Contents
199 x 151 mm. A view looking over snow-capped mountains and down into a rocky gorge. With a figure on horseback on the snowfield in the foreground. Negative number 2497.
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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Gormanston, near Queenstown, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6558
Scope and Contents
[No print]. Missing.
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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[Gouldian finches], 1919 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/50
Scope and Contents
Possibly by Violet Artah Bartlett, fl 1919-1930, although the signature is different from the other examples of her work in the collection.
Dates:
1919 - 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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Govatt’s [sic] Leap, Blue Mountains, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/95
Scope and Contents
183 x 149 mm. A view looking out over the sheer cliff face at Govett’s Leap down into the wooded valley of the Grose below.
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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Government Experiment Farm, Wagga [? Wagga Wagga], 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/33
Scope and Contents
A view looking down on farm buildings, with an orchard of fig-trees in the foreground, and fields cultivated with various crops beyond.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New South Wales, 1911
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Government Farm, near Adelaide, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/29
Scope and Contents
260 x 205 mm. A view across wooded hills, with little evidence of cultivation.
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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Government House, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308698A/3
Scope and Contents
Facing p.14, referred to on p.38.
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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Government House, 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/2
Scope and Contents
285 x 215 mm. A three quarter front view of the building from the Botanical Garden side. Government House later became part of the University of Queensland.
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).
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Government House, 1885 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/10
Scope and Contents
198 x 147 mm. A view of the State Governor’s residence in the Domain, a building Italianate in style, with a square tower on one corner of the main building, and reputed to be derived from Osborne House in the Isle of Wight. The building was designed in the Public Works Office when W.W. Wardell was in charge, and was built between 1872-1876.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Victoria
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Government House, 1885 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/11
Scope and Contents
198 x 147 mm. Another view of the building, taken from the lawn, with the tower in the centre of the picture.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Victoria
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Government House, 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/141
Scope and Contents
184 x 133 mm. A view looking across the Yarra towards the Domain, on the skyline of which can be seen Government House. Said to have been inspired by Osborne House, the building is Italianate in style, with a square central tower. The house was built between 1872-6.
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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Government House and Domain, from the top of the Parliamentary Buildings, 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/1
Scope and Contents
240 x 200 mm. The roof of the Parliamentary Buildings is visible at bottom of picture; looking over towards Government House with a small part of the Botanic Gardens visible at the extreme left.
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).
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Government House, Brisbane, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/1
Scope and Contents
280 x 227 mm. A similar photograph to Y3085C/2, which is in better condition.
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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Government House, Brisbane, 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/191
Scope and Contents
238 x 190 mm. A view from the roof of the Parliament Buildings, looking across towards Government House. Photograph by George P. Wright. Another print of the same photograph occurs in Y3085C/1.
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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Government House from Gardens, 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/5
Scope and Contents
204 x 154 mm. A view looking across Farm Cove from the N.E. end of the Botanic Gardens, towards the crenellated turrets and towers of Government House, a mock gothic castle first occupied by Governor Gipps in 1845.
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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Government House from Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/23
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view across Farm Cove towards Government House, with a ship at anchor in the cove.
'In 1813 a road three miles long ... was built through the farm to the eastern portion of the cove, where on 13th June 1816, an inscription was etched on a huge sandstone rock known as Mrs. Macquarie's Chair. Here the Governor's wife could rest after her long walk from Government House in Bridge Street ...' (Clune 1968, page not recorded).
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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Government House from Ye Domain, 1870 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/22
Scope and Contents
153 x 204 mm. A view looking through trees and over Farm Cover towards Government House.
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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Government House, Government Farm., 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/30
Scope and Contents
255 x 195 mm. View of a single-storey stone built house, with farm buildings behind and to the right.
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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Government House, Hobart, seen across the lake, 1909-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6671
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm. No print.
Dates:
1909-11
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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Government House, Marble Hill, Near Adelaide, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/31
Scope and Contents
235 x 170 mm. Showing a solidly built house of different coloured stone, with a tower at one corner. Designed by William McMinn (1844-84), it was built as the Summer Residence for the Governor of South Australia.
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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Government House, Melbourne, 1899
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/1
Scope and Contents
196 x 141 mm. A view of Government House, with the Governor’s landau and a mounted escort passing in front of the entrance.
Dates:
1899
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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Tour of the South Seas