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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2775 Collections and/or Records:

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Government House, Sydney, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/4
Scope and Contents

202 x 155 mm. A view showing the lawn and front entrance to Government House, with a soldier on duty on the path in front of the building.

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).
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Government House, Sydney, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/103
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206 x 158 mm. A view of the front of the house, with a soldier on sentry duty. Government House stands in the Domain, north of the Botanical Gardens and looking over Farm Cove.

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 House, Sydney, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/1
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285 x 230 mm. A view of the front of the building, partly obscured by trees. A mock Tudor gothic building with crenellations and turrets, it was first occupied in 1845 by Governor Gipps. The building is situated on the tongue of land between Sydney Cove and Farm Cove and North of the Botanic Gardens.

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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Government House, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/21
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view across Farm Cove to Government House, a turretted and crenellated building flying the Union Jack, and first occupied in 1845. To the right can be seen Fort Macquarie, manned as a garrison post and artillery store until 1902, when it was demolished. A tram depot was erected in its place and used until 1959, when the area became the site of the Sydney Opera House.

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, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/22
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of Government House from across Farm Cove, with a ship at anchor in the cove. Part of Fort Macquarie is visible.

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, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/49
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the front of the house with soldiers on guard before the front door. A crenellated and turretted building, it was first occupied in 1845 by Governor Gipps.

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, Sydney, from Farm Cove], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/5
Scope and Contents

161 x 14 mm. A view looking across Farm Cove towards Government House, with sailing boats in the foreground.

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).
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Government House, Sydney, N.S. Wales, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/1
Scope and Contents

A view of the front of Government House, first occupied by Governor Gipps in 1845, and built with mock battlements and turrets.

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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Government Mint, Macquarie Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/12
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281 x 210 mm. View of the Mint from Macquarie Street. This two storeyed verandahed building with hipped roof was originally the southern wing of the Rum Hospital, built 1811-16. It became the Government Mint in 1853 and has in recent years been turned into a Museum of State history.

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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Government Offices, Melbourne, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/3
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204 x 155 mm. A view showing the façade and one side of the building, which overlooks the Treasury Gardens. Said to be the work of M. Egan, construction of the buildings began in 1859, but they were not completed until 1876. The stone carving of the Royal Coat of Arms over the main entrance can only be partially seen in this view. See also Y308A/11.

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 Printing Office, Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/10
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260 x 200 mm. A three-quarter front view of the printing office, an imposing three-floor bluestone building. With a pony trap standing in front of the building.

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 Railways of New South Wales rolling stock 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086D
Scope and Contents An album containing albumen prints, 270 x 220 mm. The volume has a printed title page: 'Photographs of Rolling Stock used on the Government Railways of New South Wales, each description of vehicle being illustrated'. There are no captions. No detailed identification of this volume has been attempted. The following is a summary: 1-35 locomotives; 36-74 passenger coaches; 75 guard's van; 76-80 luggage vans; 82 horse boxes; 83 prison van; 84-94 miscellaneous freight wagons: 88 meat van, 92...
Dates: 1885
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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Govetto Leap, Blue Mts, N.S.W., 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7525
Scope and Contents

Painting only. [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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Govetto Leap, Blue Mts, N.S.W., morning, gumtree forest, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7525
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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Govett’s Leap, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/32
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. A view from Govett’s Leap, with two men at the cliff edge looking out over the Grose Valley. The Pulpit Rock can be seen in the distance.

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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Govett’s Leap, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/33
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm. A similar view to the plate 33, without the figures in the foreground and taken at a later time of day, with the Pulpit Rock and much of the valley silhouetted and shadowy.

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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Govett's Leap, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/73
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view along the sheer cliff face which drops to the wooded valley below.

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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[Govett's Leap Area ?], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086R/4
Scope and Contents

186 x 118 mm. A view looking along a cliff edge to the densely wooded valley below. With a man sitting in the foreground. On the reverse of the print is W. Bullard's stamp, a stationer and bookseller of 342 George Street, Sydney (a few doors away from Bayliss' studio at 348 George Street).

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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Govett's Leap Falls, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/72
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the top of the falls, from a slightly higher position with figures posing at the edge of the cliff in the foreground. The falls drop 1000 feet into the valley of the Grose.

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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Govett's Leap, Valley of the Grose, Blue Mountains, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/24
Scope and Contents

A view from the cliff top looking towards the sheer drop of Govett's Leap, rising out of the densely wooded valley of the Grose. The view illustrates typical Blue Mountain scenery.

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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Govett's Leap. Valley of the Grose, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/17
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view from the cliff top, looking towards the sheer drop of Govett's Leap, which rises out of the heavily wooded valley of the Grose. The view shows typical scenery found in the Blue Mountains.

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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Grafton Butter Factory, North Coast District, N.S.W, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/28
Scope and Contents

A view of the factory from one side showing an extensive wooden building, with milk churns being hoisted to the first floor, and two workers posing for the camera.

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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Grafton Butter Factory, North Coast Dostrict, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/61
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the butter factory, a wooden building with a winch for hauling milk churns up to the first floor. With two workers posing by the device.

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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Grammar School (Boys), Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/14
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270 x 220 mm. A general view of the school buildings. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1868.

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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Grand Hotel, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/14
Scope and Contents

202 x 137 mm. A view of the hotel from Spring Street.

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).