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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2775 Collections and/or Records:

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Grand Hotel, Melbourne, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/19
Scope and Contents

198 x 147 mm. A view of the façade of the hotel, which looks on to Spring Street (and is now the Windsor Hotel). Built at the height of the land boom, it is an elaborate Gothic building with gables and arches, and cost £110,000 to construct, with another £30,000 spent on fittings, including the novelty of hydraulic lifts.

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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Grand Parade, Sydney, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/106
Scope and Contents

75 x 52 mm. A view of the final parade in the arena of an agricultural show.

Dates: 1929
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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Granite outcrop, Greenough Area, 1909-03-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/18
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view looking over hilly land with a granite outcrop projecting from beneath Jurassic fossiliferous beds in the foreground. 'The fossiliferous limestone occurs where the man is standing [on a hill in the background]'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 515.

Dates: 1909-03-08
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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Granite rock, Meekatharra area, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/75
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view showing a formation of rounded granite boulders set among scrubland, 24 miles north-north-west of Meekatharra townsite. Photograph by A.G. Maitland. Negative No. 601.

Dates: 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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Granite rocks and waterhole at Belladonia, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/24
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view showing sheep and horses watering at a pool. The waterhole itself is lined in the background by huge rounded granite boulders. Photograph by C.G.Gibson.

Dates: 1908-11
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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Granite rocks five miles north of Ponton River, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/21
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing rounded granite boulders on grassland north of Ponton River. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 477.

Dates: 1908-10
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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Granny Dunn, 1865 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/12
Scope and Contents

60 x 98 mm. A carte de visite full length studio portrait of E.J. Dunn's mother, taken at Beechworth, probably in the late 1860's. The backmark reads: 'Photograph by Jas. E. Bray' (James E. Bray), Camp Street, Beechworth. Extra copies 1/6 each or 7/6 per half dozen. Extra copies may be had by sending the above number'. The number '73' has been pencilled on the reverse, presumably by the phgotographer.

Dates: 1865 - 1869
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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Grapes growing at Roma, Maranoa District, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/12
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing grapes ripening on the vine. Roma lies about 270 miles north-west of Brisbane.

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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Grass trees, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/41
Scope and Contents

225 x 175 mm. Photograph shows a young man looking up at the grasses.

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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'Grass Trees', near Moora, Dandaragin Hill, 1906-11-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/72
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing a man standing next to a horse and cart beside two grass trees (also known as 'Blackboys') in the area north of Yandin Hill. Photograph By W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 286.

Dates: 1906-11-07
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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Grazing Horses, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083B/2
Scope and Contents

206 x 139 mm. A view showing a small herd of horses grazing on lightly wooded land, with four scattered figures surrounding them.

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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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1900 - 1940
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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Great Hall, Syd. University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/7
Scope and Contents

208 x 151 mm. An interior view along the Hall, this time looking west towards the tapestry. The Hall is laid out with desks and chairs for an examination.

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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Great Hall, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/6
Scope and Contents

209 x 145 mm. An interior view looking east along the Hall, with the stained glass windows and organ at the far end. The Great Hall measures 135 feet by 45 feet and its design is based on Westminster Hall. Arms of the British Universities are carved on the stone corbels which support the roof timbers, and hammer beams project above the corbels, at the end of which are wooden statues of angels. The Hall is generally considered the finest piece of Gothic architecture in Australia.

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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Green Stones, New Zealand, 1912 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/46
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing New Zealand Green Stone artefacts mounted on the wall at 'Roseneath', Kew, Victoria.

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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Grey Ironbark Trees at Wyong, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/50
Scope and Contents

A view of the trees, standing on largely cleared land, with felled timber beyond. A heavy strong wood, used for constructions such as wharves, machinery foundations and railway sleepers.

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).
 Sub-Fonds

Ground plans of Government Houses Sydney and Hobart, 1840 - 1849

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/10
Scope and Contents

Two rough, undated pencil sketches with descriptive notes, one on each side of a sheet of paper, 4½'' x 7''. The main writing is not in Frome's hand, but he has added 'Govnt House Sydney' and 'New Govt House Hobart Town'.

Dates: 1840 - 1849
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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Group at Holder Pumping Station, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/12
Scope and Contents

270 x 215 mm. Showing a posed group of men, women and children, in formal clothes, standing in front of the steam engine of the pumping station, which is protected by a corrugated iron roof. With a pipeline above the group. Members of the group are slightly out of focus.

Dates: 1892
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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Group at Lake Bonney, 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/14
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A group of men and women posed in front of the lake, which lies about 15 miles west of Renmark. Most of the people pictured can also be identified in the group in Y3082B/12.

Dates: 1892
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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Group of Boulder mines, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. View of mine buildings with chimneys and railway line. Boulder is a town on the eastern goldfields, just south of Kalgoorlie, which proved an immensely rich lead, and led to the discovery of the 'Golden Mile', one of the largest gold-bearing areas in the world.

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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Group of children in institutional clothes with four adults, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/26
Scope and Contents

270 x 205 mm. This is a loose print found in the album. It is captioned on reverse ‘The Orphanage W.A.’ (same handwriting as the album captions).

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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Group of coffee plants of different varieties, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7546
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Kamerunga State Nursery, North Queensland. [Mr Newport, seen in previous print, standing by coffee bushes].

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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Group of English Exhibitors Melbourne Exhibition, 1888-9, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/138
Scope and Contents

296 x 160 mm. A posed group of 27 men who attended the exhibition.

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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Group of Natives in Exhibition Grounds, Adelaide , 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/1
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. Showing a group of about 60 Aboriginal Australians in European dress. There is a policeman standing to the left.

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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[Group of people on the upper deck of a ship, with a funnel apparently marked with the Houlder symbol], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/27
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. The group contains three men (two identified as ‘F’ and ‘Capt. Hutton’), a woman (‘Nell’) and a boy. It is not clear whether ‘F’ is the same as ‘F.H.H.’ in Y308M/18. Captain Hutton, an elderly man in civilian clothes, has not been found in any biographical work consulted.

Dates: 1899 - 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).