Australia (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Fonds
Map of New Holland, 1910
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/14
Scope and Contents
A copy of a map of New Holland (Australia), 7'' x 5½''. On an accompanying sheet of paper is written 'An M.S. map of New Holland as explored by Capt. Cook in 1770'.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Australasia miscellanea
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Marathon No 1 Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/9
Scope and Contents
210 x 135 mm. Shows the bore flowing into a circular stone enclosure, with a stone irrigation channel leading off. Two men standing by bore with pony and trap behind. ‘Marathon No. 1, 1200 ft, 2,150,000 gals’.
Dates:
1894
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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Marathon No 2 Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/10
Scope and Contents
210 x 135 mm. Showing the bore flowing, and with a rough ditch dug to channel the water. ‘1500 ft 2,300,000 Gals’.
Dates:
1894
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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'Marble Bar' in Coongan River, Pilbara Marble Bar Area, 1896
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/49
Scope and Contents
151 x 108 mm. A view showing an outcrop of veined (?) jasper in the Coongan River. See also plate 27. Photograph by S.J.Becher. Negative No. 123.
Dates:
1896
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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Market Street from (?) Sussex Street, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/9
Scope and Contents
268 x 203 mm. View looking up along Market Street, presumably from the junction with Sussex Street. Margaret Pugh's Old Boomerang Inn is on the corner in the right foreground, with the Lenehan Brothers' (Robert and Christopher H.) New Bridge Grocery Warehouse two doors along at 3 Market Street.
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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Market Street Works West from [illegible], 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/10
Scope and Contents
263 x 205 mm. View of business premises with the masts of moored ships visible in the right background. The precise location has not been identified, but is presumably one of the streets at the west end of Market Street near the Pyrmont Bridge. In the left foreground is R. Grant's Timber Offices with the Harrison Joinery Works beyond. Next comes the tiny boarding hotel, the Paris Board and Residence, with the more substantial three storey premises of A.B. Armstrong and Co. beyond and...
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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Maroochy River, 1900 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/20
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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Martin Place, Sydney showing G.P.O., 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7488
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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Martin Place, Sydney showing G.P.O., 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7489
Scope and Contents
[No print]. [Missing].
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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Martin Place, Sydney showing G.P.O., 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7488
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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Maxwelton 1st View No 2 Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/5
Scope and Contents
220 x 160 mm. A good photograph of the overall view of the bore, with machinery and derrick in place and a steam engine for the power supply to one side. Water is flowing and the drilling bore extracted. With various operators posing beside their machinery.
Dates:
1894
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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Maxwelton, 3rd Back View of 2 Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/6
Scope and Contents
210 x 138 mm. A view of the same bore from the other side, with water in the foreground, and various huts and tents to the right.
Dates:
1894
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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Maxwelton No 1 Bore, 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/4
Scope and Contents
210 x 135 mm. Showing the bore flowing in the foreground and farmers with sheep and cattle behind. Maxwelton lies about 90 miles west of Hughenden.
Dates:
1894
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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Medical School from South-West, 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/28
Scope and Contents
204 x 136 mm. A view of the other side of the building, with the main university buildings visible in the background.
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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Medical School, University of Surrey, 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/27
Scope and Contents
210 x 146 mm. A view of the Medical School, showing the main façade and entrance. Most of the building is, unfortunately, in shadow.
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
/
The University of Sydney
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Medical School, University of Sydney, 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/26
Scope and Contents
194 x 131 mm. A view of the Gothic stone building which was erected in 1887. The first chair, in Anatomy and Physiology, was filled in 1883, the School starting with four students. The growth of the Medical Faculty was fast, and in 1890, the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology was split into two professorships.
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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Meeting of the Waters, Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/76
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. Showing the junction of two smallish rivers below cascades.
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).
Series
Melbourne, 1890 - 1900
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Victoria/246-252
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards depicting mainly buildings and the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
Sub-Fonds
'Melbourne' and 'Geelong' deeds, 1935
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/34
Scope and Contents
Copies of two manuscript deeds drawn up by J.T. Gellibrand, signed between John Batman and eight local chiefs on 6 June 1835. The deeds, the originals of which are in the Public Library of Victoria, granted Batman land covering the sites of Melbourne and Geelong, but were later held to be legally invalid. They have been mounted in plastic sleeves.
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Australasia miscellanea
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Melbourne Exhibition, 1885 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/9
Scope and Contents
203 x 145 mm. A view inside the Exhibition Hall, showing the decorated and painted walls, with a large organ at the far end, and chairs and a gallery beneath.
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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Melbourne from South Yarra (from Fairlie House), 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7659
Scope and Contents
365 x 265 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).
Fonds
Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra Yarra 1839
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 382
Scope and Contents
Painted view of early Melbourne. Reprinted by the Grown Lands Dep. Melbourne, March 1881. Drawn by J. Adamson. Engraved by J. Carmichael for R. Clini.
Dates:
1881
Conditions Governing Access:
Stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Melbourne, Government House, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/96
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
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).
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Melbourne, in the Botanical Gardens, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/7
Scope and Contents
Showing succulents growing in a rock garden.
Dates:
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).
Fonds
Melbourne International Exhibition
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A
Scope and Contents
An album with printed title page, containing mounted and captioned prints measuring approximately 290 x 235 mm., and showing the courts and exhibits of various countries. Photographer unknown. The Melbourne Exhibition, which lasted from October 1st 1880 until April 30th 1881, was the second international exhibition to be held in Australia, the first being in Sydney the previous year (see Y3086A, 'The Burning of the Garden Palace'). There had been numerous smaller exhibitions but these had...
Dates:
1880
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