Australia (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Fonds
Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents
This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Dates:
1936 - 1980
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
Item
Molonglo Bridge, Molonglo River, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/26
Scope and Contents
232 x 183 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 75 feet each with 2 approach spans, total length 300 feet'. A side view of the bridge across a small river, with wooden supports and superstructure.
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).
Item
Monstera Deliciosa plant (Custard Apple), Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/16
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. A view of the palm-like plant.
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).
File
Monthly summary of Australian conditions, 1954-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/10
Scope and Contents
The Royal Visit edition of the journal.
Dates:
1954-01
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).
Item
Moonbi Pass, near Tamworth, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/46
Scope and Contents
257 x 208 mm. A view from the hillside, looking down on the pass, with the road driven through and wooded hills on either side.
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).
Item
Moore Street, Sydney, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/19
Scope and Contents
A view from above along Moore Street, looking west to its junction with George Street. With pedestrians and horse cabs, but only one car visible. Moore Street became Martin Place when it was widened after a fire in Pitt Street in 1890 had destroyed a number of buildings in the area.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New South Wales, 1908
Item
Moorook, 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/10
Scope and Contents
275 x 225 mm. A view of the settlers’ cabins, with women and children posing for the camera by their vegetable plots.
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).
Item
Morgan's Ball Mill, 'Dumpling Gully', Greenbushes, 1896 - 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/29
Scope and Contents
138 x 80 mm. A view showing partially cleared bush with the timber mill buildings in the background. Photograph by H.P. Woodward. Negative No. Film 10.
Dates:
1896 - 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).
Item
Mort, Thos [remainder of caption illegible], 1870 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/71
Scope and Contents
282 x 210 mm. View looking towards Mort's large wood-frame factory buildings, with the harbour in the background. Precise location unidentified.
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).
Item
Mort’s Wool Warehouse, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/18
Scope and Contents
206 x 154 mm. An exterior view of this imposing stone building, which stands at a wide street junction.
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).
Item
Mortuary Station – Haslem’s Creek, 1870
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/69
Scope and Contents
270 x 221 mm. A view of the mortuary buildings, with an arch for the railway to proceed through and three men standing on the platform in the foreground. The building is dated 1868. Haslem’s Creek was a station on the Sydney to Parramatta line which at that time lay 11 miles west of the city. Presumably some funeral train service was offered between the two points.
Dates:
1870
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).
Item
Mortuary Station, Sydney Terminus, 1870 - 1880
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/15
Scope and Contents
206 x 158 mm. A view of the mortuary at Redfern, of pseudo-ecclesiastical architecture, with a squat spire in the foreground. See also plate 69.
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).
Item
Moseley’s Exhibit, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/25
Scope and Contents
160 x 114 mm. A view of one of the stands at the Melbourne Exhibition, showing coats and dresses.
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).
Item
Motor Car returning from the summit of Mount Kosciusko, three and a half miles away, N.S.W., 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7618
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).
Item
Mount Ainslie, Yass Canberra site, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7633
Scope and Contents
[Tree and stumps with Mount Ainslie in the far background].
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).
Item
Mount Ainslie, Yass Canberra site, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7634
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
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).
Item
Mount Baw-Baw, 1913
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087H/1
Scope and Contents
204 x 148 mm. A view looking along a muddy road towards Mount Baw-Baw in the distance. Two horse wagons, with several passengers, approach along the road. The handwritten caption reads: 'View of Mount Baw-Baw (snow-capped) from hills above Walhalla. This view was taken in midwinter.'
Dates:
1913
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).
Item
Mount Kasciusko [i.e. Kosciusko] - Winter, 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/63
Scope and Contents
A view of the ski-resort hotel, with snow on the ground and skiers in front of the building posing for the camera.
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
/
New South Wales, 1911
Item
Mount Lofty Railway Station, Adelaide and Melbourne Railway, 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/24
Scope and Contents
275 x 205 mm. A view looking down onto the small station building, with a locomotive at the platform and freight cars filled with cargo. The station lies 1700 feet above sea level, 19 miles by rail from Adelaide. This print appears in ‘Glimpses of Australia’ Vol. 1. (Gordon and Gotch, 1897) where is it credited to the South Australian Government.
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).
Item
Mount Lyell Smelters: Mount Sedgwick and Mount Lyell in the distance, Tasmania, 1910-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6559
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).
Item
Mount Lyell Smelters: nearer view, 1910-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6560
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).
Item
Mount Macedon-Gully, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/39
Scope and Contents
202 x 150 mm A view looking down into a gully where a house stands among partially cleared bushland, with dead tress still standing showing the practice of ‘ringbarking’.
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).
Item
Mount Morgan Goldmine, Rockhampton, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/40
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. A view from the hill, showing the central portion of the mine complex. 24 miles from Rockhampton, the mine was discovered in 1882 and was returning a profit by 1886. It was also an important copper mine.
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).
Item
Mount Victoria, Pass en route to Jenolan Caves, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/21
Scope and Contents
350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on to the main Western Road, which curves uphill and behind an outcrop of rock. With a car on the hill.
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).
Item
Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/6
Scope and Contents
346 x 265 mm. A view showing a cutting in the road. A figure is standing on the road between the rock walls on either side. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed in the corner of the page.
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).