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Australia (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2775 Collections and/or Records:

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Molonglo Bridge, Molonglo River, 1885

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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).
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Monstera Deliciosa plant (Custard Apple), Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 1910

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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).
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Monthly summary of Australian conditions, 1954-01

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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).
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Moonbi Pass, near Tamworth, 1885

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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).
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Moore Street, Sydney, 1908

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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).
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Moorook, 1892

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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).
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Morgan's Ball Mill, 'Dumpling Gully', Greenbushes, 1896 - 1908

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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).
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Mort, Thos [remainder of caption illegible], 1870 - 1879

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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).
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Mort’s Wool Warehouse, 1888 - 1889

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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).
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Mortuary Station – Haslem’s Creek, 1870

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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).
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Mortuary Station, Sydney Terminus, 1870 - 1880

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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).
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Moseley’s Exhibit, 1888 - 1889

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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).
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Motor Car returning from the summit of Mount Kosciusko, three and a half miles away, N.S.W., 1910

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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).
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Mount Ainslie, Yass Canberra site, 1910

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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).
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Mount Ainslie, Yass Canberra site, 1910

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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).
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Mount Baw-Baw, 1913

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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).
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Mount Kasciusko [i.e. Kosciusko] - Winter, 1911

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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).
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Mount Lofty Railway Station, Adelaide and Melbourne Railway, 1890

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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).
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Mount Lyell Smelters: Mount Sedgwick and Mount Lyell in the distance, Tasmania, 1910-01

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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).
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Mount Lyell Smelters: nearer view, 1910-01

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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).
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Mount Macedon-Gully, 1888 - 1889

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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).
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Mount Morgan Goldmine, Rockhampton, 1910

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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).
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Mount Victoria, Pass en route to Jenolan Caves, 1909

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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).
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Mount Victoria Pass, Western Road, 1885

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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).
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Mount Wellington, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/182
Scope and Contents

180 x 105 mm. A view looking towards Mount Wellington, with fields and hedgerows in the foreground and a small enclave of houses and barns set among trees beyond. Exact location unidentified.

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).