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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2775 Collections and/or Records:

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National Park [i.e. Royal National Park], 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/90
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. A view of a waterfall among woods in the National Park, with two figures standing at the top of the drop. Photograph probably by Charles Kerry.

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).
 Sub-Fonds

National register of Australian biography, 1959

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/42
Scope and Contents

An undated photocopy of an alphabetical list of names prepared by the History Department of the Australian National University, July 1959, 108 pages.

Dates: 1959
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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Native paintings in gorge near Trig Hill, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/2
Scope and Contents

122 x 91 mm. A view showing Aboriginal Australian designs on a rock face in the Nabberu District. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 430.

Dates: 1908 - 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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Native village above Karunda, Barron River, North Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7745
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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Natives-Lake Tyers, Gippsland, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/85
Scope and Contents

207 x 155 mm. A view of the lake with tree lined banks in the background, showing Aboriginal Australians in rowing boats and a canoe. Photographer possibly Charles Bayliss.

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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Natives of New South Wales [historic title], 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/105
Scope and Contents

279 x 190 mm. A group portrait showing about 50 Aboriginal Australians among woodland trees, carrying spears and shields and some wearing decorative body-paint. Behind them can be seen shelters made from bark and branches.

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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Natives spearing fish from a dug-out, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/90
Scope and Contents 210 x 158 mm. A study of Aboriginal Australian fishermen, showing three men in a small dug-out canoe, one of whom holds a spear while others stand or sit on a tree trunk which juts into the river. Photograph by Charles Bayliss (stamped in relief on corner of print). The positive identification of this print as Bayliss' leads to the supposition that the previous Aboriginal Australian photographs are by him. They too display the same compositional exactitude and a striving to include as much...
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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Natural History Museum [Sydney], 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/3
Scope and Contents

285 x 230 mm. A three quarter front view of the bulky sandstone building resting on a stylobate twenty feet high, and rising from that, forty foot Corinthian piers with carving at the top. The building was finished in 1864 to James Barnet's design and part of the old museum can be seen behind the new building. The museum is at the junction of Park Street and College Street.

Dates: 1873
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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Natural jam country, Newmarracarra Station, Geraldton District, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/75
Scope and Contents

200 x 140 mm. Showing a herd of cattle, standing among grass and trees.

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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Naval Reserve Cadets bearing flags at Perth Youth Rally, 1987-03-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/lVb/198
Scope and Contents

151 x 100 mm. colour print.

Dates: 1987-03-09
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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N.E. view of Square, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/19
Scope and Contents

235 x 180 mm. Another view of the square from a side road (see Y3085D/13) showing ‘G.P. Barnes’ Emporium’, and partially obscured by trees, ‘A. Aland, Ironmonger’.

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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Near Brisbane, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/198
Scope and Contents

137 x 99 mm. A view on the Logan Road near Brisbane, showing a man reclining underneath trees at the side of a flooded road. Photograph by George P. Wright. Another print of the same photograph occurs in Y3085I/6.

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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Near Guildford Junction, Emu Bay Railway, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6537
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Dead trees and fallen logs].

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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Near Regatta Point, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6570
Scope and Contents

Mount Lyell line. [Forested hillside coming down to lake or wide river].

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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Near Twofold Bay, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/76
Scope and Contents

230 x 172 mm. A view showing a track leading through woodland down to the seashore in the foreground.

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).
 File

Negatives, 1970 - 1975

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/8
Scope and Contents

Coloured and black and white negatives of the Australian artwork, which were taken before its sale by the RCS to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1970. A list is filed with the collection. Prints are stored at RCMS 40/7.

Dates: 1970 - 1975
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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Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/59
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the wide curve of the beach, with a small village on the far side, and high wooded hills in the distance. Port Stephens is the partly drowned estuary of the Karuah River, about 30 miles north of Newcastle, and a holiday resort for that area. Nelson Bay is situated on the inside of the south headland of the harbour, fairly near its mouth.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/60
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with a rowing boat and five men in the foreground. The Nepean River is in fact part of the Hawkesbury River system, itself over 300 miles long, but its various parts given four different names. When discovered, they were thought to be different rivers and the old names have been retained.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/61
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, from which rise heavily wooded banks. With figures standing on the bank in the background. Precise location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/62
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with figures in the distance standing on stepping-stones. Precise location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/63
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with steep wooded banks and a man fishing in a rowing boat in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/65
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. Photograph printed from a broken plate and picture not in sharp focus beyond the foreground. A view of the river, exact location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/66
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river at a narrow point, with three figures posing on rocks by the river. Precise location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/67
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the river looking down from a bank, with wooded hills stretching away beyond. Precise location unidentified.

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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Nepean River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/68
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view looking down on to a pool in the river and to the banks rising beyond. Precise location unidentified.

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).