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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Pitt Street from King Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/26
Scope and Contents

273 x 188 mm. View looking along Pitt Street from its junction with King Street. On the corner in the left foreground is Punch's Hotel, operated by Thomas Punch, a substantial three storey building. Beyond are more modest commercial premises, including Washington H. Soul's Patent Medicine Depot at no. 221.

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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Pitt Street, Ridge, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/60
Scope and Contents

270 x 204 mm. View of modest residences.

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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Pitt Street, Sydney, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/115
Scope and Contents

201 x 150 mm. A general view along Pitt Street, with horse carriages and pedestrians in the street.

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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Pitt Street, Sydney, looking south from Angel Place, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/7
Scope and Contents

A view along the street, with trams, pedestrians, and horse carts. The street leading off to the left is Moore Street, now called Martin Place. Pitt Street runs parallel to George Street.

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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Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/7
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking down from roof top level along Pitt Street, with the tower of the Post Office building visible on the skyline at the right.

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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[Plain breasted robin], 1919 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/51
Scope and Contents

Possibly by Violet Artah Bartlett, fl 1919-1930, although the signature is different from the other examples of her work in the collection.

Dates: 1919 - 1930
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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Plains in N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/90
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Planting sugar cane, 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/15
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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Ploughing with Traction Engine, Tamworth District, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/32
Scope and Contents

A rear view of large traction engine pulling three ploughs, each with a small seat for one man.

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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P.N. Russell Engineering School and School of Mines, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/43
Scope and Contents

222 x 135 mm. A view showing the School of Mines in the foreground, with the Engineering School (with tower) behind. The school is named after the benefactor Sir Peter Nicol Russell who during his lifetime gave £100,000 to the university.

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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P.N. Russell School of Engineering, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/45
Scope and Contents

201 x 147 mm. A view of the one-storey building surmounted by a tower, on which is carved the date '1891'.

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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Pond and Gardeners' Cottages, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/63
Scope and Contents

195 x 133 mm. A view looking across the pond towards a cluster of small stone cottages.

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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Pope's Eye Fort, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6510
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Just inside the Heads, near Port Melbourne. [Seascape].

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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[Population map showing states and dioceses], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/84
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Port Darwin Harbour, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A/3
Scope and Contents

205 x 139 mm. A view looking out towards Frances Bay, with Fort Hill at the right, and a road running across the foreground of the picture. Photographs 3, 4 and 5 form an overlapping panorama of Fort Hill (although taken at different times: a hut is present on the foreshore in Y3083A/3 but not in Y3083A/4).

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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Port Gladstone, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7530
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing wharf, with shed and railway trucks seen in 7528A and 7529 but from a distance and possibly from the ship] .

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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River] (fresh water) near the Lower Peach Trees, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/15
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view looking down on to the river, with thickly wooded banks, and two men in a rowing boat on the water.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], from the Dam at Audley, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/7
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the river, with steep wooded banks, showing part of the dam in the foreground. A small steamboat and a rowing boat are moored in the river.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], near Loftus (below the Dam), 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/31
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the river at a fairly wide point, with tree-lined hills coming to the water's edge.

Dates: 1888
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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Port Hacking River [i.e. Hacking River], near Mangrove Creek, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/30
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the edge of the river with trees running down to the sandy beach.

Dates: 1888
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

Port of Brisbane

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085W
Scope and Contents

Album containing nine coloured (180 x 130 mm) and one black and white (205 x 135 mm) photographs of the Port of Brisbane, with printed captions. The album, which is not full, is a Saga self-adhesive album made in Japan. The first page reproduces the Charter and the Coat of Arms, with description (all in colour). The second page sets out brief facts about the Port's involvement in coal exports.

Dates: 1983
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).
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Port of Newcastle and Government Cranes, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/54
Scope and Contents

237 x 186 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with sailing ships moored and cranes loading sacks of wheat from railway trucks. Trucks loaded with coal can be seen on the line to the right.

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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Port of Newcastle Great Northern Railway Coal Shoots, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/53
Scope and Contents

265 x 204 mm. A view looking along the railway lines which run down to the wharves, with the harbour and Nobby’s Head beyond. By the dockside is a raised track and machinery for loading coal with the masts of berthed ships visible behind.

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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Port of Newcastle Nobby’s, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/52
Scope and Contents

242 x 192 mm. A view looking out over the roofs of the town towards Nobby’s Head, with shipping in the harbour and moored to wharves. Nobby’s Head was originally an island (first mentioned in Captain Cook’s log for May 1770), the breakwater being constructed between 1818 and 1846. The lighthouse, built in 1857, can just be seen: previously the island had served first as a convict labour camp and then as a quarantine station.

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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Port of Newcastle showing beach in course of construction , 1876-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/51
Scope and Contents

241 x 191 mm. A view looking out over rooftops towards the harbour. In the foreground shipping can be seen moored to the wharfs, with a railway running along the dockside. Out in the harbour, ships can be seen moored to a partially completed breakwater.

Dates: 1876-01
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).