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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Portion of Botanic Gardens and Sydney Harbour from Public Library, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/11
Scope and Contents

A view looking out over the gardens, and beyond the statue of Governor Phillip to Farm Cove. Government House can be seen at the extreme left of picture, with Fort Denison beyond it in the harbour. On the horizon North Head can be seen - the outmost entrance to the harbour.

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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Portion of Botanic Gardens Museum, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086S/4
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. An interior view of part of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and the walls lined with framed Botanical illustrations. With a figure standing in the background.

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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Portion of Botanic Gardens Museum, Sydney, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086S/3
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A slightly blurred print showing an interior view of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and a figure standing in the background.

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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Portion of Newcastle Harbour, showing Nobbys, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/30
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on the railway terminal situated beside the wharves, where two steamers are moored, with the promontory of Nobby's Head beyond. The promontory is situated on the outer lip of the harbour.

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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Portion of Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/9
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the harbour, in which various American warships can be seen, among them the 'U.S.S. Connecticut'.

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).
 Fonds

'Portonian' cartoons

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 300
Scope and Contents A large folio volume of pasted in satirical cartoons relating to South Australia. The cartoons are titled at the top 'Portonian', and have captions below the image. Many of the pictures are numbered and dated. The volume includes a satirical annual diary with a cartoon in the centre, 4 December 1875, and a plan of the city of Adelaide 'compiled and published by the proprietors, Frearson and Brother, Adelaide, 1874', which was a supplement to the 'Portonian', 13 March 1875. The volume is...
Dates: 1872 - 1879
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Portrait and memoir of William Haines, 1857

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/35
Scope and Contents

A portrait of William Haines 'from a daguerreotype by T.A. Hill' and a description of his life in public service. The page is undated, but refers to Haines occupying the Legislative Assembly seat for South Grant in the new Parliament, which he held 1856-1858.

Dates: 1857
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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[Portrait of E.C. (?Lucas)], 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/17
Scope and Contents

97 x 132 mm. A head and shoulders portrait, mounted on card and signed 'Yours sincerely E.C. [?Lucas] 20.2.22'. Photograph by Hammer and Co., Adelaide.

Dates: 1922
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

Portrait of John McDouall Stuart, April 1863

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308C
Scope and Contents 56 x 68 mm. Showing a seated head and shoulders portrait of the explorer. Around the perimeter of the print, is printed 'Professor Hall, Photo: Adelaide, Apr: 1863.' Stuart (1815-1866) was born in Fife and emigrated to South Australia in 1839. His first exploring expedition was with Charles Sturt in 1844, after which he practised as a surveyor until 1858. In that year he explored the Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner hinterland, discovering rich grazing land of which he was later granted...
Dates: 1863-04
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).
 Fonds

Portraits, circa 1900s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011W
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints with captions on the reverse, which have been recorded as found. The photographs, which are of various sizes, are portraits of people from Africa, the West Indies and Australia.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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Post and Telegraph Offices, Brisbane-Front, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/6
Scope and Contents

195 x 130 mm. The same building as photographed in Y3085C/10, but with an identical extension on the right of the picture, built in the intervening period. With a horse and cart in front of the building.

Dates: 1886
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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Post Office, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/145
Scope and Contents

181 x 131 mm. A view of the Post Office, which stands at the junction of Elizabeth and Bourke Street. Built between 1859-1867, the building is seen here without the third storey and enlarged clocktower which were completed in 1889.

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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Post office and Advertiser Office, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/172
Scope and Contents

215 x 167 mm. A view looking along William Street with the Advertiser office in the foreground and the Post office behind. The foundation stone of the Post Office was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867 and the building was completed in 1872.

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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Post Office, Brisbane-Front, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/5
Scope and Contents

232 x 160 mm. A view of the new Post Office. The post office in Y3085C/10 is now the Post and Telegraph Offices. Built by John Petrie, the first mayor of Brisbane, the Post Office was completed in October 1872.

Dates: 1866
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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Post Office, Sydney comp. 1887, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/2
Scope and Contents

280 x 230 mm. A view of the unfinished building from George Street. The fenced-off land to the left, along which the building extends, was later to become Martin Place. This monumental building, which took over 20 years to complete, was designed by James Barnet. Work started in 1866. The tower, not yet built in this photograph, was completed in 1887.

Dates: 1875
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

Postcards of Busselton, Western Australia 1925

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081C
Scope and Contents

Collection of photographic postcards, 138 x 85 mm., with 'Busseldon [sic] W.A. 1925' written on the back of each. Busselton is a holiday resort on Geographe Bay, 149 miles by rail south of Perth. Though settled by the Bussell family in 1832, it made little progress until it received an impetus, about 1921, under the group settlement policy of the State Premier, Sir James Mitchell. The photographs are not captioned and the following descriptions are derived from their content.

Dates: 1925
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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Potholes at Nardabunna rock hole, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/76
Scope and Contents

120 x 92 mm. A view showing the entrance to potholes in a fault ina rock formation. In the foreground is a seated figure (partially inside the entrance to a pothole) with a large plate camera on the ground beside him. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 568.

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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Powerful forces and great art in these Australian rocks, 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308K/2
Scope and Contents

250 x 165 mm. Aboriginal rock paintings at the Escarpment on the Arnhem Land plateau, Northern Territory. Produced by the Australian Information Service.

Dates: 1973
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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Pract. Chemistry Class Rm, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/42
Scope and Contents

205 x 153 mm. A view looking down the length of the classroom, with work benches, chemicals and various apparatus.

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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Practical Physiology Classroom, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/31
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. A view showing workbenches with various experimental equipment, looking towards the blackboards at the front of the classroom.

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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'Presented by the Premier of New South Wales in May 1936', 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 14
Scope and Contents

Album of captioned photographs.

Dates: 1936
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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Press Cuttings, 1921 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Major James Boosé became Secretary of the RCI in 1909 and was associated with the development of the branches during 1909-10. He made three overseas tours, and after his retirement in 1915 owing to ill health, two more as travelling Commissioner before his final retirement in 1922.

Dates: 1921 - 1922
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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Prince Albert Statue, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/43
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. A front view of the statue with two men standing in front. Erected in Hyde Park in 1866.

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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Prince Alfred Collegiate School, Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/17
Scope and Contents

260 x 195 mm. A front view of the school, with pupils standing in front. The school was opened in 1878, and named after Prince Alfred (later Duke of Edinburgh), who visited Adelaide in 1867.

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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Prince Alfred Hospital, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/59
Scope and Contents

202 x 147 mm. A view of the hospital from Missenden Road, Camperdown, showing a brick building with stone facings. The hospital was incorporated in 1873 as a gesture of gratitude for the saving of Prince Alfred's life, who was the victim of an assassination attempt while in Sydney. The land for the hospital was granted by the university, and the hospital is used by the university's medical students. The hospital was opened to patients in 1882.

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).