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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Princes Bridge, Melbourne, 1888 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/49
Scope and Contents

204 x 142 mm. A view of the iron bridge, set on stone supports, which was built in 1888. The St. Kilda Road crosses the bridge which is situated just to the west of the Domain and the Botanical Gardens. This photograph is taken from Alexandra Gardens looking across the bridge to the north side of the city.

Dates: 1888 - 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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Prince's Street, Church Hill, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/36
Scope and Contents

277 x 183 mm. View of a terrace of modest two storey sandstone houses with dormer windows. The house on the right is dated 1849 on the cartouche above the roofline. The brick houses which continue the terrace to the left are of later date. In the centre of the group is James Lucas' Auckland Hotel, and next door to him the shop of G.E. Coy.

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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Princess Theatre-Grand Hotel, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/13
Scope and Contents

201 x 127 mm. A view looking towards Spring Street, on which the theatre and hotel are built. This extravagant theatre was completed in 1887.

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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Princess Theatre Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/17
Scope and Contents

202 x 180 mm. A view of the theatre from the other side of Spring Street. The building, a mixture of styles and decorations, was designed by William Pitt, and was built in 1886-7, including such attractions as electric lighting and a roll-back ventilating roof.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Procedure for Parliamentary Banquet, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/31
Scope and Contents

The procedure for the Women's Parliamentary Reception and Parliamentary Banquet at Parliament House, Adelaide, 23 March 1954, in honour of the Royal Visitors.

Dates: 1954
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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Professional snapshots. Malaya - Java [i.e. Jawa] - Bali - New Zealand. February - May 1939, 1939-02 - 1939-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022YYY
Scope and Contents

This relates to a later stage in McKay's career than any of the other albums. Apart from its serial number 20, it is marked on the cover 'Album No 4' possibly of a collection of professional photographs made by McKay.

Dates: 1939-02 - 1939-05
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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Programme of Royal Tour to Tasmania, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to New South Wales, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to Queensland, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/23
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to South Australia, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/26
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to South Australia, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/27a
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to South Australia, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/27b
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to Tasmania, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Programme of Royal Visit to Victoria, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1953
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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Properly pruned coffee tree : Java type, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7552
Scope and Contents

Kamerunga Nursery

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).
 Sub-Fonds

Province of South Australia land grant, 1875

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/28
Scope and Contents A parchment copy of an original land grant of 1839, including a sketch map of the property. There are two authenticating declarations by W.T. Scott and J.C. Lovely, 1875, and certification by John Warren Bakewell, Notary Public, Adelaide. The grant does not indicate where the property in question was located, other than 'N° 382' in the province of South Australia. The grantees were G.F. Angas of Jeffrey's Square, St Mary Axe, and H. Kingscote of Bank Buildings, both in London, and J.R....
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).
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Pruning coffee at Mr Street's plantation Kuranda, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7555
Scope and Contents

North Queensland.

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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Public Buildings, Bridge Street, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/15
Scope and Contents

A view looking down Bridge Street towards the Domain end, and showing on the right the Royal Exchange, the Lands Office and the Chief Secretary's Office.

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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Public Library, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/143
Scope and Contents

183 x 130 mm. A view from across Swanston Street showing the front of the Library. For other photographs, and a brief history of the building, see Y3087D/16 and Y3087/G1-9.

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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Public Offices, Bridge Street, Sydney, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/2
Scope and Contents

A view from the gardens behind, looking between trees and shrubs towards the building, designed by James Barnet in 1878. The building was originally designed as the Chief Secretary's Office, but later became the Department of Works.

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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Public School, Grote Street, Adelaide, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/9
Scope and Contents

260 x 200 mm. A three-quarters front view of the single-storey stone building, built in the Gothic style with a central fleche. The school is situated on the South-East corner of Grote Street and Morphett Street, and was built in 1874. With school children standing outside the gate.

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).
 Fonds

Public Schools Empire Tour to New Zealand. 1929

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs by an unknown tour member consisting of black and white lantern slides most measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm. Most of the slides have been captioned: the titles of those without captions are enclosed in square brackets.The Public Schools Empire Tours came into being through the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement's decision in 1925 to send a party of schoolboys to Australia after the visit to England of a party from the Young Australia...
Dates: 1929-01-04 - 1929-05-18
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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Public Work Office, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/46
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the building from the junction of Macquarie Street and Bridge Street. Another building designed by James Barnet (in 1878), it is an imposing structure with statues in recesses at the corner, and was originally the Colonial Secretary's Office.

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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Pulpit Rock, Cabbage Tree Point, Port Hacking, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/3
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. A view of the beach, with eroded rock formations in the foreground. Three men are some distance along the beach, one of them sitting on Pulpit Rock, an eroded top-heavy structure some 15 feet high.

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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Pumpkins, Roma State Farm, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/37
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing ripe, harvested pumpkins under a rough thatched barn.

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).