Australia (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Art Gallery, Sydney, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/5
Scope and Contents
A three-quarter front view from the road of this fine building, designed by Vernon in the 1880's in Renaissance style.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New South Wales, 1908
Series
Art work, 1820 - 1832
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 296/1
Scope and Contents
There are 21 pencil and watercolour sketches of birds, some crudely finished, six of which are endorsed 'drawn from nature by R. Read Snr.' and dated 1820. In February 1963 Dr Averill Lysaght asserted that at least some of the pictures were copied, or even traced, from Latham's 'General synopsis of birds' (see Lysaght's letter in RCMS 296/3). The remaining pieces include pencil drawings of fruit; capitals and entablatures; a scene from the 'Iliad'; a seated nude man; and a coastal scene,...
Dates:
1820 - 1832
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).
Item
Artesian bore, Cunnamulla (5000000 gallons a day), 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/41
Scope and Contents
200 x 105 mm. A photograph of the bore flowing, with two figures and corrugated iron sheds behind.
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).
Fonds
Artesian Bores in Queensland
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K
Scope and Contents
Collection of thirty-nine loose photographs of various sizes, depicting artesian bores under construction or in operation, with a few general photographs of farming in Queensland, probably photographed by Charles Kerry. All either with captions on prints, or with pencilled captions on reverse. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. All...
Dates:
1894
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Articles from 'The Field'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 322
Scope and Contents
Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...
Dates:
1888 - 1921
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
At Barron Crossing, near Atherton, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7573
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [View of the ford on Barron River with woman on horse-back crossing].
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).
Item
At Govett’s [sic] Leap, 1870 - 1880
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/30
Scope and Contents
At Govett’s [sic] Leap 206 x 155 mm. A view looking along the sheer cliff face towards he falls, which drop 1000 feet into the heavily wooded Grose Valley.
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).
Item
At the lodge gates of Mount Pleasant, 1910-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6592
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. A private house and grounds resembling an old English home: Launceston. [Pair of horses pulling open carriage carrying lady with driver in bowler hat approaching the gates].
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).
Item
Audley Road, 1888
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/13
Scope and Contents
275 x 220 mm. Showing the unsurfaced road, curving down among the hills, with a pony trap on the road.
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).
Item
Auriferous conglomerate bed, Grants Hill, Nullagine area, 1896-08-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/52
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. A close-up view of the entrance to a small cave (see previous plate) showing the structure of the hillside (with boulders embedded in the sedimentary rock) in the foreground. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 128.
Dates:
1896-08-28
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
Australasia miscellanea
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material concerning different parts of Australasia, but mainly Australia and New Zealand. Some of the collections are comprised of single items, such as pictures and maps. There are also a significant number of photocopies or photographs of original material. One of the collections is in Maori; the others are in English.
Dates:
1810 - 1988
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Australia, 1890 - 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Australia
Scope and Contents
Postcards showing views in Australia.
Dates:
1890 - 1925
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Postcard Collection
File
Australia, 1934 - 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/4/27/6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.
Dates:
1934 - 1949
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).
Series
Australia, 1910 - 1930
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/84-116
Scope and Contents
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).
Item
Australia 1931-32. Group under a tree in Australia, 1931 - 1932
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/11
Scope and Contents
235 x 182 mm.
Dates:
1931 - 1932
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
Australia and New Zealand Branches, 1922 - 1926
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
By the end of the nineteenth century, the society had established a large non-resident membership in the overseas empire and within the United Kingdom among those not living in the London area. At first a network of honorary corresponding secretaries was formed to manage the society's affairs outside London. In 1910 it authorised the establishment of local branches to increase membership and extend the scope of its activities. The first UK branch was formed in Bristol in 1913 and the first...
Dates:
1922 - 1926
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
Australia and New Zealand weekly, 1953-11-28
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/4
Scope and Contents
The Royal Tour souvenir and Christmas number of the journal.
Dates:
1953-11-28
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/69
Scope and Contents
A view showing the Three Sisters, the outcrops of rock which stand over the Jamieson Valley.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/70
Scope and Contents
A view showing woods beside a path in the Blue Mountains.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/75
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified house and garden in Katoomba.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Bush, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/76
Scope and Contents
A view showing a settler's cabin in the bush.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Bush, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/77
Scope and Contents
A view showing partially cleared land, with a pony trap in the background.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains]: Bush, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/79
Scope and Contents
A view showing a settler's small cabin with a bark roof.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Bush, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/80
Scope and Contents
A view showing sheep grazing in partially cleared woodland.
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).
Item
Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Cricket Pitch, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/66
Scope and Contents
A view showing a makeshift cricket pitch in the bush.
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).