Australia (nation)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Fonds
Remains of the Emden
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs of the wreck of the German Cruiser 'Emden', sunk by HMAS 'Sydney' whilst attacking the Cocos-Keeling Islands on 9 November 1914.
These photographs were extracted from the file in the RCS Archives on 'The Empire at War', edited for the Royal Empire Society by Sir Charles Lucas. References appear in volume III at pages 29, 76, 78, 212-3 and 223.
Dates:
1914-11-09
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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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Report on Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 310
Scope and Contents
An incomplete, printed report, 86 pages, with manuscript marginal annotations and a 2-page typed introduction by the R.C.S. Librarian. The report comprises papers respecting the declaration of a British Protectorate over the Gilbert Islands by Captain Davis, of H.M.S. 'Royalist', and general reports on the Gilbert, Ellice and Marshall Islands. The original cover, which is made out of a linen-backed chart of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, is bound in at the start. Loose with the volume is a...
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Sub-sub-class
Reports of annual general meetings, 1944 - 1945
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These records relate to various associations formed in Australia, India, Ceylon and South Africa by residents of Malaya displaced by the war. They provided information and assistance to evacuees, civilian internees, and prisoners of war.
Rules of the organisations, lists of members, minutes of meetings, memoranda, circulars, indemnity records and related correspondence (343 sheets).
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
Sub-Fonds
Reports on Aboriginal Australian and penal settlements, 1833 - 1835
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/3
Scope and Contents
Reports on settlements in Australia visited by Backhouse and Walker during 1833-1835, probably contemporary copies. The 'Australian dictionary of biography' has the following entry on the reports (vol. I, p. 45): 'They gave (Sir George) Arthur eight valuable reports on the penal settlements of Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur, the Aboriginal establishments on Flinders Island...In New South Wales and its dependencies Governor Bourke encouraged similar work in 1835-37...Their reports were...
Dates:
1833 - 1835
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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Cambridge University Library
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Australasia miscellanea
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Reproduction of unidentified early print of Sydney Harbour, 1970 - 1980
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/3/14
Scope and Contents
450 x 295 mm.
Dates:
1970 - 1980
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
R.E.S. news, Victorian Branch, 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/21
Scope and Contents
The Royal Visit issue (No. 146, December 1953/January 1954) of the pamphlet of the Royal Empire Society's Victorian Branch.
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).
Item
Residence of Mr. C. Nobbs, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308698A/13
Scope and Contents
Facing p.44, referred to on p.49. C. Nobbs was another son of George Hunn Nobbs.
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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Residence of the late Bishop Patteson - Melanesian Mission Station, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308698A/8
Scope and Contents
Facing p.30, referred to on p.40.
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).
File
Return journey from Pacific 1963, 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham M
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides taken during a visit which included New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga, the Gilbert Islands and New Caledonia.
Dates:
1963
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
Richmond Downs No. 1, 1894
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/11
Scope and Contents
210 x 135 mm. Showing the bore flowing and with a herd of cattle drinking from the irrigation channel.
Dates:
1894
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
Richmond Downs No. 3 Bore, 1894
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/12
Scope and Contents
210 x 130 mm. Photograph showing the construction of the drilling derrick, with a large steam engine to the right, and several large teams of horses pulling carts.
Dates:
1894
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
Ricmond [sic] River at Lismore, North Coast District, N.S.W, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/68
Scope and Contents
A view of the Richmond River from the bank, looking along towards an iron bridge.
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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Cambridge University Library
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New South Wales, 1908
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[Right-hand side of stabling clearly shown, left in the background; a funnel seen in the background resembles that of Cornwall], 1899 - 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/30
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1899 - 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).
Item
Ringbarked and unringbarked, Comly, Mingenew, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/46
Scope and Contents
205 x 150 mm. Showing a group of treated and untreated trees. First practised on a large scale in the 1860s, ringmarking [sic] is a technique of killing trees by cutting into the bark to check the flow of sap, and thus making the land free for grass cultivation. The practice has been responsible for the destruction of vast amounts of timber in Australia.
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
River Cora-Linn, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/125
Scope and Contents
218 x 170 mm. A view looking up the river, with cliffs on one side, and wooded banks on the other.
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).
Item
River Frontage to Ramco, 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B/1
Scope and Contents
270 x 215 mm. Showing a curve in the river, and the sandy banks, with one figure standing at left. The funnel and wheelhouse of a small steamer can be seen moored at right of picture.
Dates:
1892
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
River Irwin, Mingenew District, 1907-07-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/5
Scope and Contents
152 x 107 mm. A view looking north east across the flooded Irwin River towards coal workings (Reserve 2297) on the far bank. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 329.
Dates:
1907-07-29
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
River 'Murray' Corowa, New South Wales. Dec. 1926, 1926-12
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/130-131
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates:
1926-12
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
River Owen at Frieburg, near Bright, 1885 - 1891
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/76
Scope and Contents
205 x 157 mm. A view looking along the river, with a large waterwheel dominating the foreground.
Dates:
1885 - 1891
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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Photographs of Victoria
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Road Scene-Black Spurr, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/64
Scope and Contents
141 x 189 mm. A view along a country road, with woods on either side, and three figures posing in front of one of the piles of cut timber that stand at the side of the road.
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).
Item
Road Scene, Gippsland, 1888 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/80
Scope and Contents
202 x 153 mm. A view showing an unsurfaced road running through woodland.
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).
Item
Roadway scene on the Black Spur, 1877 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087L/16
Scope and Contents
132 x 188 mm. Showing the roadway passing through a cutting on the Black Spur, with woodland beyond.
Dates:
1877 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Victorian scenery
File
'Robert Gouger (1802-46) and his connections with the East Midlands', 'Rutland Record' 30 (2010), 397-408, 2010
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/67
Scope and Contents
This article examines the South Australian Colonial Secretary's family background in England. It explores his association with the East Midland towns of Stamford, Nottingham and Oakham, where the family had a silk manufacturing business. A letter filed with the article contains some information regarding RCMS 278/30 Watercolour of Robert Gouger's residence.
Dates:
2010
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Australasia miscellanea
Item
Rockery and Pond, Zoological Gardens, Adelaide, 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/39
Scope and Contents
260 x 200 mm. A view of the pool, with the rockery to the right. A flamingo stands in the water.
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).
Item
Rocks near Mount York on the road from Hartley to Mount Victoria, N.S.W, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7610
Scope and Contents
[Seen behind fence beside the road].
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).