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Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Second Intercolonial Exhibition, Brisbane

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085H
Scope and Contents Album containing printed title page and twelve mounted prints measuring approximately 290 x 235 mm., and showing scenes in and around the Exhibition Buildings. All the photographs have brief printed captions. The title page in full reads: 'Under the Patronage of His Excellency Sir Arthur E. Kennedy KCMG., C.B., twelve photographic views of the Second Intercolonial Exhibition held in Brisbane, Queensland August 21 1877, under the auspices of the National Agricultural and Industrial...
Dates: 1877-08
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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Section Victorian court, stoves, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/11
Scope and Contents

289 x 233 mm.

Dates: 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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Selectors’ Camp, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/51
Scope and Contents

196 x 134 mm. A view showing a group of selectors posing with tools and implements: saws, axes and spades. Behind them stands the beginnings of a rough wooden cabin.

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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Selectors’ Camp-Vagabond Tent, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/52
Scope and Contents

198 x 137 mm. A view in a woodland clearing, showing three men posing at their campsite in front of their tent.

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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Selector's cultivation near Maroochy River, north coastline, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/50
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view showing cleared and cultivated land, surrounded by woodland, with a man feeding chickens in the foreground.

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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Selector's home, Maroochy River, north coastline, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/54
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing a small wooden, tiled bungalow, with children in front.

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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Selector's homestead, Blackall range, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/51
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing a track leading through felled trees, with a selector's cottage, and fields planted with fruit trees in the background.

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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Selector’s Hut, Warburton, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/55
Scope and Contents

198 x 146 mm. A view showing a small wooden cabin in a clearing surrounded by thick forest, with four settlers posing for the camera.

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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Selector's residence, Warra, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/52
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing a ploughed field, and beyond it a bungalow with corrugated iron roof. With figures standing by the fence and on the verandah.

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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Sham Fight, Sydney Harbour, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/9
Scope and Contents 245 x 180 mm. Oval print. A view across the harbour towards Fort Denison, with a mock battle in progress beyond the fort. The harbour is dotted with small craft and a paddle ferry can be seen to the left of the fort, packed with passengers. The exact year, or event celebrated, has not been determined. Sydney has held a regatta every year since 1837, although this is presumably a re-enactment of a specific happening. Jack Cato, records that Charles Kerry in 1895 'covered the big aquatic...
Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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Sham Fight, Sydney Harbour, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/10
Scope and Contents

245 x 180 mm. A view of the three-masted steamers involved in the mock-battle, with smoke from the guns drifting across the harbour.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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Sham Fight, Sydney Harbour, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/11
Scope and Contents

245 x 180 mm. A photograph showing three-masted steamers involved in the mock-battle and a paddle ferry.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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Sham Fight, Sydney Harbour, 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/12
Scope and Contents

245 x 180 mm. A view of the sham fight with Fort Denison at the left of the picture. Most of the horizon is obscured by smoke, with only one large steamer visible.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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Shamrock Hotel, Sandhurst, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/13
Scope and Contents

179 x 125 mm. A view of the hotel, a sizeable stone building with iron-work verandahs which stands at the junction of Pall Mall and Williamson Street. With several pony traps parked outside.

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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Shearers at work shearing, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/39
Scope and Contents

200 x 125 mm. A view showing a line of shearers, holding sheep and posing for the photographer.

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).
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Shearing at Burrawong Station near Condobolin, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/40
Scope and Contents

A view looking along a shearing shed, with men at either side at work shearing sheep.

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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Shearing by machinery, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086U/9
Scope and Contents

192 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shearing-shed, with men at work shearing with powered clippers. Negative number 948.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Shearing Time, Burrawong Station, N.S. [i.e. New South] Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/32
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking along a shearing shed, with men on either side at work shearing sheep.

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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Sheep near the Kimona turnoff, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6581
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Similar picture to previous one but with cart disappearing into the dust].

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).
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Sheep near the Kimona turnoff on the Ringarooma Road, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6580
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Dorset County, Tasmania. [Sheep being driven by a man on horse back with dist obscuring the background].

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).
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Sheep troughs fed from natural springs, 'Newmarracarra', Geraldton District, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/6
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing a large water tank, with feed pipes to where sheep are drinking.

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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Sheep washing, Jondaryan, Western Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/22
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing sheep being pushed into a sheep dip and swimming along it.

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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Shipping at Circular Quay, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/24
Scope and Contents

A view looking down on to the moored sailing ships at the quay. Taken from the east side of the quay, facing south into Sydney. James Barnet's Customs House can be partially seen (before the addition of the first floor verandah).

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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Shipping at Stockton, Newcastle District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/21
Scope and Contents

A view of moored sailing ships, tied three deep to the shore. Stockton lies just north of Newcastle, on a peninsula the other side of the Hunter River. Like Newcastle it is an important coal producer; in the early days of the colony, the worst convicts from Newcastle were sent to Stockton as lime-burners.

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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Shipping of sheep to China at Pinkenbah, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/21
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Photograph showing sheep loaded in pens aboard ship. Pinkenbah is a suburb of Brisbane, on the river in the north-east part of the city.

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).