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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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Shipping timber and produce, Bunbury, Western Australia, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/29
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view down the pier with steam and sailing ships being loaded from the railway running down the pier. The ship in the foreground is again the 'Hobart' of Melbourne.

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 wheat, Fremantle, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/79
Scope and Contents

150 x 200 mm. A dockside scene, with sacks of wheat being hoisted aboard the steamer 'Armadale' from the wharf below. With dockers posing for the photographer.

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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Ships in harbour Sydney [?], 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/43
Scope and Contents

186 x 127 mm. oval print. A view showing two three-masted steamers at anchor, with parts of a large city visible on the far side of the harbour, bearing a resemblance to Sydney. Sydney would certainly be the obvious port of call for leave and business matters, and Powell did have a number of correspondents there.

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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Shop interior, 1890 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085L/10
Scope and Contents

210 x 165 mm. A black and white photograph showing the inside of a store with three assistants. It is difficult to ascertain the range of products, except for a pharmacy at the rear of the store, and an advertisement for ‘Seeley’s Trusses’.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Shop window of J.C. Hutton, 1890 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085L/9
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A black and white print showing goods displayed in the window, including J.C. Hutton’s hams and bacons, sausages and general grocery goods.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Showing devastations caused by goldmining-Ballarat, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/73
Scope and Contents

200 x 153 mm. A view from Black Hill looking towards Ballarat and showing wasteland and excavations from the mines. The Town Hall tower can be seen on the skyline.

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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Showing ends of casks containing 2800 gallons each, etc., on the right; rows of wine butts, with fermenting bubbles, in the centre; and row of casks of 1200 [gallons] each on the left, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/15
Scope and Contents

260 x 215 mm. A slightly blurred view looking down central aisle, with barrels on either side.

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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Showing interior portion of new wine press-room, portion of wine press, 4 casks of 1000 gallons each, and 2 casks of 4000 gallons each, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/14
Scope and Contents

260 x 210 mm. Showing a corner of the wine press-room, with fermenting barrels lined up.

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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Showing row of 4 casks, containing over 3000 gallons each, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/16D
Scope and Contents

155 x 105 mm. A view of fermenting wine in barrels.

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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Showing row of wine-butts in hot-room, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/16E
Scope and Contents

155 x 105 mm. A row of barrels of fermenting wine.

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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Showing Vintage Manager testing Grape must, in glass tube, with Keene's percentage Saccharometer, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B/9C
Scope and Contents

60 x 95 mm. Showing the manager dipping the instrument into a barrel of grape must (unfermented wine).

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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Silo at Roma, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/56
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing a large wooden silo being loaded. The machine loading the silo is driven by a steam engine. With a windmill at right of picture (Caption in crayon on reverse identifieds location as Oakey rather than Roma).

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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Silos on farm near Atherton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7578
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
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

Sir Harry Brittain Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011AAA
Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints and others in an album relating to the career of Sir Harry Brittain (1873-1974).These photoraphs were selected by the Librarian from a large collection and have been chosen for their relevance to Sir Harry's Empire/Commonwealth interests. They are by various photographers, including Sir Harry himself; some of these are noted but it is probably that others were also taken by him. Among them are portraits of individuals, groups, travel scenes and some...
Dates: 1873 - 1974
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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Sir John Franklin's statue in Franklin Square, Hobart, 1850 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D/2
Scope and Contents

205 x 153 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1935
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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Sister Kathleen Northcote and van, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/108
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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Sisters and Patients, BCA [i.e. Bush Church Aid] Hospital, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/97
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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'Sisters', Katoomba, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/81
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the three rocks, standing out from the cliff face, with Jamieson Valley obscured by clouds.

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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Sisters' Rocks, Katoomba, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/82
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the three rocks with Jamieson Valley below.

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).
 Fonds

Six photographs of South Australia

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose photographs, five of which measure approximately 205 x 150 mm. and are of similar country scenes, and on similar paper. The sixth print is a black and white photograph measuring 285 x 165 mm. showing a view of Adelaide. Photographer, or photographers unknown, although at least one print (Y3082C/1) comes from a Government Department. Remaining prints uncaptioned.

Dates: 1910 - 1920
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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Slag heaps near the smeltery, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6550
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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Slasher's-Flat Bridge, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/40
Scope and Contents

146 x 96 mm. A view taken near to the side of the bridge and looking along it.

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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Slasher's-Flat Bridge, Cudgegong River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/39
Scope and Contents

538 x 192 mm. 3 prints joined. Information given states '1 span of 75 feet, 9 approach spans, total length 350 feet'. A panoramic side view of the bridge over an almost dry river, with wooden superstructure and wooden supporting piers.

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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Sleepers for export, Sydney Harbour, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/47
Scope and Contents

A view along a pier in the harbour piled high with railway sleepers, and with various workers posing for the camera.

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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Sluice tail race and tin shed, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6583
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Main pressure column and tail column: Briser's mine: Derby, Tasmania.

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).