Australia (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Telegraph post, N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1910 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/92
Scope and Contents
Showing a crooked telegraph post.
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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Temple of the thousand idols, Yarangobilly [sic] Caves, New South Wales, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/25
Scope and Contents
274 x 350 mm. A view of a portion of the caves, with hundreds of stalactites growing down from the roof and numerous thicker stalactites growing up from the floor. In some places both have joined to form columns.
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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Temporary annex-Main Avenue, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/5
Scope and Contents
290 x 234 mm. A view looking along the walkway, with glass cases and exhibits on either side.
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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Temporary annex: Section Victorian Court. Ironwork etc, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/6
Scope and Contents
289 x 233 mm. A view of Victorian exhibits showing the products of the ‘Victorian Confectionary Coy.’ The Colonial Manufacturing Co.’ and ‘Melbourne Bellows’.
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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Temporary annexe, section Victorian court, ironworks, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/7
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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Temporary annexe, section Victorian court, main avenue, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/8
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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Temptation Creek, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H/29
Scope and Contents
275 x 220 mm. A view of the creek, with wooded hillside on the banks. A large boulder stands in the foreground on the left.
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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Terrace and carriage Paddock, Flemington Race Course, 1885 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/46
Scope and Contents
200 x 147 mm. A view looking down on groups of men and women on the Terrace, with rows of horse carriages standing beyond.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Photographs of Victoria
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Testing Machine, P.N. Russell Engineering School, 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/49
Scope and Contents
208 x 151 mm. A view of part of the workings of a machine, presumably used for stress-testing on the strength of components.
Dates:
1895 - 1900
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
/
The University of Sydney
Sub-Fonds
The Aborigines of Tasmania [historic title], 1873
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/40
Scope and Contents
'The Aborigines of Tasmania by Hugh M. Hull Clerk in Parliament', 5 pages. The document is undated, but internal evidence suggests it originates from between 1869 and 1876, probably 1873.
Dates:
1873
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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Australasia miscellanea
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The Accommodation House, Jenolan Caves, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/27
Scope and Contents
A view from the hillside looking down on the hotel, which served as a base for tourists to the caves. Jeremiah Wilson was appointed 'Keeper of the Caves' in 1867, soon after the area was made a Government Reserve and from the early 1880's he provided accommodation for visitors. The building illustrated here was started in 1897.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New South Wales, 1911
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The Arcade, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/22
Scope and Contents
205 x 155 mm. A view looking along the Royal Arcade, with shops on either side. The arcade runs from Bourke Street through to Collins Street and was built in 1869-70.
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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The arch of the Devil's Coach House, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7607
Scope and Contents
[Outer view of cave in the rock].
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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The Argyle Cut, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/75
Scope and Contents
273 x 209 mm. View looking west along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut, a passage carved through solid rock beneath Cumberland Street and Prince's Street in the 1840s to give access between the Circular Quay and Miller's Point. Cumberland and Prince's Street pass over the Cut on stone bridges.
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).
Item
The Argyle Cut, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/76
Scope and Contents
271 x 207 mm. View looking east along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut. A small portion of Holy Trinity Church can be seen in the left foreground.
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).
Fonds
The Australian Bicentennial
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308L
Scope and Contents
Twenty-two images (with some duplicates), chiefly of the 'Young Endeavour'. A photograph of an article on the voyage of the Young Endeavour which sailed from Portsmouth in August 1987 and arrived in Hobart on 10 January 1988, taken from the RCS Newsletter No. 19, Spring 1988, is filed with the photographs.
Dates:
1986 - 1987
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
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The Australian Club, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/67
Scope and Contents
274 x 190 mm. A view of the club premises, an elegant colonial style building with balconies on each floor, taken from the junction of O’ Connell Street and Bent Street.
Dates:
1870
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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The Australian Laughing Jackass, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/97
Scope and Contents
98 x 145 mm. A studio photograph showing two stuffed kingfishers among arranged vegetation. Photograph by Henry King, Sydney.
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).
File
'The Australian Peregrinations of T.D. Simon', Vol. 2, 2 - 28 Apr. 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Z
Scope and Contents
Colour photographs measuring approximately 125 x 90 mm, pasted into the album pages. A detailed account of the second half of a six week holiday spent with ex-Kenya friends living in Queensland. Many day-trips to towns around Toowoomba, Brisbane and Warwick are described. The smaller, second section recounts similar information regarding Simon's home territory around Christchurch, Hampshire.
Dates:
2 - 28 Apr. 1986
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
The avenue of crotons and palms, Kamerunga Nursery, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7547
Scope and Contents
[No print]. [Missing].
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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‘The Baron’, Girth 114 feet, height 466 ft, Age 3700 years, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/53
Scope and Contents
207 x 157 mm. A view showing the base of this large tree, with two figures standing beside it. Presumably the tree is some kind of eucalypt, although the dimensions appear to be wildly exaggerated: ‘The Australian Encyclopaedia’ gives 375 feet as the highest certified tree found in Australia, and the other measurements would appear to be equally dubious.
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
The Barron Crossing after flood, near Atherton, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7572
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Flooded ford on the Barron river].
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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The Barron Falls from above, North Queensland, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7540
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm. No print.
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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The Barron Falls from above the gorge, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7540
Scope and Contents
[No print]. [Missing].
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
The Barron Falls from above the gorge, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7541
Scope and Contents
[No print]. [Missing].
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).