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Australia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:

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'The Open Cut' Mount Lyell Mine, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6557
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

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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'The Open Cut' Mount Lyell Mine, 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6553
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

Dates: 1909-11
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 Orphan Tower-Blue Mountains, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/94
Scope and Contents

190 x 148 mm. A view of the rock, an outcrop which rises out of the trees and overlooks Jamieson Valley.

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 Pacific Insurance Company, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/81
Scope and Contents

236 x 250 mm. A view of the building, built of differently coloured stone and surmounted by a stone parapet. Exact location unknown.

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).
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The Parliamentary Buildings, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/4
Scope and Contents

270 x 200 mm. A photograph taken from the same viewpoint as Y3085B/8. The foundation stone was laid in July 1865 and the building occupied in August 1868.

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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The Paterson, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/55
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view from above looking down on the river, which flows through cultivated land. With a small village, unidentified, at the right of the picture.

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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The pilot climbing rope ladder, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6507
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Pilot in bowler hat].

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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The pilot coming out to R.M.S. Omrah, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6506
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Port Lonsdale in the background. [Port Lonsdale in the very far distance].

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).
 Sub-Fonds

The Pioneer, 1952

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/12
Scope and Contents

'The Pioneer' (a poem on the discovery and growth of Australia) and several shorter poems, 59 pages. There is accompanying correspondence between Col. Archer Cust and others, 1952-1954, regarding Benson and his poems, 7 pages.

Dates: 1952
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 Post Office, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/89
Scope and Contents

261 x 209 mm. A view of Sydney Post Office very similar to Plate 45 except that the work in Martin Place is at a slightly different stage of completion. This photograph dates from about 1875.

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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The Post Office, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/12
Scope and Contents

163 x 214 mm. A head on view of the building looking from Barrack Street, and across George Street, with the future Martin Place at the left of the picture. This picture shows the building before the clock tower was built. See also plate 45 for another view.

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).
 Fonds

The Public Library of Victoria

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087G
Scope and Contents

Nine loose black and white photographs measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm. They show interior and exterior views of the library, and have handwritten captions on the reverse, together with the photographic studio's stamp.

Dates: 1909
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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The Pulpit Rock, Blue Mountains, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/31
Scope and Contents

206 x 158 mm. A view from further along the cliff face looking towards this outcrop of rock, which towers over the Grose Valley just beyond Govett’s Leap.

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).
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The Queen St Arch, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/10
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm. A view of the arch across Queen Street, with pictures of the King and Queen at either side and surmounted by a large crown. With an electric tramcar on the street in the foreground. Electric trams took over from their horse-drawn predecessors in 1897, at which time there were over six miles of track.

Dates: 1901-05
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 Queenland Gardens, Brisbane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7587
Scope and Contents

On the left the Executive Building: at the back the Free Public Library: Queen Victoria's Monument; the gun in front is a Krupp Boer gun from Brakfontein.

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 Queenland Gardens, Brisbane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7588
Scope and Contents

On the left the Executive Building: at the back the Free Public Library: Queen Victoria's Monument; the gun in front is a Krupp Boer gun from Brakfontein.

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 Queensland Club, Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/15
Scope and Contents

280 x 225 mm. A view looking across the Botanic Gardens to the house, an imposing white structure, in George Street.

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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The rapids of the Yarra, 1909-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6524
Scope and Contents

Boy scouts bathing. [Vegetation on the far bank].

Dates: 1909-12
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).
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The Registrar-General’s Office, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/12
Scope and Contents

270 x 200 mm. A front view, showing the façade of this single storey building, with a horse and cart at the right of the picture.

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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The Remarkables Mountains near Queenstown, South Island, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/125
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1948
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 Renwick Window, Medical School Syd. University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/36
Scope and Contents

77 x 197 mm. A view showing one of the stained glass windows in the Medical School, depicting various figures, whose names are not legible.

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).
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The 'Ringarooma', 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6594
Scope and Contents

Showing drift under overburden and ends of belt, tailrace and hopper, Derby.

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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The 'Ringarooma' - new mine being opened by the Brisers Company, 1910-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6593
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. View showing columns going to upper face, 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).
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The River: Petrie’s Bright and Wharves, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085C/7
Scope and Contents

270 x 200 mm. A view looking along the North Bank of the river, showing wharves and ships at anchor. The Government Buildings can be seen in the distance, left of centre. The municipal baths are at the right of the picture, on the water’s edge.

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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The Road to Fernshaw, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/58
Scope and Contents

206 x 152 mm. A view showing the road in the foreground, with woodland ferns and trees beyond.

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).