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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2783 Collections and/or Records:

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Tommy’s Brook, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/43
Scope and Contents

138 x 100 mm. A view showing a group of three women and four men picnicking in the bush, with a camp fire burning at the right of the picture.

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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Tommy’s Brook, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/44
Scope and Contents

138 x 100 mm. A view showing a group of three women and four men picnicking in the bush, with a camp fire burning at the right of the picture.

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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Top of Mt. Mueller, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086S/8
Scope and Contents 152 x 110 mm. A view showing a rocky montain summit, with a small lake in the foreground. In the distance some horsemen may be seen. There seems to be a contradiction in the captioning on the reverse of the print. In pencil is written 'Top of Mt. Mueller. Lake in foreground where we got the ranunculi' (whether this refers to tadpoles or buttercups is unclear). In blue crayon is written 'Mt. Kosciusko, NSW'. Mt. Mueller is in Queensland, but this inscription would seem to be the...
Dates: 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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Top of Snob’s Creek Falls, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/68
Scope and Contents

202 x 149 mm. A view of the falls, surrounded by woodland, with a man standing at the top.

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).
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Torrens Lake, looking North-West, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082A/42
Scope and Contents

260 x 205 mm. A view of a portion of the lake, with a metal girder bridge, and railway stock in the background. A man-made lake, it was opened in 1881 to the public on the same day as the Adelaide Exhibition.

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).
 Fonds

Tour of the South Seas

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C
Scope and Contents An album containing mounted photographs of various sizes showing scenes in Australia, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. The collection of amateur photographs is by members of the tour and professional work mainly by Burton Bros. of Dunedin (but see a note on the photography below). The most interesting and historically important photographs are those showing scenes from, and participants in, the Samoan Civil War of 1899. There is also a good portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, and pictures of...
Dates: 1899
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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Town Hall, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/146
Scope and Contents

176 x 129 mm. A view of this massive building which stands at the corner of Swanston Street and Collins Street. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867, and the building completed around 1870.

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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Town Hall and Collins St, from Russell Street, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/32
Scope and Contents

198 x 149 mm. A view taken from slightly further back than Y3087D/29, but looking in the same direction, with the Town Hall at the junction of Collins Street, and with a tram in the foreground.

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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Town Hall Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/9
Scope and Contents

250 x 195 mm. A view of the town hall from the street, with several horse carts outside and building work going on to the right of the building. To the left are the premises of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company. Outside the town hall entrance are affixed advertisements for a sale by John Cameron, Auctioneer and Property Agent.

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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Town Hall, Sturt St. Ballarat, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/51
Scope and Contents

198 x 148 mm. A view looking down Sturt Street, with two men, one holding a bicycle, in the foreground, and the Town Hall at the right of the picture on the other side of the road. This building, with a rather ponderous clock-tower, was designed by C.O. Cuthbert and built between 1870 and 1872.

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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Town Hall, Sydney, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/1
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of Druitt Street and George Street, with the Centennial Hall on the right in Druitt Street.

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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Town Hall, Sydney, 1875 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/19
Scope and Contents 225 x 285 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of George Street and Druitt Street, a massively ornate structure, with a large clocktower. On the corner of the street in front is a suitably elaborate drinking fountain. Designed by J.H. Wilson, building started in 1868, the Duke of Edinburgh laying the foundation stone, and the clocktower was completed in 1875. This photograph would have been taken between 1875 and 1883; in that year work started on the Centennial Hall, an...
Dates: 1875 - 1883
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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Town Hall, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/37
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of George Street and Druitt Street, with pony cabs in front of the building. This photograph was taken around 1885; at the extreme right, construction work on the Centennial Hall can be seen, an addition to the Town Hall which was built between 1883 and 1888.

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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Town Hall, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/10
Scope and Contents

A view of the Town Hall from the junction of Druitt Street and George Street, with the Centennial Hall on the right.

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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Town of Bright, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/92
Scope and Contents

202 x 161 mm. A view looking down from a hillside on to the small township, with wooded hills in the background. Bright lies a few miles east of the Buffalo Mountains.

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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Town of Fernshaw, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/59
Scope and Contents

202 x 158 mm. A view looking down on this small settlement from the woods above.

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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Township, Beaconsfield (Upper), 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/75
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view of a woodland clearing, with a few houses and figures posing for the camera in the foreground. Obviously a young settlement at the time of this photograph, the land has only been partially cleared, and roads are unsurfaced.

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).
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Township of Eaglehawk, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/37
Scope and Contents

178 x 124 mm. A view looking down from the hillside onto this suburb of Bendigo, showing Main Street running past the Town Hall and Post Office (in the centre of the picture) and with shops, hotels and houses on either side.

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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Township of Eaglehawk, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/49
Scope and Contents

178 x 124 mm. A view looking along Main Street, with shops on either side of the road and the façade of the Town Hall at the far end. For a picture of the same scene from a different viewpoint, see Y3087C/37.

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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Township of Hagambie, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/62
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199 x 147 mm. A view looking along the wide main street (unsurfaced) of this small agricultural town, with bullock teams drawing wagons in 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).
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Township of Long Gully, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/28
Scope and Contents

179 x 123 mm. A view of the town, a suburb of Bendigo, with mine-workings in the distances. Locations identified in the key are Iron Bark Hill, Victoria Hill, and Main Street, Long Gully.

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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Townsville Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7536
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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Townsville Harbour, North Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7535
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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Townsville Harbour, North Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7535
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print. 'Townsville is practically the capital town of North Queensland: the railway runs from here to Charters Towers. The town lies behind the slope of the hill shown in painting.'

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).
 Sub-Fonds

Trade and resources of Victoria, 1898

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/36
Scope and Contents

An address delivered before the London Chamber of Commerce on 7 June 1898 on recovery from the disastrous period following the boom in wool and gold.

Dates: 1898
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).