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Hobart (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

An old house in which Sir John Franklin is said to have spent his last night in Hobart, 1850 - 1935

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D/3
Scope and Contents

180 x 135 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).
 Item

Cora Linn, Hobart Town, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/187
Scope and Contents

189 x 105 m A view looking down on the river, with steep rocky banks and an iron road bridge crossing the highest point of the cliffs.

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).
 Item

Fern Tree Bower, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/185
Scope and Contents

188 x 103 mm. A forest scene amongst trees and ferns, with the monument of the Hobart Town Corporation Waterworks situated in a small clearing among the trees. For a similar view of this scene see Y3088A/1.

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).
 Item

Government House, Hobart, seen across the lake, 1909-11

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/6671
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Ground plans of Government Houses Sydney and Hobart, 1840 - 1849

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/10
Scope and Contents

Two rough, undated pencil sketches with descriptive notes, one on each side of a sheet of paper, 4½'' x 7''. The main writing is not in Frome's hand, but he has added 'Govnt House Sydney' and 'New Govt House Hobart Town'.

Dates: 1840 - 1849
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

Hobart, 1961

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1961
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

Hobart and Mount Wellington, 1890 - 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/15
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
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

Hobart from the Bay, 1888 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/124
Scope and Contents

215 x 171 mm. A view showing part of the harbour, the town and Mt Wellington in the background. The foreground is largely taken up by a steel-hulled, three masted steamer. Most of the foreground has been extensively and skilfully retouched to emphasize detail and contrast.

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

Hobart Town, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/179
Scope and Contents

188 x 107 mm. A view showing an iron road bridge in the foreground, with the harbour at the left of the picture and the town beyond.

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).
 Item

Panorama of Hobart showing River Derwent in foreground and Mount Wellington in Background, 1850 - 1935

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D/1
Scope and Contents

194 x 137 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).
 Item

Sir John Franklin's statue in Franklin Square, Hobart, 1850 - 1935

 Item
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).
 Fonds

Views of Hobart

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D
Dates: 1850 - 1935
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).
 Item

Wharf, Hobart Town, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/180
Scope and Contents

187 x 97 mm. A view looking across Sullivan’s Cove showing the New Wharf and part of Salamanca Place, with a small steamer moored in the foreground and sailing ships moored at the new wharf.

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).
 Item

Ye Derwent from Government House, 1870 - 1880

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/181
Scope and Contents

178 x 98 mm. A view looking out across the lawn of Government House towards the Derwent, with a three-masted ship in the river and more shipping berthed in the bay beneath Government House.

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).