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New South Wales (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1168 Collections and/or Records:

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Govett's Leap, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/73
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view along the sheer cliff face which drops to the wooded 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).
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[Govett's Leap Area ?], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086R/4
Scope and Contents

186 x 118 mm. A view looking along a cliff edge to the densely wooded valley below. With a man sitting in the foreground. On the reverse of the print is W. Bullard's stamp, a stationer and bookseller of 342 George Street, Sydney (a few doors away from Bayliss' studio at 348 George Street).

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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Govett's Leap Falls, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/72
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the top of the falls, from a slightly higher position with figures posing at the edge of the cliff in the foreground. The falls drop 1000 feet into the valley of the Grose.

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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Govett's Leap, Valley of the Grose, Blue Mountains, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/24
Scope and Contents

A view from the cliff top looking towards the sheer drop of Govett's Leap, rising out of the densely wooded valley of the Grose. The view illustrates typical Blue Mountain scenery.

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).
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Govett's Leap. Valley of the Grose, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/17
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view from the cliff top, looking towards the sheer drop of Govett's Leap, which rises out of the heavily wooded valley of the Grose. The view shows typical scenery found in the Blue Mountains.

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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Grafton Butter Factory, North Coast District, N.S.W, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/28
Scope and Contents

A view of the factory from one side showing an extensive wooden building, with milk churns being hoisted to the first floor, and two 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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Grafton Butter Factory, North Coast Dostrict, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/61
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the butter factory, a wooden building with a winch for hauling milk churns up to the first floor. With two workers posing by the device.

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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Grand Parade, Sydney, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/106
Scope and Contents

75 x 52 mm. A view of the final parade in the arena of an agricultural show.

Dates: 1929
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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Great Hall, Syd. University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/7
Scope and Contents

208 x 151 mm. An interior view along the Hall, this time looking west towards the tapestry. The Hall is laid out with desks and chairs for an examination.

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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Great Hall, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/6
Scope and Contents

209 x 145 mm. An interior view looking east along the Hall, with the stained glass windows and organ at the far end. The Great Hall measures 135 feet by 45 feet and its design is based on Westminster Hall. Arms of the British Universities are carved on the stone corbels which support the roof timbers, and hammer beams project above the corbels, at the end of which are wooden statues of angels. The Hall is generally considered the finest piece of Gothic architecture in Australia.

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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Grey Ironbark Trees at Wyong, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/50
Scope and Contents

A view of the trees, standing on largely cleared land, with felled timber beyond. A heavy strong wood, used for constructions such as wharves, machinery foundations and railway sleepers.

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).
 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).
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[Group of people on the upper deck of a ship, with a funnel apparently marked with the Houlder symbol], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/27
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm. The group contains three men (two identified as ‘F’ and ‘Capt. Hutton’), a woman (‘Nell’) and a boy. It is not clear whether ‘F’ is the same as ‘F.H.H.’ in Y308M/18. Captain Hutton, an elderly man in civilian clothes, has not been found in any biographical work consulted.

Dates: 1899 - 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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[Group outside Government House, Sydney], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/6
Scope and Contents

190 x 130 mm. A group portrait taken on the grass outside the house of four men (three of whom are in military uniform) and three women. The women are presumably the Keppel sisters and Violet Douglas Pennant (although these have not been individually identified). The identities of the men have not been determined.

Dates: 1899
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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Guide book of Royal Visit to New South Wales, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

Dates: 1954
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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Gum Trees, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/30
Scope and Contents

280 x 225 mm. A view across hilly, wooded land. No exact location given.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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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Gundagai Bridge, Murrumbidgee River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/19
Scope and Contents

199 x 146 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 100 feet each, piers of Fitzroy (N.S.W.) iron, with 25 approach spans. Total length 1050 feet'. A view from one side along the bridge which crosses the river, here seen in spate. The main section is an all-metal construction, changing to wooden supports on the far side of the river.

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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[Harbour scene], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/101
Scope and Contents

Possibly Sydney.

Dates: 1903
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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Harvesting at Molong, in the Western Districts, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/63
Scope and Contents

A view of farm labourers in a field of wheat, with two horse drawn threshers.

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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Harvesting in the Grenfell District, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/37
Scope and Contents

Showing two horse-drawn wagons being loaded with wheat in a field of neatly piled stooks.

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).
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Harvesting in the Grenfell District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/60
Scope and Contents

A view of a harvested field, with a machine for packing the wheat into sacks, a steam engine, and 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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Harvesting in the Grenfell District, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/37
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. Showing two horse-drawn wagons being loaded with wheat in a field of neatly piled stooks.

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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Harvesting in the Molong District, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/34
Scope and Contents

A view of farm labourers in a field of wheat, with two horse-drawn threshers.

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).
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Harvesting in the Tamworth District, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/59
Scope and Contents

A view of a partially harvested wheat field, with two horse-drawn harvesters.

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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Hawkesbury River, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/53
Scope and Contents 190 x 140 mm. A view from the bank, showing a curve in the river, with a railway line on the left. The track runs across a shored-up dam on the river, and off into a tunnel.The tunnel in the picture leads through to the Hakesbury Bridge on the Sydney-Newcastle line. Brooklyn is situated near the mouth of the Hawkesbury, just in from Broken Bay, and the bridge was opened in 1889, completing a system which now extended over 1700 miles from Brisbane to Melbourne and Sydney, and then through...
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).