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New South Wales (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1168 Collections and/or Records:

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Railway workshop, Eveleigh, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/24
Scope and Contents

341 x 262 mm. An interior view of a railway workshop, showing workers posing with their tools.

Dates: 1887
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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Railway Yard, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/11
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on to railway sidings, with freight wagons filled with coal, and wharves and the harbour beyond. The goods station is Illawarra, lying south of the harbour.

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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[Rainbow lory], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/52
Scope and Contents

The bookmark appears to bear no signature.

Dates: 1900 - 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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[Rainbow lowry or blue mountaineer], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Fifty-three undated watercolours intended as bookmarks, each 200 x 45 mm in size, sold by John Sands of Sydney as indicated by stickers pasted onto the reverse. The images are of birds, with the exception of two koala bears, two kangaroos and one opossum. The vast majority are the work of three authors, signed Artah, M. Simpson and Koddi. Artah is Violet Artah Bartlett, an artist specialising in Australian ornithology who worked in Sydney during the 1920s. It has proved impossible as yet...
Dates: 1900 - 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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Randwick Asylum, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/64
Scope and Contents

282 x 213 mm. General view looking across to the east front of the Randwick Asylum facing onto Avoca Street. The hospital, originally known as the Catherine Hayes Hospital and now named the Prince of Wales Hospital, was designed by Edmund Blacket in the mid-1860s. The large block at the left was a later addition.

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).
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Rankin Bridge, Macquarie River, Bathurst, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/33
Scope and Contents

275 x 226 mm. Information given states '2 spans of 90 ft each, 2 of 65 ft and [blank] approach spans, total length 665 ft'. A slightly blurred print showing the bridge from a point away from the river. The wooden bridge crosses two tributaries of the river, with approach spans joining the two sections of the bridge.

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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Redfern, Banks Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/74
Scope and Contents

277 x 197 mm. View looking west along Banks Street towards Abercrombie Street, with domestic residences of varied character lining the road. The University of Sydney buildings are visible on the skyline in the distance.

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).
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Redfern Railway Station, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/2
Scope and Contents

280 x 213 mm. View of the Redfern Railway Terminal, with the 1870 Sydney Inter-Colonial Exhibition buildings (demolished in 1954) in the background.

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).
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Redfern Station, Sydney, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/86
Scope and Contents

225 x 163 mm. A photograph showing the exterior of the building, with a row of horse cabs at the right of the picture. This photograph was taken before 1870. In Y3086P/2, a photograph taken from a similar viewpoint, the 1870 Exhibition Building is prominent in the background. In this picture building work has not yet started.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Redfern Terminus, Sydney, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/26
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. General view probably taken from a bridge, showing the lines running into platforms.

Dates: 1887
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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Redfern Terminus, Sydney, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/27
Scope and Contents

340 x 262 mm. View from outside with the exhibition buildings in the background. Some blurring of horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground.

Dates: 1887
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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Registrar's Room, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/15
Scope and Contents

210 x 153 mm. A view of the office, with desk and chairs in the foreground, and various paintings on the walls.

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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Reproduction of unidentified early print of Sydney Harbour, 1970 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/3/14
Scope and Contents

450 x 295 mm.

Dates: 1970 - 1980
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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Ricmond [sic] River at Lismore, North Coast District, N.S.W, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/68
Scope and Contents

A view of the Richmond River from the bank, looking along towards an iron bridge.

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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[Right-hand side of stabling clearly shown, left in the background; a funnel seen in the background resembles that of Cornwall], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/30
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm.

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).
 Series

River 'Murray' Corowa, New South Wales. Dec. 1926, 1926-12

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/130-131
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1926-12
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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Rocks near Mount York on the road from Hartley to Mount Victoria, N.S.W, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7610
Scope and Contents

[Seen behind fence beside the road].

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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Rose Bay. Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7516
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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[Rosella parrot], 1919 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/26
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Fifty-three undated watercolours intended as bookmarks, each 200 x 45 mm in size, sold by John Sands of Sydney as indicated by stickers pasted onto the reverse. The images are of birds, with the exception of two koala bears, two kangaroos and one opossum. The vast majority are the work of three authors, signed Artah, M. Simpson and Koddi. Artah is Violet Artah Bartlett, an artist specialising in Australian ornithology who worked in Sydney during the 1920s. It has proved impossible as yet...
Dates: 1919 - 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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[Rosellas], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Fifty-three undated watercolours intended as bookmarks, each 200 x 45 mm in size, sold by John Sands of Sydney as indicated by stickers pasted onto the reverse. The images are of birds, with the exception of two koala bears, two kangaroos and one opossum. The vast majority are the work of three authors, signed Artah, M. Simpson and Koddi. Artah is Violet Artah Bartlett, an artist specialising in Australian ornithology who worked in Sydney during the 1920s. It has proved impossible as yet...
Dates: 1900 - 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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[Row of horses’ heads protruding from stalls on right], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm.

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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[Row of horses’ heads protruding from stalls on right], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308M/36
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Probably more distant view of Y308M/35.

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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Royal Exchange, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/9
Scope and Contents A view of the building, which stands at the corner of Bridge Street and Gresham Street, taken from Macquarie Place. A sandstone building in the Corinthian manner and designed by J.F. Hilly, the foundation stone was laid in 1853 and the building opened four years later. The two upper floors of the building were added later by A.F. Pritchard. This picture was taken in 1901 at the earliest, the flags hanging on the building having among them the flag of the Federated State of Australia. The...
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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Royal Exchange, Sydney, New South Wales, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/4
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the building from Macquarie Place.

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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[Ruins], 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086A/15
Scope and Contents

280 x 230 mm. Showing an unidentified part of the building, from the path, with pieces of wall still standing.

Dates: 1882
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).