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Queensland (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:

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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 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 Royal Train, 1901-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J/17
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm. With initials ‘H.W.M.’ printed in ink, right hand corner of print. Showing the train approaching, having just crossed an unidentified bridge, the front of the engine decorated with flags. Presumably at the end of the visit, since although the Royal party arrived by train, this was not publicised, as they were meant to come by sea.

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).
 Fonds

The Royal visit to Queensland

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085J
Scope and Contents A collection of thirty-three black and white photographs, in two sizes (150 x 105 mm and 205 x 130 mm), mounted on board. Each board is printed with 'The Royal visit to Queensland, May 1901' and stamped 'Agricultural Department, Queensland.' There are brief handwritten captions beneath each photograph, which have been recorded as found.Queen Victoria had originally intended to undertake a tour of several countries of the Empire to express Britain's gratitude for help received...
Dates: 1901-05
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 S.S. Wodonga, Bowen Jetty, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7532
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [A bustling crowd on the jetty].

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 Tree Hill seen across the Brisbane River, Brisbane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7612
Scope and Contents

Painting only. [No print].

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 Tree Hill seen across the Brisbane River, evening, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7612
Scope and Contents

255 x 355 mm. No print.

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 wharf, Gladstone Harbour, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7527A
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [One of three views on the wharf with shed, railway line and side of ship alongside and a few people standing about waiting].

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 wharf, Gladstone Harbour, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7528A
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [One of three views on the wharf with shed, railway line and side of ship alongside and a few people standing about waiting].

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 wharf, Gladstone Harbour, Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7529
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [One of three views on the wharf with shed, railway line and side of ship alongside and a few people standing about waiting].

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).
 Fonds

Three photographs of Brisbane Cathedral

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085Q
Scope and Contents

Three loose black and white photographs of the interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, with pencilled captions on the reverse.

Dates: 1920
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).
 Fonds

Three photographs of Mount Perry, Queensland

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085S
Scope and Contents Three mounted albumen prints, measuring approximately 195 x 140 mm.Early Mount Perry. Today a very small rural centre, Mount Perry had at the turn of the century a population of around 4000, making it one of the largest ten or twelve towns in Queensland. Originally the area was given over to scattered sheep runs but in 1869 copper was discovered and miners flocked to the area, many directly from Cornwall but also from other mining areas in Queensland. The success of operations...
Dates: 1872
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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Thurlagoona Bore No 9, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/14
Scope and Contents

180 x 145 mm. Same caption on print as Y3085K/13. Close up of same bore showing flow from the pipe.

Dates: 1894
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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Thurlagoona Bore No 11, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/15
Scope and Contents

130 x 180 mm. Caption on print reads ‘Thurlagoona Bore No 11, Daily flow 3,000,000 Gals Depth 1710 ft Temp 118 degrees Casing 8 inches’.

Dates: 1894
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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Thursday Island, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/124
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: 1925
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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Timber from Lakeys loading at Jimboombah, 1890 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085L/2
Scope and Contents

220 x 145 mm. Showing a roadway with cattle and timber wagons.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Timber Yards, nr Railway Station, Warwick, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/6
Scope and Contents

195 x 145 mm. Captioned on print ‘Timber yards, Warwick’. Photograph shows railway track running across picture from right hand corner, with sheds and stacks of timber. A high-chimneyed steam engine is in operation in the centre, with men working nearby, and a horse pulling a trolley along the line.

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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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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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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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).
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Trainload of sugar cane going to mill at Ingham, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/28
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing the cane being shunted by a small steam locomotive.

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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Travelling cattle to market, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/34
Scope and Contents

200 x 125 mm. Photograph showing a herd of cattle with packhorses in front.

Dates: 1894
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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Travelling cattle to market, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/37
Scope and Contents

205 x 130 mm. A man on horseback faces the camera, while behind him a herd of cattle graze.

Dates: 1894
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).