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Queensland (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:

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Mr Windham with fine specimen of coffee branch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7568
Scope and Contents

[Mr Windham holding a branch laden with berries].

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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Mr Windham's Coffee Plantation, near Atherton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7565
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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Mr Windham's Coffee Plantation, near Atherton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7566
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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Mr Windham's Coffee Plantation, near Atherton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7567
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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N.E. view of Square, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/19
Scope and Contents

235 x 180 mm. Another view of the square from a side road (see Y3085D/13) showing ‘G.P. Barnes’ Emporium’, and partially obscured by trees, ‘A. Aland, Ironmonger’.

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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Near Brisbane, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/198
Scope and Contents

137 x 99 mm. A view on the Logan Road near Brisbane, showing a man reclining underneath trees at the side of a flooded road. Photograph by George P. Wright. Another print of the same photograph occurs in Y3085I/6.

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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No. 49 (Swanson’s) Bridge, Main Range, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/35
Scope and Contents

280 x 230 mm. View across a gorge, showing a railway bridge of iron girders, and the track continuing up an incline. Two men stand at the edge of the bridge with a railway trolley.

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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No. 51 Bridge, Main Range, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/34
Scope and Contents

285 x 225 mm. A view across a wooded gorge, crossed by an iron railway bridge on wooden supports.

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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Noorama Bore, South Western District, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085K/25
Scope and Contents

225 x 180 mm. Photograph showing three women, a man and a young girl, posed in front of the flowing pipe of the bore.

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).
 Fonds

Notebook on Queensland Aboriginal languages

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 291
Scope and Contents This notebook has no formal title, but its introductory note is headed 'Townsville Cleveland Bay, Queensland, August 31 1885'. It is signed by Charles Price (1842-1926), a draper of Townsville. The volume contains 172 pages of vocabulary, compiled over 16 years of collecting, with Aboriginal words in alphabetical order on the left hand page and English translations on the right. It also includes notes on pronunciation (two pages) and translations of Aboriginal songs and chants (four...
Dates: 1885 - 1886
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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Official programme of Royal Visit to Queensland, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/22
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).
 Series

Old and New Brisbane: 2 sets of eight views each Left views- Brisbane in 1860. Right views-Brisbane in 1886, 1860 - 1866

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/46
Scope and Contents Prints A and B are attached to one another, C-H are generally in fair condition. The photographs illustrate the substantial development that had taken place during the interval. They were possibly taken by Percy Ricardo who exhibited photographs of Brisbane at the Colonial and Indian Exhibitions of 1858, 1862 and 1885 (Class 5 No. 21).C (i) The town in 1860225 x 170 mm. Looking towards the river. Little industry is apparent, although the area is starting to be built upC...
Dates: 1860 - 1866
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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On the banks of the Barron River at Kuranda, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7554
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. North Queensland. [Wide shore with river and trees on the far side].

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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On the road to Barron Falls, Queensland, 1900 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308H(LS)/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1900 - 1940
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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Orchard, Queensland Agricultural College, Gatton, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/19
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing various fruit trees growing in rows.

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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Our beautiful bush, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085R/3
Scope and Contents

265 x 215 mm. A riverside view with trees, in an unspecified location.

Dates: 1913
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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Outside store at Yungaburra, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7582
Scope and Contents

Packhorses loaded for the railway camp. [View of '...Williams' Estate General Store' and others further down the street].

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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Packhorses outside store at Yungaburra, North Queensland, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7580
Scope and Contents

[Packhorses under trees].

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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Palmerin Street, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/17
Scope and Contents

195 x 145 mm. A view of the street showing more shops than are visible in Y3085D/4, including ‘Brown and Wilson’, ‘Apothecaries Hall’, ‘Warwick Argus’ and ‘Government Auctioneer’. With numerous bystanders posing on the pavement.

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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Palmerin Street, Warwick, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085D/4
Scope and Contents

195 x 145 mm. A general view down this wide shopping street, unpaved except for the gutter and pavement. Shop in far left is ‘D & C Hayes, Flour Stores’. Third building on right ‘J. Horwitz and Co’. Caption on print states ‘Street view, Warwick’. For another view of the street see Y3085D/17.

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).
 Fonds

Papers on North Queensland exploration

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 293
Scope and Contents Six items relating to exploration in North Queensland, preceded by a list of contents signed 'H. Ling Roth'.1. "'Map of the Port Mackay District' given to me by Edmund Rawson as the original map made by Captain John Mackay but repudiated by him when published in facsimile in my book. So either Rawson made a mistake or I misunderstood him", 13" x 10½", undated.2. 'Expedition to Cape York 1862', typescript copied from the 'Brisbane Courier', 15 November...
Dates: 1862 - 1879
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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Parliament House, Brisbane, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/2
Scope and Contents

225 x 180 mm. A similar photograph to C3085C/4, although a slightly different angle. In the time lapse between the two pictures, the road has been surfaced, there are telegraph poles, and the street is lit by gas. A horse no longer browses in front of the main entrance to the building. The extensions to the building have not yet, however, been started.

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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Parliament Houses, 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085B/8
Scope and Contents

227 x 175 mm. A three-quarters front view of the Parliament above the Botanical gardens. This photograph shows the House before the additions which made the frontage one side of a rectangular building.

Dates: 1873
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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Peaches and apricots, Hermitage State Farm, Darling Downs, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085O/15
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Photograph looking down a row of peach trees.

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

Peeps in sunny Queensland

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085R
Scope and Contents

A commercially produced portfolio containing three black and white photographs of bush scenes, with captions on the front of the prints.

Dates: 1913
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).