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Victoria (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 467 Collections and/or Records:

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Grand Hotel, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/14
Scope and Contents

202 x 137 mm. A view of the hotel from Spring Street.

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).
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Grand Hotel, Melbourne, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/19
Scope and Contents

198 x 147 mm. A view of the façade of the hotel, which looks on to Spring Street (and is now the Windsor Hotel). Built at the height of the land boom, it is an elaborate Gothic building with gables and arches, and cost £110,000 to construct, with another £30,000 spent on fittings, including the novelty of hydraulic lifts.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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Granny Dunn, 1865 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/12
Scope and Contents

60 x 98 mm. A carte de visite full length studio portrait of E.J. Dunn's mother, taken at Beechworth, probably in the late 1860's. The backmark reads: 'Photograph by Jas. E. Bray' (James E. Bray), Camp Street, Beechworth. Extra copies 1/6 each or 7/6 per half dozen. Extra copies may be had by sending the above number'. The number '73' has been pencilled on the reverse, presumably by the phgotographer.

Dates: 1865 - 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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Green Stones, New Zealand, 1912 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/46
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. Showing New Zealand Green Stone artefacts mounted on the wall at 'Roseneath', Kew, Victoria.

Dates: 1912 - 1937
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 Victoria, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/1/20
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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[Hall and drawing room, 'Roseneath', Kew, Victoria], 1912 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/38
Scope and Contents

153 x 107 mm. A view from the hall looking onto the drawing room at Roseneath.

Dates: 1912 - 1937
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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Harmony Vale, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/72
Scope and Contents

202 x 148 mm. A view showing tall woodland, with palm trees in the foreground, and a house in the distance. A man stands beside one of the palm trees.

Dates: 1885 - 1891
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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Hunting Camp River Murray, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/89
Scope and Contents

200 x 149 mm. A photograph showing a group of Aboriginal Australians (in European dress) with two hunting dogs, holding spears and standing in front of wooden cabins, with the river in the background.

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).
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Hustler’s Line of Reef, as seen from Redan Mill, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/4
Scope and Contents 186 x 129 mm. A view looking down on several mine-workings, with tall brick chimneys dotted over the landscape. The different holdings are identified in the key as The Hustler’s Tribute Company, The Great Extended Hustler’s Claim, Great Hustler’s Claim (late Latham and Watson’s), and the Old Hustler’s Claim. The mines represent some of the most productive mines in Bendigo (Hustler, the original owner of the mines died, true to tradition, without a shilling) and in 1875 the Hustler’s mine...
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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Imperial Boy Scouts on guard at Xmas [i.e. Christmas] Camp: each patrol has a special name: this boy is a 'plover., 1909-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6520
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909-12
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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Imperial Boy Scouts on guard at Xmas [i.e. Christmas] Camp: each patrol has a special name: this boy is a "plover", 1909-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 24/6521
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909-12
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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Improvement in the Yarra at Melbourne, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/48
Scope and Contents

205 x 149 mm. A view in the gardens, with city buildings on the skyline. The ‘improvement in the Yarra’ refers, presumably, to the deepening and straightening of the course of the river in 1888 which gave an extension to the garden area.

Dates: 1888
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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In Fitzroy gardens, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code:  GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/153
Scope and Contents

183 x 130 mm. A view in the gardens, with a fountain in the foreground and trees beyond. The gardens are situated at the east of the central part of the city behind the Parliament and Treasury buildings. The gardens were the creation of James Sinclair, a fine botanical artist, who also in 1850 designed Czar Nicholas gardens at St Petersburg. The Fitzroy Gardens he created out of swampy marshland.

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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Indian Court: Great Hall, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/54
Scope and Contents

288 x 236 mm. A view of the interior of the Indian Court, with carpets and rugs hanging from the ceiling, and with china and other goods on tables and in display cases.

Dates: 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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Interior of Japanese Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/52
Scope and Contents

288 x 235 mm. A view showing display cases filled with vases and with Japanese flags hanging above.

Dates: 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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Interior of Queensland Court, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/26
Scope and Contents

292 x 236 mm. A view showing various types of wood and animal skins in the Queensland section

Dates: 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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Interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, 1885 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/14
Scope and Contents

199 x 146 mm. A view looking down the nave from the altar, with choir stalls to left and right.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Interior of the Wesleyan Church, Golden Square, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/18
Scope and Contents

126 x 128 mm. A view looking along the pews towards the altar and organ. (See Y3087C/15 for an exterior view of the church).

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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Interior Views-Mr Girdwood’s Office, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/31
Scope and Contents

140 x 100 mm. A view of the ornate office interior, with hangings, curtains, statues and pictures.

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).
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Interior Views-Mr Girdwood’s Office, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/32
Scope and Contents

140 x 100 mm. A view of the other side of the office, showing tables and chairs and the other half of the picture visible in Y308A/31.

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).
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Invitation to Victoria dinner, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/2/4/2
Scope and Contents

A blank invitation from the Government of Victoria to the Royal Dinner, 27 February 1954.

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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Invitation to Victoria state reception, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320/2/4/3
Scope and Contents

A blank invitation from the Government of Victoria to a state reception, 8 March 1954, in honour of the Royal Visitors.

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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Italian Court: Front View: Main Avenue, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/36
Scope and Contents

289 x 232 mm. A view showing statues at the entrance to the Italian Court, with display cases and stands behind.

Dates: 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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Italian Statuary: Great Hall, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/37
Scope and Contents

291 x 234 mm. A view showing a row of statues in the Italian Court.

Dates: 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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[James Buick and Co., Beehive Stores], 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C/20
Scope and Contents 170 x 118 mm. A view showing the front of the building on Pall Mall, with a large group of people posing in front of the store. This photograph is on a different mount to the rest of the portfolio and has no captions apart from ‘N.J. Claire, Photo, View Street, Sandhurst’. It was presumably taken to celebrate the opening of the new Beehive. The old Beehive stores, which Buick and Co. had shared with Moore Bros, was burnt down in August 1871. The new building, pictured here, was completed in...
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).