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Melbourne (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:

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Treasury Offices, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/11
Scope and Contents

200 x 137 mm. A view of the Government Offices, showing the front of the building and one side. The offices overlook the Treasury Gardens and were completed in 1876.

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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[Unidentified woman], 1850 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/32
Scope and Contents

35 x 45 mm. (Vignetted oval). A carte de visite head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified young woman. Inscribe on the reverse are the words 'With Nelly's love and compliments of the season'. The backmark reads; 'Stewart and Co, 217 Bourke Street East, near Parliament Houses, Melbourne. A large framed copy of this portrait may be had price 20. Marion, Imp, Paris'.

Dates: 1850 - 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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[Unidentified woman], 1850 - 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/33
Scope and Contents

99 x 146 mm. A Cabinet Card full length studio portrait of a young woman in her wedding dress. The backmark reads: 'John Williams Lindt, 7 Collins Street East, Melbourne.'

Dates: 1850 - 1926
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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University, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/16
Scope and Contents

204 x 142 mm. A view looking across a small ornamental lake, towards the university buildings, with Wilson Hall on the left.

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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University, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/150
Scope and Contents

184 x 134 mm. A view looking across the ornamental lake towards the university buildings.

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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Victorian Fine Arts gallery, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/10
Scope and Contents

289 x 233 mm.

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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Victorian locomotives, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/13
Scope and Contents

289 x 233 mm.

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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Victorian machinery annexe, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/14
Scope and Contents

289 x 233 mm.

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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Victorian mining court, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/9
Scope and Contents

289 x 233 mm.

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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[View along Lonsdale Street], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/16
Scope and Contents

390 x 276 mm. A view looking eastwards along Lonsdale Street with the partially completed St Patrick’s Cathedral visible on the skyline (see Y3089B/11). Queen Street crosses the photograph in the foreground, the buildings which line it being predominantly small hotels and boarding houses.

Dates: 1870
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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View in Belgian Court: Glassware, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/43
Scope and Contents

288 x 233 mm. A view showing a central display of glass sheets of various sizes, with framed pictures above, and other samples in the background.

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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View in Belgian Court. Iron Trophy: Front View, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/42
Scope and Contents

290 x 234 mm. A view showing a railway locomotive at the right, and in the centre various pieces of metal work connected with railway engineering.

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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View in Belgian Court, Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/41
Scope and Contents

387 x 234 mm. A view of china and glassware laid out on tables in the Belgian 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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View in French Court: Temporary Annex, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/33
Scope and Contents

290 x 234 mm. A view showing display cases in the foreground filled with miscellaneous small articles, and Limoges china on wooden stands in the background.

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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[View south], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/19
Scope and Contents

390 x 274 mm. A view looking over gardens and backyards towards open land in south Melbourne. The sea can be seen at the right of the print as well as parts of the suburbs of South Melbourne and St. Kilda.

Dates: 1870
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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/20
Scope and Contents

388 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial premises, small factories and warehouses towards Hobson’s Bay in the distance. In the middle ground of the print the masts of ships moored in the Coode Canal and the River Yarra can be seen.

Dates: 1870
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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/21
Scope and Contents

390 x 273 mm. A view looking over commercial and residential premises towards open land, beyond which lies the Yarra’s outlet into Hobson’s Bay.

Dates: 1870
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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[View towards Port Melbourne], 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/22
Scope and Contents

387 x 273 mm. A view looking across hotels and houses towards an enclosed expanse of water in the distance (exact location unidentified). In the foreground stands the small wooden building of the West Melbourne Common School.

Dates: 1870
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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 154 mm. A view showing part of the lake, with lilies in the foreground and trees and shrubs on the bank.

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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/36
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm. A view showing a small wooden bridge, with thick foliage on either side.

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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/37
Scope and Contents

201 x 163 mm. A view looking across the same wooden bridge, towards a small summer house, with trees and shrubs beyond.

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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Views in the Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/38
Scope and Contents

198 x 138 mm. A view across one of the lakes in the gardens with shrubs and palms in the foreground.

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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West Australian: Front View, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/27
Scope and Contents

287 x 234 mm. A view showing the entrance to one of the Western Australian sections, with specimens of metals, minerals and timber.

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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Wilson Hall, 1885 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D/22
Scope and Contents

199 x 146 mm. An exterior view of the hall, a building in English perpendicular Gothic style, modelled on Oxford and Cambridge College lines, and designed by Joseph Reed. The cost was borne by Sir Samuel Wilson. The building was completed in 1879, and described by Sir Redmond Barry as being ‘florid but pure in taste’.

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).