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Sydney (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:

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[Statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/40
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. Uncaptioned print. A front view of the statue of Cook which was unveiled in the park in 1879.

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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[Sulphur crested cockatoo], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/5
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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Sunset, Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7521
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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[Superb lyrebird], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/2/53
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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Sussex Street [?] from Bathurst Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/28
Scope and Contents

268 x 201 mm. View looking towards the Governor Bourke Hotel which stands on the corner of Sussex Street, probably at its junction with Bathurst Street. The hotel abuts a ledge of rock which rises to a height of one storey. On top of this are modest two storey dwellings.

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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Sussex Street from [?] Hay Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/77
Scope and Contents

275 x 204 mm. View looking along Sussex Street with the premises of Cooper, Nathan and Co. in the left foreground at the junction with (?) Hay Street and domestic residences beyond.

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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Sussex Street looking south, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/79
Scope and Contents

286 x 210 mm. View looking south along Sussex street from an unidentified junction, with Augusta Nolan's Star Hotel in the right foreground. With domestic residences and hotels lining the street. The church in the distance is presumably St Luke's.

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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Sydney, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham M/21
Scope and Contents

[Group of friends].

Dates: 1963
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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Sydney Branch, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh/21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

Views of the society's Northumberland Ave. headquarters and of some of the branch buildings.

Dates: 1936
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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Sydney : Country Club, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham M/22
Scope and Contents

[Distant view over harbour].

Dates: 1963
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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Sydney from North Shore, 1870 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B/4
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205 x 156 mm. A view looking west from the North Shore, showing the eastern end of the city with shipping at wharfs. The building on the horizon is the university. In the foreground in the small bay on the North Shore, one of the harbour ferries is moored.

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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Sydney from the Harbour, sunset, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7520
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Town silhouetted].

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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Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7523
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [With masts of sailing boat silhouetted against sky].

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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Sydney Harbour, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/20
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of shipping in the harbour, from the Botanic Gardens.

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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Sydney Harbour. Approaching Sydney at sunset, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7517
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [With steam boat in centre].

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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Sydney Harbour. Bradley Head, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7518
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing two steam boats and silhouette of land behind].

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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Sydney Harbour from Botanical Gardens, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/110
Scope and Contents

148 x 100 mm. A view looking out over the gardens to Farm Cove and the Harbour. With Fort Denison visible in the distance.

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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Sydney Harbour from South Head, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/28
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view into the harbour from South Head promontory which marks the southern side of the ocean entrance to Sydney Harbour.

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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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/1
Scope and Contents

1370 x 189 mm. A panoramic view of Sydney harbour, composed of five joined prints. The photograph is taken from the North Shore near Kirbilli. Government House, Fort Macquarie and the Circular Quay are near the harbour mouth on the east side, and up the Parramatta River on the west.
Photograph possibly by Charles Bayliss

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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Sydney harbour, St George in Naval An[chorage], 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011P/6
Scope and Contents

243 x 161 mm. View from the quayside looking towards the 'St George' moored in Sydney Harbour, with Fort Denison or Pinchgut visible in the background. The caption cuts off after the 'n'.

Dates: 1979
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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Sydney Harbour. Sunset, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7519
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [With steam boats in foreground].

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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Sydney, in the Fine Arts Gallery, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/49
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
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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Sydney, in the Fine Arts Gallery, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/86
Scope and Contents

Showing paintings and sculpture in one of the halls.

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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Sydney, in the Public Gardens, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/42
Scope and Contents

View looking across an ornamental lake in the Botanical Gardens.

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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Sydney Insurance Group, Pitt Street, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/57
Scope and Contents

260 x 212 mm. View of a block of three office buildings in classical style in Pitt Street. Precise location unidentified. The nearest building is the Fire Office.

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).