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Watsons Bay (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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The tram arriving at Watson's Bay, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7510
Scope and Contents

[Woman in long skirt and with hat, together with young child in dress and bonnet coming away from the tram seen 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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Watson's Bay, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/25
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the small village on the coast, with a church at the left of the picture, and what is probably a school at the right. The settlement was originally the point of inspection for ships' papers and for customs, being the first large sheltered anchorage for incoming vessels on the south side of the main harbour. The bay was named after Robert Watson, who became harbour-master in 1811. Its chief function now is that of Pilot Station.

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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Watson's Bay, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/26
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. A view of the small village on the coast, with a church at the left of the picture, and what is probably a school at the right. The settlement was originally the point of inspection for ships' papers and for customs, being the first large sheltered anchorage for incoming vessels on the south side of the main harbour. The bay was named after Robert Watson, who became harbour-master in 1811. Its chief function now is that of Pilot Station.

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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Watson's Bay, Sydney Harbour, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7511
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing town on the land above the sea].

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).