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Kalgoorlie (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Baked slate [?] Walsh's Quarry, Kalgoorlie District, 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/10
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing a sheer rockface containing a vertical stratum of baked slate (?sheared porphyrite) in a quarry in the Kalgoorlie District. Photograher E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 60.

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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Boring for alluvial gold, North Lead, Kanowna, Kalgoorlie area, 1901 - 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/40
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing prospectors standing beside the boring machinery at Kanowna. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 49.

Dates: 1901 - 1908
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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Hannan St, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/28
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. A view directly down the street, with telegraph poles, and a level crossing. Hannan Street is named after Paddy Hannan who in 1893 discovered the gold that led to the great Kalgoorlie gold rushes of the nineties.

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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'Peridotite Island', Hannans Lake, Kalgoorlie area, 1901 - 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/41
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view from 'Serpentine Bay' looking over the dry lake bed towards the peridotite outcrop. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 50.

Dates: 1901 - 1908
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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Quartzite outcrop, Mount Hunt, Kalgoorlie area, 1901-11-19

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/42
Scope and Contents

A view showing a tall quartzite outcrop (shaped like a tall termites' nest) among scrubland at Mount Hunt. Photograph W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 54.

Dates: 1901-11-19
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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Undersurface of Western Australian obsidianites, Coolgardie/Kalgoorlie area, 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/12
Scope and Contents

152 x 97 mm. A view showing seven types of rounded stones which have the appearance of man-made artefacts: 'these are not artefacts, but a natural phenomenon; they are now referred to as tektites. Their origin is still controversial. The photograph was published as plate VII of GSWA Bulletin 6, where individual locations are given'. Photograph by Greehams Studio. Negative No. 65.

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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View of Waterfall Gold Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie area, 1901 - 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/39
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing prospectors standing beside the well at the Waterfall Gold Mine. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 48.

Dates: 1901 - 1908
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).