Katoomba (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
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Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains], 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/75
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified house and garden in Katoomba.
Dates:
1909
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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Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Katoomba, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/72
Scope and Contents
A view showing mountainous scenery near Katoomba.
Dates:
1909
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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Australia - Blue Mts [i.e. Blue Mountains] - Katoomba, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/74
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified house and garden in Katoomba.
Dates:
1909
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).
File
Australia; Sydney, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains; farms in Victoria and Melbourne, 1908
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/1-87
Scope and Contents
Also described as: 'The Roaring Forties and Australia 1908'.
Dates:
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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Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/51
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A front view of the hotel, a large brick building with wrought iron verandahs. Always a popular tourist spot in the Blue Mountains, the railway station at Katoomba was opened in 1876, giving easy access.'The design of the hotel is on the modern American style ... It has accommodation for seventy to eighty persons, contains nearly sixty rooms, consisting of a large dining-room, general ladies drawing room, and gentlemen's smoking and reading room ... Gas is laid on,...
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).
Sub-Series
Katoomba, 1920 - 1929
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Australia - general/390-395
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards (original photographs) of scenes in the Katoomba area. Photographed and published by A. Manning.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/77
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view looking out from a cliff top with mountains in the distance and Jamieson Valley below. The rock in the foreground is possibly Orphan Rock.
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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Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/78
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view looking out from a cliff top on to part of the Jamieson Valley.
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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Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/79
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view looking out from a cliff top looking out on to Jamieson Valley.
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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Katoomba Falls, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/21
Scope and Contents
225 x 285 mm. A view of the vertical rock-face, with the waterfall dropping 180 feet over the overhang below. Katoomba lies about 60 miles west of Sydney and, situated in the heart of the Blue Mountains, has long been a popular tourist spot. The name derives from an Aboriginal Australian word meaning 'falling water'.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
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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Orphan Rock, Katoomba, 1872 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/24
Scope and Contents
285 x 225 mm. A view of the lone rock, rising above the trees out of Jamieson Valley.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
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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Orphan Rock, Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/80
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view of the rock rising above the trees, with mountains in the distance.
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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'Sisters', Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/81
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view of the three rocks, standing out from the cliff face, with Jamieson Valley obscured by clouds.
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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Sisters' Rocks, Katoomba, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/82
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. A view of the three rocks with Jamieson Valley below.
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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The Sisters' Rocks, Katoomba, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/23
Scope and Contents
280 x 225 mm. A view across towards the rocks, which lie beyond the large outcrop of rock in the foreground. The thickly wooded Jamieson Valley lies beneath. The three rocks figure in Aboriginal Australian mythology as 'Meeni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunedoo', three sisters turned to stone for their misdeeds.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
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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[The Three Sisters, Katoomba], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086R/1
Scope and Contents
183 x 114 mm. Print stamped with photographer's name. A view on the cliff edge looking towards the three outcrops of rock, which tower above the densely wooded Jamieson Valley.
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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Vaneman's Look-out and Jamieson Valley, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/22
Scope and Contents
350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on to a fenced outcrop of rock, beyond which stretches the heavily wooded Jamieson valley. The Three Sisters Rocks can be seen in the distance.
Dates:
1909
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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Waterfall, Katoomba, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/22
Scope and Contents
280 x 225 mm. Showing a small series of gentle falls surrounded by densely wooded land.
Dates:
1872 - 1895
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).