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Australia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Locator = -25.274398;133.775136,Created For =

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Australia: The Sheep Country, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1642
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a row of [Merino]rams standing in a sheep pen in Australia in the early/mid 20th century. The text beneath the image reads, 'Australia: The Sheep Country.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Australia: The Sheep Country, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2766
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a large flock of sheep on the plains in Australia in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Australian Sheep Chart, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2794
Scope and Contents

Illustration of an Australian sheep with its various anatomical points identified on the chart.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Autograph signed letter from Charles Hotham to Sir Roderick Murchison

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1731
Scope and Contents Addressed from Port Philip Heads, Melbourne, 10 July 1855, the autograph letter signed by Sir Charles Hotham (then lieutenant governor of the Australian colony of Victoria) is to the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison (1792-1871).The letter begins with Hotham assuring Murchison that with regard to the 'pretensions' of 'Mr. Clarke' (meaning the geologist William Branwhite Clarke, 1798-1878), in claiming to have made the first discovery of gold in Australia, he is 'delighted' that...
Dates: 10 July 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bungaree Stud Ram, "Champion", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1645
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Bungaree stud ram, "Champion" standing next to a wooden fence with a man holding his lead in 1883.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler, 1845-1901

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/18
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler sub-series consists of:


  1. 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates: 1845-1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists, 1872-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/4
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates: 1872-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1827-1871

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/10
Scope and Contents The Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison series consists of: letters from Murchison to his wife, 1854 and 1857 miscellaneous correspondence and notes (including letters to Sir Archibald Geikie) 1831-1871 correspondence relating to Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick regarding Silurian classification 1838 and 1852-1866 assorted...
Dates: 1827-1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Data and reports from observatories and stations at multiple locations, 1949-1965

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/G.23
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a box of data and reports from observatories and stations from the following locations: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Berne, Cape of Good Hope, Clyde, Delhi, France (Fribourg, Dakar), Freiburg, Geneva, Hamburg, Japan, Kerguelen. The first page is markked 'Mrs T' [Turnbull]. It is dated 1949-1965.

Dates: 1949-1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Data and reports from observatories and stations

"Donald Dinnie", Grand Champion Ram of Australia, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1644
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the grand champion ram, "Donald Dinnie" in Australia in 1910. The image shows a man's hands parting the wool to show its quality. The text around the image notes the weight of the fleece and that the ram was sold in Australia for 1200 guineas.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

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