Australia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Locator = -25.274398;133.775136,Created For =
Found in 49 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
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
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
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 Murchison...
Dates:
10 July 1855
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
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:
- 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates:
1845-1901
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:
- 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates:
1872-1900
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 correspondence,...
Dates:
1827-1871
"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
Famous War Heroine, Lieutenant Flora Sanders, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3256
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the famous war heroine, Lieutenant Flora Sanders who served with the Serbian Army during World War I and 'received many awards for bravery' standing with her brother in a doorway at Bendigo, Australia in 1921.
Dates:
1870s-1930s