| Title |
Warwick |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3085D |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
1885 |
| Extent and Medium |
26 images |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
Presentation album given to the Bishop of Brisbane in March 1885. Showing views in and around Warwick. Captions are taken from a contemporary handwritten key pasted to the front free endpaper. An inscription in ornamental calligraphy on the front endpaper reads: 'Presented by the Parishioners of St. Marks, Warwick, Queensland, to the Right Reverend Mathew B Male D.D., Lord Bishop of Brisbane, on his retirement from the See, March 1885.' There are also two loose prints included with the album. |
Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Warwick, Y3085D |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This item level description was entered by NE and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche number 18.
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| Index Terms |
| Australia |
| Oceania |
| Queensland |
| Warwick |
| RCS/Y3085D contains: |
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1
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Warwick from Waterworks Road. 195 x 145 mm. A view across the river Condamine with the town lying beyond the fields. |
1885 |
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2
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Bridge over Condamine, approach to town from Railway Station. 195 x 145 mm. Also captioned on print 'Bridge over Condamine, Warwick' and showing the metal bridge with the town in the background, behind trees.
Fair condition, some fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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3
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Warwick from Railway Station. 195 x 145 mm. A view across fields towards the town, with the spire of St Mark's church visible on the horizon.
Slight fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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4
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Palmerin Street, Warwick. 195 x 145 mm. A general view down this wide shopping street, unpaved except for the gutter and pavement. Shop in far left is 'D & C Hayes, Flour Stores'. Third building on right 'J. Horwitz and Co'. Caption on print states 'Street view, Warwick'. For another view of the street see Y3085D/17. |
1885 |
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5
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Waterworks, Warwick. 195 x 145 mm. A view looking down on to a fenced track and the waterworks, a modest building beside the Condamine Rver, with one brick chimney. Same caption on print. |
1885 |
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6
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Timber Yards, nr Railway Station, Warwick. 195 x 145 mm. Captioned on print 'Timber yards, Warwick'. Photograph shows railway track running across picture from right hand corner, with sheds and stacks of timber. A high-chimneyed steam engine is in operation in the centre, with men working nearby, and a horse pulling a trolley along the line.
Fair condition, with some staining, fading a little at edges.. |
1885 |
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7
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Albion Street, showing Land Office and Post Office. 195 x 145 mm. A view looking along the street, unpaved like Palmerin Street. The Post Office is the stone building at the right, nearest the camera, and beyond that is the Land Office. Beyond the Land Office is the store of 'Russell Wilkins and Co., Importers'.
Fair condition, some staining and fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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8
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Bridge over River, leading to Glengallan, Ginch Creek etc. 195 x 145 mm. A view of a wooden bridge over the Condamine, with a pony and trap crossing. Caption on print 'Bridge over Condamine, Warwick'.
Fair condition, some staining and fading.. |
1885 |
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9
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St Mark's Church and Rectory. 195 x 145 mm. A view of the Church with the rectory at the right, and two figures sitting on the ground outside the fence.
Slight fading and browning at edges.. |
1885 |
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10
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Rectory, with gates of Church and school house. 195 x 145 mm. Photograph shows the wooden school house at the left, the rectory in the centre and the edge of the church at the right.
Poor condition, staining, yellowing, and fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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11
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Albion St front of Dr. Mangelt's House. 195 x 145 mm. Photograph taken from farther back than Y3085D/7, facing in same direction, with the post office and shops now in background. This photograph was taken some time after Y3085D/7; a verandah has been added to the first floor frontage of the land office, and there are more telegraph poles along the pavement. Also evidence of some excavation in the road. Two traps stand in front of Dr. Mangelt's house. |
1885 |
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12
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Dr. Mangelt's house, from Garden. 195 x 145 mm. Three ladies on the verandah of the house, a stone bungalow with an attic floor. There is a lawn mower on the grass, with a single-stem handle. |
1885 |
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13
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S.E. view of Square. 195 x 145 mm. Looking down a side street, on to Palmerin Street. A view taken from the street leading off to the left beyond the shops in Y3085D/4 with two labourers standing by the roadside.
Fair condition, some staining and fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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14
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Hospital, Warwick. 195 x 145 mm. The hospital and outbuildings taken from a field in front of the fence. An imposing stone building with verandahs on the ground and first floor. |
1885 |
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15
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Bridge (same as Y3085D/8) with view of town. 195 x 145 mm. View taken from other side of the river Condamine. |
1885 |
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16
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Same bridge. Flood in Condamine. 195 x 145 mm. Photograph taken from the same viewpoint as Y3085D/8, but further back. The bank where Y3085D/8 was taken from is now under water, with the river reaching almost to the roadway across the bridge. With man standing by the river, and a couple in a pony cart drawn by two horses. |
1885 |
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17
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Palmerin Street. 195 x 145 mm. A view of the street showing more shops than are visible in Y3085D/4, including 'Brown and Wilson', 'Apothecaries Hall', 'Warwick Argus' and 'Government Auctioneer'. With numerous bystanders posing on the pavement.
Fair condition, but staining and fading at edges.. |
1885 |
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18
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View from Hospital Balcony. 235 x 180 mm. In the foreground is the road across which Y3085D/14 was taken, with fencing and a view of the town in the background.
Fair condition, stain in centre of print.. |
1885 |
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19
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N.E. view of Square. 235 x 180 mm. Another view of the square from a side road (see Y3085D/13) showing 'G.P. Barnes' Emporium', and partially obscured by trees, 'A. Aland, Ironmonger'.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
1885 |
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20
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View of Town from Freestone Creek Road. 235 x 180 mm. A view of the town showing another bridge over the River Condamine, with two horses and carts about to cross. |
1885 |
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21
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East Warwick Railway platform. 235 x 180 mm. A view across a field towards the railway line, with the town in the distance. The station sign can be seen above the passenger carriage of a train in the station (engine hidden by building). |
1885 |
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22
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View from east Warwick showing old Parsonage in distance. 235 x 185 mm. The old parsonage on hill, left of centre.
Fair condition, fading.. |
1885 |
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23
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View of town from the old Parsonage hill. 235 x 180 mm. Photo loose from album. View looking back from the other side of the town towards Y3085D/22, showing fenced off fields with the town in the middle distance. Pony and trap in foreground. |
1885 |
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24
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Railway (to Stanhope) Bridge over Condamine. 235 x 180 mm. Photograph shows the raised line of a metal girder bridge crossing the Condamine.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
1885 |
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25
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Unidentified wooden church. 180 x 115 mm. This is a loose print found in the album, showing a possible predecessor to St Mark's, Warwick.
Some tears and browning.. |
1885 |
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26
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Group of children in institutional clothes with four adults. 270 x 205 mm. This is a loose print found in the album. It is captioned on reverse 'The Orphanage W.A.' (same handwriting as the album captions).
Image fading slightly.. |
1885 |
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