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George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
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George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1
  • Collection
  • 1922-1965

Most of the papers consist of notes made about historical queries, a rough draft of his book, and correspondence with East Coast residents and others requesting information. There is also a collection of newspaper cuttings and pamphlets relating to the history of Tasmania, especially the East Coast and some photographs and snapshots. Dr Parker also collected some original historical documents~ chiefly from East Coast families (although those of Dr Storey and the Cotton families have now been returned to the Cotton archives (ref. C.7). Dr Parker's collection of Walch's Almanacs has been supplemented by others received from Walch's and is kept up to date and now forms a complete record set for Walch's records (kept for reference in the Archives Reading Room). Some early newspapers (including Colonial Times, Southern Cross, Launceston Courier) were transferred to the State Archives to fill gaps in their collection .

George Musgrave Parker

Reports of bushrangers

Reports to Campbell Town Police Magistrate about bushrangers, including robbery at Henry Stieglitz place (1843); report
from the Police Magistrate at Fingal that his district Constable [?Ward] had been shot by bushrangers at Mr. Gilligan's near Avoca (1843)

The taking Dido : from Dr. Story's Diary

A copy of an extract from Dr Story's diary, the original dating from November 1855, the copy taken by Mrs Collins Amos of Glen Gala in 1929. The diary entry concerns the apprehension of the bushranger 'Dido', who had assaulted Story and Mrs and Miss Cotton while travelling. Earlier on, Dido and a companion had confronted the police constable J Watson, and stolen his horse. With Mr Fergusson, Story assisted Watson in apprehending Dido, an action Story felt entitled him to part of the government reward offered for Dido's capture.

George Fordyce Story

Guides etc.

Guides include:
• L.S. Bethell, The Story of Port Dalrymple [1957];
• Millbrook Rise 1914 -1918;
• Catalogue of furniture at 'Narryna, Hobart 1957;
• Bligh Museum, Adventure Bay 1956;
• Fenton, Bush Life in Tasmania;
• Dick Wardley, Tasmanian Adventure, 1953;
• Fearn Rowntree, Battery point Sketchbook, [?1953];
• Air raid precautions, 1941;
• Hutchins School prospectus ND c1930s
• Launcestonian, Launceston Church Grammar School Magazine, Centenary Issue 1946;
• St. Michael's Collegiate School, Hobart: blessing and opening Assembly

Glamorgan and East Coast associations & institutions : Rifle Club

Correspondence dated 1865-1869 & 1885-1886 concerning the formation of a rifle club for Glamorgan, including letter about arms supplied to the police, 1865, bye-laws of Glamorgan Rifle Club, 1865 (printed booklet, 2 copies, one marked
Angus A. Amos); request for return of arms, 1869; correspondence, list of names, regulations etc., in connection with the
proposed formation of a rifle club, 1885-6,
(See also P.1/5 for rules c. 1915)

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