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Minutes of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce. Signed minutes, beginning with the inaugural meeting of 3 February 1851 and first formal meeting of 10 February 1851, including names of members. Includes monthly meetings of directors and general meetings. Some news cuttings of notices of meeting stuck inside binding.

Printed reports of directors of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce, including names of officers and members, bound with copies of reports of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce for the years 1854, 1855, 1858, 1859, 1860 & 1869. Also included are Rules and Constitution for the years 1851 & 1854. Printed copies, bound with Abstracts of Council relating to Port and Customs regulations and with Reports
• Half yearly report 1852
• Annual reports 1855-1864, 1869
• Reports for 1870-1909 missing

Handbooks of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce for the period 1944-1950. Includes reports of 1945 and 1946. Handbooks were only issued for two years after the War and again in 1949 and a centenary handbook in 1951.

Directories and Annual Reports of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce for the years 1982 to 1984

70. 1982-83
71. 1983-84

One issue of the periodical publication of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce entitled "Hobart Commerce" Vol. 5 No. 21 May 1971

Note book contating notes and sketches of Tasmanian fish, mainly salmon made by Robert Mackenzie Johnston , date unknown.

The papers consist of letters to Hugh from his fiancee, family and friends, bills and papers relating to debts and some papers relating to the sale of a plot of land in Glenorchy. There are three items only of Hugh's father - all relating to the Southern Tasmanian Rifle Association.

Grant of one month's leave for Staff Sergeant H. Hull.

Notice of resignation of Staff Sergeant H.M. Hull, 24 January 1880. (Note: Hugh Munro Hull died in 1881).

Material relating to insurance dates c.1891-1892

Proposal for life insurance for Laura Ann Hull, born at Carrick, Tasmania 4 January 1857, wife of Hugh Hull.

Letters from relations on family and personal matters, dated 1877 to 1894 including:
• 60. Henry Tremlett Hull (brother?) with congratulations on engagement to Emily [Emily Agnes Huxtable].
• 61. Anna Hull - invitation to live at Tolosa, Glenorchy with her and Papa, [James Douglas Hull who managed Tolosa for G.M.H.], especially as Arthur was ill (brother?) and Dot at home, and reference to visit of Amy Sherwin, 1879.
• 62, 63, 65. Herbert Hull [Hugh's elder brother] from Clifden, New Zealand referring to Laura, against planting orchard at Glenorchy, 1878, 1879.
• see also 130, 1349 142-4, 152, 154, 159, 160, 165, 168, 169); 'Aunt' W Tremlett about 'Maryville' house, family.

Documents relating to a property in Glenorchy and the Estate of Francis Allison.

Poems written by Hugh Hull, extract from song, notes for entertainment, tickets for Orpheus Club concert, 1894, and Tasmanian Caledonian Society 1892, rules of Hobart Operatic Society (no date).

Bill of lading dated 1877 for a shipment of a case of fish to Melbourne.

Miscellaneous papers relating to St Andrews & St Johns Presbyterian Churches Hobart.

Letter from James Reid to Dr James Scott dated 16 November 1893 apologising for not attending meeting but recommending Mr [W.C.] Eltham as choir master and Mrs. Eltham as organist, but could not afford more than 40 pounds for both.

Articles on a variety of subjects, medical, historical and biographical in typescript or manuscript, many under the pen name "Exul" for publication in The Bulletin including:
•
An eye for an eye (13 pp, 2 copies)
• Some aspects of heredity (8 pp)
• The mental hygiene movement, parts 1 & 2 (10 pp)
• Reign of terror at Swansea October 13 1922 (4 pp)
• The commercial awakening in Tasmania (6 pp)
• [Jokes] (2 pp)
• Insulin (3pp 2 copies)
• Recollections of a medical student (3 pp 2 copies)
• Reply to "The Deacon" on birth control; further notes on birth control
• Dermotobia (3 pp 2 copies)
• An exploded superstition (10 pp)
• The Yarra mystery, Melbourne 8 March (5 pp)
• [X-Ray] 18 September 1922
• [Anecdotes] 18 September 1922
• A journey into the fourth dimension (9 pp 2 copies)
• The treatment of criminals (5 pp) and further notes
• [Anecdotes] 24 August, 3 & 13 September 1922
• A bush tragedy (2 pp)
• Autobiography of a rheumatic (5 pp)
• Coal mine explosions (4 pp)
• Incomplete account of Royal Society of Tasmania's trip to mark the site of Tasman's landing (2 pp)
• Campaign against consumption (5 pp)
• Mediums and trances; on back: ms. The wages of virtue (5 pp)
• How I came to take up writing by Exul (5 pp)
• The Tasmanian Aborigines
• Incomplete and miscellaneous loose pages

Letters from Professor R.L. Dunbabin, Sir R. Cilento and W.H. Hudspeth relating to the Jackson Lecture.

Carte de visite photograph of Mrs John Cotton (nee Simmons) taken June 1886 by Wherrett, Hobart

Collection consists of newspaper cuttings relating to Hobart, Tasmania, dated 1972-1976

John Leake's account of a voyage to Gibraltar and Gallipoli as super cargo for Messrs. Knox and Hay of Hull, shipping pitch and tar to sell in Gibraltar or Naples, returning with [olive] oil from Gallipoli. Journal of Mediterranean Voyage dated 1802

Memoranda book dated 1818 detailing notes of orders, shipments, prices, names etc.

Letter books containing copies of letters, extracts and notes on letters sent, mainly relating to business affairs of the Leake family.

Letters of introductions for V.D.L. dated 1822. Letters given to John Leake before sailing, including a recommendation from the Colonial Secretary for a grant of land in V.D.L., from: George Burder (addressed to Rev. Samuel Marsden), and 'Alex McLaren, Colonial Secretary,

Letters Charlotte Wells dated 1833 - 1835
Widow of Thomas Wells (1782-1833): mother-in-law in Hull; needed money to send eldest daughter,
Emma, to V.D.L., subscription list to help her; employment for daughters as governess and needlewoman,
visit of daughter, Louisa, to Rosedale; Louisa and her sister at school with Mrs Nichols, Macquarie Street.

Papers concerning xxx

Papers and letters concerning Leake acting for friends and neighbours as executor of wills, trustee of settlements, or as charitable donor and adviser to friends or old neigbours from his Hamburg days fallen on bad times, as with the Graham family formerly of Hamburg.

Papers of Sarah Elizabeth Clara Leake (1869-1929) usually known as Bessie, daughter of C.H. & CJ. Leake
married John Dowbiggin (Jack) Foster on 23 March 1892

Papers of Mary Rose Alice Leake (1871-1931), second daughter of C.H. and C.J. Leake, married Wilfred Hudspeth.

Papers concerning xxx

Collection consists of reports of council and an annual report.

Consists of a copy of Alexander Maconochie's report on convict discipline made by George Washington Walker and sent by him to Margaret Bragg, in a volume titled: "Original Essays on convict discipline by Capt. Alexander Maconochie R.N. 1837 with some letters etc in further illustration of the same subject by James Backhouse and George W. Walker 1837".
Contents include Maconochies's report to Sir John Franklin, further observations, summary of papers addressed to British Government, Dr. Turnbull's objections to changes in convict discipline and observations by James Backhouse and George Washington Walker and index. The volume is in George Washington Walker’s handwriting.
At the front is a note on the origin of the manuscript and its presentation to Friends' School by descendants of Margaret Bragg, Roger Clark and John Bright Clark who visited the School in 1898.

Notes on the life of George Marshall prepared for his obituary probably by David or George Douglas Marshall.

George Douglas Marshall (married Beatrice Terry)

Letter addressed to Mr Marshall (or nephew) from T.T. Jackson of West Australia. Dated , 6 November 1916

Series consists of mostly of business accounts, bills and receipts, some private correspondence.

Convent at Colebrook (Jerusalem) 1895-1898. Correspondence with Rev. John Feehan of Oatlands concerning the school and convent (Sisters of Charity) at Colebrook, including architect's and contractor's bills and tenders for building a cottage at Brandy Bottom.

Letters from Josiah Powell Solicitor dated 1894 to 1895 and 1898. Mainly relating to accounts, costs, receipt of documents etc.

Alphabetic index sheets mainly unused - entries relating to Chief Justice. Undated.

Collection consists of xerox copies of letters written by James Patterson to his mother also a diary in the form of a letter as it was sent to his mother whenever it was possible to post letters describing his experiences while on active service.

Xerox copies of the obituaries of Dr. J.H. Patterson, dated June 1914.

Collection consists of management committee records, admissions register and accounts of the Girls Industrial School Hobart, also 2 photographs.

Minutes of the Management Committee (June 1862-February 1945) - The committee met monthly to deal with all aspects of the School's life. Their minutes contain information about the staff, meals, bedding, the girls' clothing, their activities (mostly needlework, laundry, and schooling), the circumstances of their parents, reasons for committal, behaviour, and illnesses or deaths, as well as destinations and progress after leaving the home. They name a number of girls. They also include the handover of the School to the Salvation Army in 1945. There are some newspaper clippings, mostly concerning Annual General Meetings.
Minutes of the Governors and Trustees (July-November 1882) - concern plans, estimates, and tenders for repairs to the roof of Kensington House, Davey Street.

Admission Registers (1864-1895 and 1869-1888) - contains names with the ages and dates of admission, under whose authority a girl was admitted, for instance, a Justice of the Peace, and the length of time she spent in the School. The Registers sometimes include the date of discharge, where the girl went to work, and the names of the parents. There are two overlapping volumes, possibly kept by two people. After 1880, the entries seem to be irregular.

1. 1864-1895
2. 1869-1888

Photo by Albert Sargeant of Hunter's design Maylands, Pirie St., New Town.

Consists of several speeches and programmes.

Copy of speech and programme for 'The dedication and opening of the Asten Wing of the Jane Franklin Hall' , 15 April 1967

Typescript draft with NS annotations, of consideration of reports of Board of Public Examination and Professional Board. c. 1943

Miscellaneous personal papers including character references, First Communion card, newspaper cutting relating to introduction of Fair Rents Bill, , House of Assembly notice of regret at his retirement,
1958, House of Assembly and Legislative Council notices of regret at his death 1969, funeral card 1969.

Letters Patent or certificates of appointment to Government offices, justice of peace, etc., signed and sealed by Governor E. Clark or the Attorney General. Also illuminated ““tribute" from the Education Department 1958, (framed) and grant of K.C.M.G., 1959 (framed).

A.G. Ogilvie's file re 1939 Federal A.L.P. Conference defence motion - press cuttings, miscellaneous pamphlets and papers.

Policy speeches of R. Cosgrove dated 1946, 1948, 1950, 1955 &1956 also a copy of the Mercury newspaper report of 1941 speech, dated 20 November 1941.

Typescript notes on moving "A Bill to amend the Hydro-Electric Commission Act 1929" and copies of "Report on the Power Position to the Hon. the Minister for Lands and Works" and "Report of the Board of Inquiry on the Hydro-Electric Commission". Also includes "A Bill to Amend the Hydro-Electric Commission Act 1929".

A Precis of the Main Industrial Legislation introduced and amended since 1934." (typescript) 13 February 1959.

Tasmanian Government Gazette from the 12th December 1936. Abdication of Edward VIII and Proclamation of Accession of George VI announced.

Miscellaneous papers including programmes, souvenir booklets, relating to Sir Robert and Dame Gertrude Cosgrove's visit to the Coronation of Elizabeth II, and visits to England, Ireland, and Canada.

Scrapbook of invitation cards relating to Sir Robert and Dame Gertrude Cosgroves visit to the Coronation of Elizabeth II, and visits to England, Ireland, and Canada.

Booklet entitled The Development of the Labor Movement in the Sydney District of New South Wales. by L. Thomas. 1962. Published in duplicated form by Australian Society for the Study of Labor History, for members.

2 documents: Land Title Office No. 55734 and Tasmanian Pre-School News September 1958.

Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Cosgrove by Lilley. Endorsed: "To Gertrude with Love from Bert 16.1.1909."

Police at funeral of A.G.Ogilvie, Premier 16 June 1939. Barnett photo.

Premiers' Conference, Canberra, 1945. Including R. Cosgrove, B. Chiffley, E. Dwyer-Gray.

Education Conference, Gorge, Launceston. Feb. 1940. R. Cosgrove at tea-table with three others.

A.G. Townley elected for Denison 22 Dec. 1949.

R. Cosgrove with Governor, Sir Hugh Binney. [1945-51]

Torvisosa Elementary School, Italy.

Correspondence and papers related to the Tasmanian Workers' Political League, Denison Division, No. 1 Branch. R. Cosgrove Secretary and later President.

Agenda paper for annual conference, of the Tasmanian Workers' Political League, 5 May 1915. Tasmanian Workers' Political League
Denison Division, No.1 Branch. R. Cosgrove Secretary and later President.