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C : Press cuttings and pamphlets

Cuttings of historical interest from newspapers, chiefly Mercury, Australasian & Argus and The Critic, stuck in albums made from old catalogues (e.g. Army & Navy Stores) or old medical diaries. There are rough indexes to each volume except the first two. The volumes were originally numbered 16 - 42; no volumes 1 - 15 were received, possibly the numbers were left for the cuttings still loose in envelopes (see P.l/20) or they may refer to other notebooks and files. -1 - Indexes to newspaper cutting volumes 18 - 42
16 -1883 - 1907 Australasian, Argus & Mercury, including obituaries of Louisa Meredith (1895), Sir William Clarke (1897), James Bonwick, photos of Port Arthur by Dr. Fox, 1895; peal of bells from Port Arthur transferred to New Norfolk, 1897; visit of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall , 1901, including photographs of welcoming arches.)
17 - 1921 - 1924 'Notes by the Way' & 'historic land grants' by 'Historicus' in The Critic.
18 - c 1914 - 1924 'Notes by the Way' especially on aborigines and bushrangers. (partly indexed - see above)
19 – c. 1914 - 1924. As above, including extracts from Knopwood's journal. (Rough index)
20 - c 1914 - 1924 As above
21 - 1903 - 4, 1907, 1923 Miscellaneous cuttings (rough index) (Including centenary celebrations)
22 - 1924 - 1928 (includes Lyne family centenary 1926)
23 - 1928 Also includes some early cuttings including a description of Hobart, 1846
24 - 1929 - 1930
25 - 1930 - 1933
26 - 1933 to 1935
27 - 1935 to 1938
28 1942 to 1945
29 - 1945 to 1947
30 - 1948 to 1950
31 - 1950 to 1952 (including Buckland window mystery)
32 - 1952 to 1954
33 1954 to 1955
34 - 1955 - 1956
35 - 1957
36 - 1957 to 1958
37 - 1958 to 1959
38 1959 to 1960
39 - 1960 to 1961
40 - 1962
41 - 1962 to 1963
42 - 1963 to 1965

Letters received 1922-1929

The letters were not filed in chronological order but grouped according to writer or family including: F.Taylor (W.A., descendant of Merediths), B. Izod, Thomas Dunbabin, H. Amos, Robert Legge ,B.S.Hammond, K. Smith, H.R .Dumaresq, Emily Mayson, Edwin Mitchell of Mayfield (about maps), G.H.Drake (of Seaford about medicine and documents), Lyne family, J.W. Beattie, H.L.Bayley, A.A. MacLaine, E.J. But1er (DeadIsland), Allan Dilger (Ram Island graves), Sarah E.E.Mitchell (Swansea old church and bell), Fred Mace, Mary Walker (copies of sketches), Mrs. Eliza Johnson (1928, grandaughter of Thomas Buxton), Frederick Rapp (1928, reminiscences and old church), R.W.Giblin (1929), J. Lane.

Working notes

Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles, newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written. No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks
Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles,newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written.No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks

Unidentified photographs

Collection of unidentified photographs, some of hospitals and staff and some of maritime personnel. Pre- World War One photographs belonging to G.M Parker which were taken in London. These photographs include group portraits of medical staff at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. While many of the people in these photographs have not been identified, it is likely that Dr Parker features in some of them.

George Musgrave Parker

Chapter 2 : Photographs with Dr. G.M. Parker's manuscript draft book

Photographs from chapter 2 :
• p6 Creek Hut, Meredith family's first house (photo of the drawing. See Pl/35(228» From Mace Papers Archives Office of Tasmania, (copy neg)
• p7 Cambria, Meredith residence. Beattie photo
• p8a Cranbrook House. Christmas card from "all at Cranbrook". ND
• p8b Cranbrook House. G.M.P. photo (& neg) 1929
• p8c Glen Gala. G.M.P. photo (&neg. See Pl/35(111) 1929

George Musgrave Parker

Chapter 3

• front Red Banks (Amos). Photo (cabinet mounted) ~ 1895
• p1B Apsley, the original home, log cabin (built 1826). Photo endorsed "per favour James Lyne, J.W. Beattie copy. (For copy & copy neg see Pl/35 (229)
• p5Ba Apslawn. G.M.P. photo (& neg) 1929
• p5Bb Apslawn front doorway. G.M.P. photo (& neg)
• p6Ba Milton, residence of J. Allen Esq. (ruined stone house built 1828). 1G.M.P. See also Pl/35(l09-110) & negs
• p6Bb Swanwick: Swan River entrance. Beattie postcard
• p11B The White Hut, Little Swanport. G.M.P. photo
• p14Ba Kelvedon, residence of F. Cotton (built 1830). G.M.P. photo 1926
• p14Bb Kelvdon, house and garden. See also Pl/35(lOO-102)
• p14C Red Banks, original house (built 1831-2). Beattie photo
• p14Da Rocky Hills Convict Station: treadmill. Photo ~ 1870-90 (stereo twin photo, copy neg)
• p14Db Rocky Hills Convict Station: Lime Kilns. Photo ~ 1870-90 (stereoscopic twin photo. copy neg)
• p14Ea Rocky Hills: site of convict station. Postcard (copy neg)
• p14Eb Rocky Hills: Commandant's quarters G.M.P. photo (& neg) 1926
• p14Ec Rocky Hills: view from rear of station, cemetery in foreground covered by scrub, site of buildings, sea and hills in distance. B. Sheppard photo (copy neg)

Valuation Roll

Noting description and situation of the property, name and residence of 'occupier', name and residence of the proprietor, area, value. Signed as passed by Edwin Carr Shaw, chairman, 19 June 1865, marked 'chairman's copy'. Pages
925-930 from Hobart Town Gazette 23 May 1865 : Glamorgan Council

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)

News cutting books

Cuttings of historical interest from newspapers, chiefly Mercury, Australasian & Argus and The Critic, stuck in albums made from old catalogues (e.g. Army &Navy Stores) or old medical diaries. There are rough indexes to each volume except the first two. The volumes were originally numbered 16 -42; no volumes 1 -15 were received, possibly the numbers were left for the cuttings still loose in envelopes (see P.1/20) or they may refer to other notebooks and files.

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