Notes on holding an Abstinence Society meeting
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Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unsigned document detailing notes for holding an Abstinence Society meeting. Includes motto.
George Washington Walker
Notes on holding an Abstinence Society meeting
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unsigned document detailing notes for holding an Abstinence Society meeting. Includes motto.
George Washington Walker
Letter from Bicheno, Colonial Secretary's office
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter dated 30th November 1850 from the Colonial Secretary's office signed by James Ebenezer Bicheno regarding a grant of land at the south end of Collins Street Hobart to the Total Abstinence Society.
George Washington Walker
Plan for the advocacy of the Total Abstinence Society cause
Part of Walker Family Papers
List of gentleman and proposed dates for the plan for the advocacy of the Total Abstinence Society cause in connection with the V.D. Land T.A Society at the Prisoners Barracks, Hobart Town up to December 1851 on the second Friday evening in the month at 7 o’clock
George Washington Walker
Letter and statement of account respecting the Temperance Halls transfer
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of a letter signed G.W. Walker and statement of account respecting the Temperance Halls and transfer to the V.D.L. Total Abstinence Society for the building fund
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Minutes of an overflow meeting held in promotion of National Temperance in the Infant School Room, Murray street on the evening of Thursday 6th July 1854. Address delivered by David Blair on the important subject of "National Temperance". George W Walker in the chair.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of a letter to Sir William Denison relative to a site for the Temperance Hall
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Memorandum regarding the location and the construction of the Temperance Hall at the end of Murry and Davey Street, Hobart dated 1854 and signed George Washington Walker
George Washington Walker
Constitution and Laws of the Van Diemen’s Land Liquor Law League
Part of Walker Family Papers
Constitution and Laws of the Van Diemen’s Land Liquor Law League agreed upon at a meeting of the Members convened for that purpose, and for the confirmation of appointments to office held in the Temperance Hall, Bathurst Street on the 8th August 1854.
George Washington Walker
Copy of circular addressed to candidates at elections
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular addressed to candidates at elections. Letter to Arthur Perry (Member of the Legislative Council) dated 5 March 1855 from the committee of the Tasmanian Temperance and Total Abstinence Association bringing to his consideration the very demoralising effect of treating Electors with intoxicating drinks and the vile system of supplying the means of drunkenness and debauchery at elections
George Washington Walker
Circular addressed to licenced victuallers
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular, dated 1855, Hobart Town, addressed to licenced victuallers and others interested in the sale of intoxicating drink advising them of the enclosed petition prepared by the Tasmanian Temperance and Total Abstinence Association to the Legislative Council prohibiting the Sunday traffic in intoxicating liquors.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of an uncompleted petition from the inhabitants of Hobart Town and its vicinity to the Honourable the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land. Petitioners therefore pray that the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, commonly known as the " Sunday Clause" may not be repealed.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated complaint by the finance committee of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society addressed to Mr J.B. Mather and Mr Geo. Bell, of suffering grievous moral wrong and slander from Geo. W Walker
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Account with Temperance Alliance rendered 20 May 1857 in account with Geo. W Walker
George Washington Walker
Letter : Petition to the Lieutenant Governor
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter accompanying the petition to the Lieutenant Governor dated 20 August 1846 against the increase of Public Houses signed Theodore Bartley
George Washington Walker
Petition to the Legislative Council from the inhabitants of Green Ponds
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated petition to the Legislative Council from the inhabitants of Green Ponds regarding the act to regulate the sale of liquors being the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, the Sunday Clause not be repealed
George Washington Walker
Copy of circular addressed to licenced victuallers
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular dated 1855 to Respected friend William Barnett promoting the enclosed petition to repeal the Sunday Act
George Washington Walker
Petition to the Legislative Council
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated petition to the Legislative Council regarding the act to regulate the sale of liquors being the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, the Sunday Clause not be repealed
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unsigned document regarding excessive drinking in taverns, ale houses and gin palaces. May be a draft for a magazine.
George Washington Walker
Memorial to the Honourable the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Petition detailing the large portion of human misery, inculding poverty, disease, and crime induced by the use of alcoholic or fermented liquors and asking that the Council enact a law similar to that now in operation in the State of Maine ; which must, by its natural effect, not only entirely banish intemperance and all its consequent evils from the community, but will remove the oppression with which it weighs upon the moral and physical energies of the people, and be the surest means of promoting their social and domestic happiness, and their advancement in wealth, knowledge, and religion.
George Washington Walker
Part of Peter D Jones : Interview
Part of Peter D Jones : Interview
Part one of an interview with Peter Jones by Ben Ross from the Oralhistorycompany.com . Recorded February 21st 2019
Peter D Jones
Part of Peter D Jones : Interview
Part two of an interview with Peter Jones by Ben Ross from the Oralhistorycompany.com . Recorded March 7th 2019
Peter D Jones
Black and white photograph of a view of a street in Scottsdale from Grenda's
Thomas G. R. Williams
King Street, Scottsdale from the National Bank
Black and white photograph of a view of King Street, Scottsdale from the National Bank. Showing the businesses of A.W. Loone and A.A. Orchard.
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white photograph of Edward's Hotel, King Street, Scottsdale, children, horse and four wheeled buggy outside
Thomas G. R. Williams
Wheelwright Department of E. Williams' Workshop, Scottsdale
Black and white photograph of Wheelwright Department of E. Williams' Workshop, Scottsdale
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white photograph of the state school at Scottsdale
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white photograph of the Railway Station, Ellenor Street, Scottsdale
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white ppostcard of Scottsdale Waterworks, addressed to Miss K. Leech, dated December 1907
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white photograph of the town of Branxholm, looking east .
Thomas G. R. Williams
Opening of the Scottsdale Waterworks
Black and white postcard of the opening Scottsdale Waterworks. Showing dam bank and crowd of spectators.
Addressed to Miss K. Leech, dated December 1907
Thomas G. R. Williams
Black and white photograph of the Arba Tin Mine at Branxholm. Showing workings.
Thomas G. R. Williams
The lift at Briseis Tin Mine, Derby
Black and white photograph of the lift at Briseis (spelt 'Brisies') Tin Mine, Derby
Thomas G. R. Williams
General view of the Briseis Tin mine, Derby
Black and white photograph of the lift at Briseis (spelt 'Brisies') Tin Mine, Derby
Thomas G. R. Williams
Bullock team carting timber, "Wynphotoprint" ND.
''Wynphotoprint" hand colored series published by Selwyn Cox, Launceston', titled:· "Amongst the big logs" Lebriwa, (Lebrina) near Scottsdale' showing bullock teams; logs and wooden waggon way rails.
Thomas G. R. Williams
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitled "A sermon on the occasion of the death of his late majesty George the Third of blessed memory, preached at Hobart Town V.D. Land on Sunday the 17th September 1820"
Robert Knopwood
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitles "On the love of our country"
Preached before the Honble Allen Hyde Gardner Cap HM ship Resolution of [illegible] – June 1801, Camp Sullivan Cove Van Diemen’s Land May 13 - 1804
137 Psalm – 5 verse If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Robert Knopwood
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitled "Funeral sermon on H.R.H the Princess Charlotte of Wales"
Robert Knopwood
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitled "On the King's accession"
Robert Knopwood
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitled “ A Condemned Sermon, Repentance and Conversion” 27th April 1821
Robert Knopwood
Part of Knopwood Sermons
Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitles "The state of the departed", 6th December 1829
Robert Knopwood
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Ralph Middenway Collection
Part of Olive Pink Collection
1 pair of small cream nylon gloves with hand sewn fur trim. Label stitched inside - "Dents Nylon, One Size Fits All, Made in Hong Kong"
Stretcher bearers at Gallipoli
Black and white photograph depicting stretcher bearers at Gallipoli
Battleship - Queen Elizabeth at Lemnos
Black and white photograph showing the dreadnought battleship, Queen Elizabeth, at Lemnos
Black and white photograph showing Turkish equipment captured at Gallipoli on 2nd May 1915
Black and white photograph showing graves at Gallipoli.
Black and white photograph showing an Indian mule transport going up a hillside track
Black and white photograph showing dugouts at Gallipoli
Black and white photograph showing dead horses on the beach. Photo caption says Beachey [Beachy] Bill's work, Anzac. "Beachy Bill" was the collective nickname given to a battery of Turkish guns located in a position known as the "Olive Grove". The guns were constantly seeking out targets on the beach at Anzac Cove, thus the nickname.
Black and white photograph showing the first artillery gun landed at Anzac
Black and white photograph showing Murphy and the donkeys with Red Cross browbands who carried the wounded and medical supplies.
Saphis [Spahis ] at Lemnos Island
1 photograph showing soldiers wading through water with their trousers rolled up at Saphis [Spahis], Lemnos Island.
Blak and white photograph showing an Indian camp
Black and white photograph showing a battleship with soldiers onboard. Captioned "guns of the L.R."
Black and white photograph showing saps (trenches) for mule transport
Black and white photograph showing soldiers on the beach, wagons and ships
Black and white photograph showing gun dugouts in the mountains
Black and white photograph showing The Pass, or the death trap
Black and white photograph showing a contingent of guardsmen in a military parade [Hobart?]
1 photograph showing uniformed men in a military parade [Hobart?]
Military parade of uniformed men
Military parade of uniformed men
1 photograph showing a military parade of uniformed men
military parade of uniformed men
Black and white photograph showing a military parade of uniformed men
Black and white, 35mm slide of the first library at Domain House, located in the Great Hall, c 1905. Registrar, JHR Cruickshank stands in doorway with students
Black and white 35mm slides of Sarah Dunbabin an early graduate of the University of Tasmania. B.A. March 1909 & M.A. April 1912. One of 11 chidren of Thomas Dunbabin, farmer, and his wife Sarah Ada, née Murdoch of Marchwiel, Bream Creek. Prior to entering university she won prizes for English, Latin, History & German and a scholarship to the University.
Black and white, 35mm slide of teaching staff at Domain House, Hobart, Tasmania. Centre back Dugald Gordon McDougall, appointed as the Professor of Law and Modern History in the University of Tasmania and took up the appointment in the year 1901 (January); he held the post until June 1933 when, at an age of 65, he retired.
Registrar, James Henry Robert Cruickshank and his wife Mary
Black and white, 35mm slide of the University of Tasmania's Registrar, James Henry Robrert Cruickshank and his wife Mary.
Cruickshank was born on 24 May 1840 in Bombay, and he died on 26 January 1916 m Hobart. Cruickshank received his first commission in 1858, and served in the Bombay Presidency until he retired in 1885 when he immigrated to Tasmania, as one of the 'Non-Effective Officers . Cruickshank and his family arrived in Launceston on the Flinders on 15 May 1885.36 He was appointed Registrar of the University of Tasmania in succession to George Richardson on the 1 August 1892, and he held this post until his death on 26 January 1916. Cruickshank was given a land grant of 100 acres in the Parish of Wickham in the County of King Island on 13 June 1885 but he did not settle there. He had married Mary Emma Wright in 1865 in Bombay. Mary Emma was born on 24 May 1846 in Rochester Kent, and she died on 17 October 1940 at 'Burnside' Glenorchy Tasmania. The couple had nine children, the youngest of whom was Margaret Winifred Cruickshank. Margaret was born on 12 July 1888 in Hobart, and she died on 4 March 1980 in Hobart. She was married to Percy Hamilton Scott in 1922 in Hobart. Two years before her death Margaret was interviewed by John Roberts, as part of the University of Tasmania oral history recording program. Margaret told of her early life in the 1900s as the daughter of the Registrar of the new university. Her reminiscences are particularly valuable, as they provide a rare window into the early life of the university: interview available here https://sparc.utas.edu.au/index.php/interview-with-mrs-margaret-scott
Front view of the University of Tasmania building, Domain House, located on the Queen's Domain, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
View from the right of the University of Tasmania building, Domain House, located on the Queen's Domain, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Exterior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House
Exterior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Interior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House
Interior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Exterior of chemical laboratory at Domain House
Exterior of chemical laboratory, Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Interior of chemical laboratory at Domain House
Interior of chemical laboratory, Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Corner of the library at Domain House
Corner of the library, Domain House, Hobart. Showing staff and students. Registrar in doorway
John Watt Beattie
Part of Roland Rodda Collection
Introduction and overview of collection written by Prof. Roland Rodda.
Roland Arnold Rodda
Part of John Reynolds Collection
Draft introduction and biographies of Tasmanian Parliamentarians: William Robert Giblin, Lyndhurst Falkinder Giblin, Sir Richard Dry of Quamby, James Milne Wilson, James Whyte, Charles Meredith, Francis Villeneuve Smith, Frederick Maitland Innes, Thomas Daniel Chapman of Sunnyside (1815-1884), Alfred Kennerley (d.1897 age 88) and William Lodewyk Crowther.
John Reynolds
Index : Names, Subjects & Places
Part of Friends' School Archive
Index of names, subjects and places found in the Friends School Archive with reference numbers
Friends' School
Correspondence with James MacArthur
Part of William Henty Collection
Correspondence with James MacArthur dated 10 February 1859. Asking "your friendly aid" in seeking appointment to Mr Noyes' post during Noyes' leave of absence.
William Henty
Diary: voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Part of Diary of Samuel Ready of a voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Typed copy of Samuel Ready's Diary of a voyage to Van Diemen's Land in the ship Utopia, February to May, 1865. From the original diary owned by L E O Ready of Latrobe, son of Samuel Ready.
Samuel Ready
Part of James Bayly Watchorn Collection
Copies of letters of James Bayly Watchorn (1921-1943) written to his parents in Hobart while he was on active service with the R.A.A.F. The letters are exceptionally well written and reflect his feelings about his life as a fighter pilot and the people he met and include descriptions of the countries where he was stationed - Rhodesia where he trained, U.K. and West Africa - although he discreetly avoided reference to the war or his flying duties.
James Bayly Watchorn
Royal Mint Gold Mining Company
Scrip certificate for twenty five one pound shares for the sum of thirteen shillings each issues to Edward le Rossignol of New Town by The Royal Mint Gold Mining Company, Reg. North Mount Cameron, Tasmania. Registered under "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1869. Issue number 516. Share numbers 156621-15686. Dated 22nd July 1881. Signed by the Directors and the Manager of the company. Attached are three stamp duty stamps - two red coloured stamps for one shilling and one blue coloured stamp for one penny. Both have an image of a platypus .
North Tasman Gold Mining Company
One scrip certificate issued by the North Tasman Gold Mining Company Registered, North Mount Cameron, Tasmania. Registered under "The mining Companies Limited Liability Act", 1869. The certificate certified that Edward le Rossignold is a member of the above named company and hold ten shares on each of which the sum of eleven shillings and threepence has been paid. Progressive number of shares 15242-15251. Number of issue 1014 . Three stamp duty stamps affixed. Blue one penny, red threepence and purple sixpence. All with an image of a platypus.
Savage River Silver Prospecting Company
Scrip certificate for one hundred five shilling shares for the sum of two shillings and sixpence each, issued to E. Le Rossignol of New Town by the Savage River Silver Prospecting Company. Office of company: Miller's Chambers, Murray St., Hobart. Registered as a No Liability Company under "The Mining Companies Act, 1884". Issue number 55. Share numbers 7201-7300. Dated 23rd December 1891. Signed by the Director and the Manager.
Savage River Silver Prospecting Company
Scrip certificate for twelve (12) five shilling shares for the sum of five shillings each, issued to E. Le Rossignol of New Town by the Savage River Silver Prospecting Company. Registered as a No Liability Company under "The Mining Companies Act, 1884". Issue number 1042. Share numbers 46,865 to 46,876. Office of company: Miller's Chambers, Murray St., Hobart. Dated 23rd December 1891. Signed by the Director and the Manager.