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Part of Leake Papers
Letter written by William Wood from Snake Banks dated 5th November 1833 to John Leake regarding volumes of the New Monthy and wifes health
John Leake
Part of Leake Papers
Letter written by William Wood from Snake Banks dated 5th November 1833 to John Leake regarding volumes of the New Monthy and wifes health
John Leake
Part of Leake Papers
Letter from Charlotte Wells dated 3 July 1883 written from Hobart Town
Recommendation for grant of land in V.D.L.
Part of Leake Papers
Letter of recommendation from the Colonial Secretary for a grant of land in V.D.L.
John Leake
Part of Leake Papers
Transcript of Item B6 - Recommendation for grant of land in V.D.L.,. Transcribed by Felicity Allan-Eames, University of Tasmania, 1st September, 2014
Letter of introduction from Alex McLaren
Part of Leake Papers
Letter of introduction from Alex McLaren dated October 1822 from Leith to Mrs Burn care of Mr James Scott Colonial Surgeon, Hobart Town
John Leake
Part of Leake Papers
Transcript of Item B5 - Letter of introduction from Alex McLaren. Transcribed by Felicity Allan-Eames, 28th August 2014
Part of Leake Papers
Letter of introduction from George Burder
Part of Leake Papers
Letter of introduction from George Burder addressed to Rev. Samuel Marsden dated London 6 November 1822
John Leake
Part of Leake Papers
Part of Leake Papers
Part of Leake Papers
Collection consists of some of the papers of John Leake (1780-1865) of Rosedale, near Campbell Town, pastoralist, justice of the peace, member of the Legislative Council and a former merchant of Hull and Hamburg, who settled with his family near Campbell Town, Tasmania, in 1823, and of his family, including his youngest son Charles Henry Leake (1819-1889) whose heirs inherited Rosedale.
John Leake
Photograph of Industrial School, Barrack Square
Photograph of the girls and staff of the Girls Industrial School when it was located at Barrack Square in 1883. Photograph shows part of the building with a group of girls and staff. (See the minutes of the GIS for 1883) Photographer was H. Bailey, Hobart.
Girls Industrial School Hobart
Index to G3 - Girls Industrial School Hobart Collection
Extract : June 1862 - March 1869
Extract from G3/1(1) for the period June 1862 to December 1869 : Minutes of monthly meetings of the Ladies' Committee of Management dealing with maintenance, welfare, accounts, etc. These records are the committee records only. There are no personal records of the girls or their background or committal orders. The minutes of the monthly committee meetings dealt with bills, expenses, staff matters and the welfare of the children, and note briefly admissions and decisions on discharge of girls to service or to relatives, if any
Index to W4 - A.G. Webster & Woolgrowers Ltd. Collection
Collection consists of material produced and collected by Hilda Bridges. Contains photographs, newspaper articles, material relating to Roy Bridges and his publications and many loose manuscripts and typescripts written by Hilda Bridges
Hilda Bridges
Collection consists of ephemeral material collected by Jim Bacon during his time as Premier of Tasmania
James Alexander Bacon
Part of Midwood Collection
Framed caricature of Mr. Timothy Julian Haywood, pianist and choirmaster at Hobart. A noted accompanist at Hobart concerts.
Thomas Claude Wade Midwood
List of contents - AFUW Tasmania
List in order as received
Collection consists of material produced and collected by Oates. Included are personal and professional papers , diaries, letters, research notes for publications and material relating to the "Singing Ship"
William Nicolle Oates
Framed oil painting by Max Angus (1914-2017): a portrait of Dan Sprod (1924-2018), former Morris Miller Librarian (1966-75) and subsequently proprietor of Blubber Head Press and Astrolabe Antiquarian Books, seated at the window of his home in Sandy Bay holding a copy of the book Simpkinson de Wesselow authored by Max Angus and published by Blubber Head Press in 1985
Max Angus
Note written by Rev. Joseph Benson to his son John
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Copy of note written by the Rev. Joseph Benson for his son John advising of the marriage of Ann to Robert Mather. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 6
Joseph Benson
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Land grant map including Robert Mather's free grant of 1,500 acres, eventually to be increased to 2,500 acres. He called the property 'Lauderdale'. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 16
Joseph Benson
Letter from Joseph Benson to his sister
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter dated 29th April 1802 from Joseph Benson 1780-1853, eldest son of the Reverend Joseph Benson, to his sisters. Joseph Benson entered the medical profession and became a surgeon. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 8
Joseph Benson
Letter from John and Elspeth Arneil
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from John and Elspeth Arneil advising of the death of Robert Mather's father Andrew in Scotland on June 11th 1826. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 20
John Arneil
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letters from H.M. Benson, wife of the Reverend Samuel Benson, to her niece, revealing the faith and devotion which motivated christian life in 19th century England. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 11
H.M. Benson
Letters from Ann Benson to Robert Mather
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letters from Ann Benson to Robert Mather regarding the disapproval of the Reverend Joseph Benson to their attachment. He later gave his reluctant consent to their engagement and they were married on the 16th October 1811 at St. Luke's Church, Old St, London. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 12 & 13
Ann Benson
Letter from John Benson to his sister Ann
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from John Benson, second son of the Reverend Joseph Benson to his sister Ann mentioning her work as her father's amanuensis for his well known "Commentary on the Bible" to which he devoted 9 continuous years labour. John Benson took Orders and became the rector of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 6
John Benson
Image of the Rev. Joseph Benson
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Image of the Rev. Joseph Benson (1748-1821) husband of Sarah and father of Ann who married Robert Mather. Inscription on the tombstone of Joseph and Sarah. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 4
Joseph Benson
Letter from Joseph Benson to John Wesley
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Joseph Benson (1748-1821) to John Wesley. Includes transcript. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 5
Joseph Benson
Letters : Sarah Benson to her sister Ann Mather
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Sarah Benson to her sister Ann, Mrs. Robert Mather, who was at Ramsgate into which the disabled 'Hope' had sailed after narrowly escaping shipwreck in October 1821. The Mathers subsequently sailed for Van Diemen's Land on the barque 'Heroine' on the 28th April, 1822. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 15
Ann Mather
Letter from Sarah Benson to her sister Ann Mather
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Sarah Benson to her sister Ann Mather, London, July 1817 describing in detail the confinement of her sister Isabella Phytall. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 7
Ann Mather
Letter : Mary Mather to her brother Robert
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Mary Mather in London to her brother Robert in Van Diemen's Land dated 23 September 1830. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 20
Robert Mather
Letters : Ann Mather to her husband Robert Mather
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Three letters dated April 9th 1828, June 19th 1828 & July 15th 1828 from Ann Mather to her husband Robert Mather revealing the care and concern for her children. She lived at Lauderdale supervising the farm workmen, and the children lived in Hobart Town with their father. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 20
Robert Mather
John Walker's gravestone and biography
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Image of the grave of John Walker in the cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise, Paris. Biographical information about John Walker, the father of George Washington Walker - the youngest of 22 children from John's two marriages. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 5
John Walker
Letter from George Washington Walker to James Backhouse Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from George Washington Walker in Hobart to his son James Backhouse Walker, expressing his desire to meet him in Melbourne on his return from England after attending school there. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 36a
George Washington Walker
Letter : Robert Mather to his daughter Sarah Benson Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Robert Mather to his daughter Sarah Benson Walker who was waiting for the birth of her first child. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 14
Robert Mather
Letter and memorial on the death of Ann Mather
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter and memorial on the death of Ann Mather by her daughter Sarah Benson Mather, Van Diemen's Land, 1831. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 21
Ann Mather
Photograph of Mrs. Sarah Hammond
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Photograph of Mrs. Sarah Hammond, youngest daughter of the Reverend Joseph Benson and sister of Ann Benson, aged 62.
From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 10
Sarah Hammond
Establishment of the Hobart Town Savings Bank
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Meeting held on 15th January 1845 to establish a savings bank in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. It was unanimously resolved that it be called " The Hobart Town Savings Bank" Includes a list of trustees. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 26a
George Washington Walker
Letter : Ann Mather to her sons
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from Ann Mather to her sons who were attending James Thompson's school, Hobart on the present site of Pressland House. Reproduced in Appendix A of 'All that we Inherit' by Peter Benson Walker. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection.. Page 17
Ann Mather
James Backhouse Walker's resignation from the Hobart Savings Bank
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter to James Backhouse Walker from his great friend Charles Walch on his decision to resign as accountant of the Hobart Savings Bank and to take up law. Also draft letter written by James Backhouse Walker. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 37
Charles Walch
Letters to James Backhouse Walker from his mother Sarah Benson Walker and grandmother Esther Mathers
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letters to James Backhouse Walker from his mother Sarah Benson Walker and grandmother Esther Mather congratulating him on attaining his majority on his twenty first birthday in 1862. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 36 b&c
James Backhouse Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letters of thanks for condolences on the death of George Washington Walker written by his widow Sarah Benson Walker. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection.. Page 29
Sarah Benson Walker
Speeches given to honour James Backhouse Walker at the Working Men's Club
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Account in 'The Tasmanian Tribune' of speeches given at the Working Men's Club, Hobart, Tasmania 1872 to honour James Backhouse Walker. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection.
James Backhouse Walker
Certificate of marriage of Robert Walker and Eliza Hannah Amos
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Certificate of marriage of Robert Walker and Eliza Hannah Amos and photographs of the Gala Kirk Church of Scotland in Great Swan Port where they were married on the 11th of May, 1869. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 42b
James Backhouse Walker
Letter from architect Edward Rowntree to George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from architect Edward Rowntree to George Washington Walker regarding the new Savings Bank building. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 27
George Washington Walker
Obituaries of George Washington Walker, Tasmania
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Newspaper obituaries of George Washington Walker including a letter to the editor of 'The Christian Times' by James Bonwick. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection.
George Washington Walker
Letter : James Backhouse Walker to his sister Mary
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Letter from James Backhouse Walker in Hobart to his sister Mary who was painting in Quinperle, Brittany. It sets out the Walker genealogy at length and describes the ships which carried Collins and his party to Sullivans Cove. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 40
James Backhouse Walker
Index to scrap book items held in LOR
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
List of digital files hyperlinked to entries in Library Open Repository. From Walker Family scrap book held in a private collection.
George Washington Walker
Mary Augusta Walker : certificate from the Slade Fine Art School, University College London
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Mary Augusta Walker's certificate from the Slade Fine Art School, University College London, where she studied from 1889-1890. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 45
Mary Augusta Walker
Letters : Reverend Samuel Benson to his niece, Sarah Benson Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Three letters dated April 20 1875, January 4, 1876 and September 11, 1876 from the Reverend Samuel Benson who was for many years rector at St. Saviours, Southwark, and youngest brother of Ann Benson, to his niece, Sarah Benson Walker, wife of George Washington Walker. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Pages 8 & 9
Samuel Benson
Summary of the Will of James Backhouse Walker, Hobart, Tasmania,
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Summary of the Will of James Backhouse Walker with instructions for the disposal of his papers, manuscripts, books, pictures, etc. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection.
James Backhouse Walker
James Backhouse Walker's Certificate of Membership of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
James Backhouse Walker's certificate of membership of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 1885. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page39
James Backhouse Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers 2007
Index to the family correspondence of G.W. Walker and his children. Complements the collection held at
AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9
George Washington Walker
Collection consists of 12 unaccessioned boxes
Ralph Middenway
Index to 2022/3 - Oates Collection
Part of Oates Collection
Short index to material in the Oates Collection
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Sketch of the map of Rocky Cape - sketch of coast looking eastward from the higher outer hill at Rocky Cape".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Table Cape - we found great opposition from the tide which was running with great rapidity past Table Cape ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Sassafras - creeper found today leaves dark green tough ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Large white gum tree on road 2 miles from shore
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Lopham camp showing tents, fallen trees and stumps ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Particulars of a Native Cat killed this morning close to the tent - Tuesday 3rd July 1827 this animal is the largest of the kind I have yet seen it measures 33 inches in length from nose to end of tail".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Hairy cicada ". Tettigarctidae tomentosa
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " A Diver was killed this afternoon by a stone thrown at it and after some persistence it was bought ashore. Beak a little convex, this birds measures 20 inches from tip to tip of wings ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - "Sketch of the Camp in the gully at the Cascade Creek".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Fern Tree - I measured today the largest fern tree I have yet seen, a vast umbrella 30ft in diameter, leaves 14ft long by 4ft wide, the trunk is a beautiful column covered with moss ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Map of Clear Ridge Hill showing cascade Creek and Emu River and camp August 4th and end of road now cut ".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - "The Cavern Rock at Rocky Cape looking east, proceeded with caution expecting the natives might be there".
Part of Henry Hellyer Diary
Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - entry for Saturday August 11th "had some enormous logs to roll out of the way"
Index : Journal of Walter Robson's voyage to Australia
Transcript : Journal of Walter Robson's voyage to Australia
Index to Australian Quaker Narrative Embroidery Project - Friends in Stitches
Memories of Physics in the army huts at Sandy Bay
Part of Bruce Scott Collection
Article entitled Memories of Physics in the army huts at Sandy Bay . Documents the early days of the Physics Department on the Sandy Bay Campus of the University of Tasmania.
Old Rifle Range sheds, Sandy Bay campus
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Sandy Bay Road and tram from the Rifle Range sheds
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Photograph taken outside the Botany Shed. Lindsay Crawford back right, Pat Richardson right, Heather Gulline (?) left front)
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Photograph of two students believed to be Heather Gulline and Pat Richardson outside the Botany Shed
Sandy Bay campus facing Mt Wellington
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Sandy Bay campus facing Mt Wellington
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Staff and students on Sandy Bay campus
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Sandy Bay campus towards Derwent River
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Sandy Bay campus facing Alexander Street
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Sandy Bay campus facing Earl Street
Part of Lindsay Crawford Collection
Part of Walker Family Papers
" Whence my Family" - Family reminiscences by James Backhouse Walker (handwritten in block copy, New Testament cover) and compact disc containing scan of original and photographs of the Walker Family ( W9/Ph 153 - blue album)
James Backhouse Walker
Part of Lane Papers
View of the brig 'Harriot', Benjamin Lane commander chased onshore near Calais at 6am by his BMS the 'Misqueter' of 18 guns on 30 January 1806. Water colour sketch showing two ships sailing; one carrying guns and flying the British blue ensign, and the other unarmed nearer the shore and some of the crew apparently about to land by rowing boat. Harbour and gun battery and houses in the background. Signed 'B. Lane, Great Yarmouth'. Note in corner: Verdun.
Benjamin Lane
Captain Benjamin Lane's notebook of lessons
Part of Lane Papers
The volume was prepared while Lane was a prisoner of war of the French and apparently occupied himself in studying and teaching other prisoners. It contains French grammar (noted as completed 7 March 1812), exercises on Mr. Porney's grammar (noted as completed 29 February 1812), mathematical examples and problems, stocks and shares, chronology, navigational problems (with diagram and tables), book keeping with examples of business 'waste book', 'balancing journal' and ledger entries for 1807 and 1812-13 based on supposed voyages and trade dealings.
At the back of the volume is a rough pencil sketch of the 'privateer that chased Captain Lane'. Also entered on blank pages at the end of the volume is a copy of notes concerning Captain Benjamin Lane sent by James Arthur Lane to his daughter Mrs D.A. Lane, 20 June 1945 and notes by Lt. Col. D.A. Lane (descendent of James Christmas Lane, younger brother of Benjamin), 18 November 1945.
Benjamin Lane
Collection of framed caricatures drawn by Thomas Claude Wade Midwood depicting colleagues, members of Midwoods household and local Hobart characters. Most are identified.
Thomas Claude Wade Midwood
Notes of purchases and sheep sold for meat
Part of Andrew Downie Papers
Notes of purchases and sheep sold for meat 1825-1836.
Andrew Downie
George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Study from life by Olive Pink, done at a Julian Ashton's life class about 1913. Peter Rados, aged approximately 23 was killed in action on the 19 May 1915.
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
note on backing paper - (My) Study from life at Julien Asheton's' (about 1913) - Life Class