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Little girls seated

Ambrotypes in cases of little girls. Both seated, wearing black and white Pierrette type white dresses. One child has ringlets. Cases: tooled imitation leather, lined red velvet, frames oval top.

James Backhouse Walker

Memory

Typescript of a work titled "Memory" by Alice D Baker

Alice Daisy Baker

Flame

Typescript of a work titled "Flame" by Alice D Baker

Alice Daisy Baker

Unidentified

Unidentified

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Jila, Northern Territory, 1934. Not identified by Olive Pink

Olive Pink

Erythrina vespertilio - Bean Tree

Erythrina vespertilio - Bean Tree

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 9/10/42. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree. (Erythrina vespertilio) "flowers point upwards - this branch was growing like this (a la Japanese print I thought!)"

Olive Pink

Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve - photograph

Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve - photograph

One of eight annotated black and white photographs of the site of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve. Noting location of Mt Gillen, part of MacDonnell Range, entrance gate and driveway to hut, driveway for sanitary truck

Olive Pink

View outside gate

View outside gate

Black and white photograph of view outside of the gate at Olive Pinks flat in Ferntree, Hobart, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Aboriginal Sleeping Customs and Dream

Berndt, R. M.
Aboriginal Sleeping Customs and Dreams, Ooldea, South Australia.
Reprint Oceania, March 1940, Vol. X No.3
Owned by Olive Pink and signed by the author for her

Olive Pink

Diary:1895

Personal diary for the year 1895, refers to Hobart Cup, departure of boats, occasional references to the business

Thomas Risby

Letter : Sarah Threlkeld

Letter from Sarah Threlkeld (nee Arndell wife of L.E. Threlkeld, missionary) dated 24 May 1840. From Ebenezer, Lake Macquarie to brother [in law] and sister Gunn: L.E.T. taking service, children busy with books, family.

William Gunn

Wattle Grove Press, Newham

Copy of catalogue and letter from Rolf Hennequel, Newnham Tasmania, also copy of translation of Italian poem on Trucanini (Truganini) and letters to the University Librarian urging its publication in Togatus.

Rolf Hennequel

Photograph of the stable at the old prison station

Photograph of the stable at the old prison station

Photograph of the stable at the old prison station, Broadmarsh, Tasmania. Taken April 1960. In 1842 Invercarron became the site of the Broadmarsh Convict Probation Station, which was deemed to be such a disaster [La Trobe’s 1847 report cited ‘utter abandonment of all order and decency’] that it was closed in 1847.

Letter: 10 June 1838

Letter: 10 June 1838

Letter written by William Wood from Hawkridge, Snakebanks dated 10 June 1838 regarding the membership of the committe for the Church of England Grammar school

John Leake

Miscellaneous documents

Plastic bag containing:
• Black diary of pencilled notes about the Sansoms' trip to Europe.
• Record of books read by Sansom in 1928 and 1929.
• Printed Christmas card containing Sansom's poem 'The Carol of Three'.
• Sansom's diary for 1939.
• Home Office publication detailing air raid procedures during the Second World War.
• HMSO publication about national service regulations for the same period. Red diaries written by Sansom in I 940.

Clive Sansom

About Clive's death

Group of letters labelled 'About Clive's death' from Peter Leonard, Hugh Macindoe, James Darling, Olive Woolman, Geoffrey[?] and William Ridden.

Clive Sansom

W. Morrow, A.R.U.

File of press cuttings relating to expulsion of W. Morrow, Secretary of Australian Railways Union from Labor Party, and notes prepared for Premier, A.G. Ogilvie. Dated 1938-1939

Robert Cosgrove

Swastika

Handmade swastika cloth badge thought to belong with previous typewritten script involving prominent German figures including Hitler and Goebbels

Ronald Turner Ralph

Notes on family history and genealogy

Including excerpt from deed of settlement of Prof. Thomas Thomson Jackson D.D. of St. Andrews, Scotland, with bequest to Helen Pillans Jackson, wife of David Marshall, died in Queensland 1896, and petition for settlement of the trust.
A few of the papers are stuck inside a large green volume entitled A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans & Highland Regiments, ed. Keltie, Edinburgh, 1875.

George Marshall

Trades Union Archives : A.N.U.

Correspondence with the Australian National University about the establishment of Labor Party and Trades Union Archives, including lists of pamphlets donated by O'Neil, November 1959.

John Henry O'Neil

Copies of Calders writings

Xerox copies of articles, reports etc. by James Erskine Calder (1808-1882) surveyor, from Tasmania State Archives, Mitchell Library, Latrobe Library, including correspondence Government reports, articles in newspapers . Also copies of Calder's obituary notices.

NOTE: Mr. Davie also made handwritten copies of all Calder's writings, in the course of his study but these have not been retained.

Donald Davie

The Mercury - 11th November 1918.

One newspaper, The Mercury, published by Charles Ellis Davies, Macquarie St., Hobart . This edition : Extraordinary edition - Armistice signed by the Germans. Dated 11th November 1918.

Davies Brothers Pty Ltd

Drivers licence

Drivers Licence issued to L.J. Hayns for the period 1950-51

Lawrence John Hayns

Insurance

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC H11-6
  • Item
  • c1891-1892

    • Part of Hull Papers

Material relating to insurance dates c.1891-1892

Hugh Synnot Hull

Maps

Maps produced and published by the Australian Survey Corps dated 1944-1945
1.Solomon Islands North Navigation Chart
2.Bougainville Island North
3.Bougainville Island South
4.Bougainville Island Cape Moltke
5.Bougainville Island Aita
6.Bougainville Island Inus
7.Bougainville Island Torokina

Roland Arnold Rodda

Fruitgrowers: miscellaneous papers

Miscellaneous (mainly printed) papers, including: resolutions of Fruitgrowers' Conference 1917 and manuscript notes (1917), wages in the fruit industry, list of Central Fruit Committee, Sir Henry Jones in London - meeting with fruit importers, reports of Australasian fruit market, annual report of State Fruit Advisory Board 1932.

William Ebenezer Shoobridge

Eremophila

Eremophila

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia, 25/7/30 ( shrub about 4ft high) Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophila - medicinal. Attached - paper, small watercolour painted at Rodinga, Northern Territory, 18/9/30

Olive Pink

Sida

Sida

Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, (place and date unknown) Northern Territory. Identified by Olive Pink as Sida

Olive Pink

Unidentified

Unidentified

Watercolour and ink on tracing paper sketched by Olive Pink (date and location unknown)

Olive Pink

Photograph of the Finke River

Photograph of the Finke River

Black and white photograph by Olive Pink of the Finke River in Central Australia, 1934, with inscription on the back by Olive Pink, 'The Finke River ("bed" - it was sand not water - when I saw it!) Mt ? in distance. (At Horseshoe Bend) Central Australia.' Photographs sent with a letter to her friend Joan Walker in Hobart, Tasmania.

Olive Pink

Caricature of Professor McAulay

Caricature of Professor Alexander Leicester McAulay (1895-1969) who was professor of Physics at the University of Tasmania from 1927-1959. Ink drawing, full figure, side view, holding glass tube and physics paper, Untitled.

Erskine Clarence Watchorn

Lease & Release: John Manifold to Adam Beveridge

Lease & Release John Manifold to Adam Beveridge dated 18 & 19 August 1834.
John Manifold of George Town, esq. to Adam Beveridge of Launceston, merchant, lease and release of 8 acres 28 p. in Launceston on York St. and Basin Road, bounded by allotments of Adam Beveridge and W. Manifold, with houses and appurts., for £45; Alexander Patterson of Launceston, solicitor (third party) trustee to use of A.B. Attested copy 1858, Reg. No. 4691.

Gleadow & Henty Solicitors

Text of unpublished book

Typed text of Sansom's unpublished book on the profession and craft of poetry, titled "The Abominable Trade: A Poet's Notes on his Profession".

Clive Sansom

No.17 "The Minstrel"

Undated reprint of cartoon produced by May while he was employed by The Bulletin magazine. No.17 "The Minstrel"

Philip William (Phil) May

Letters re exploration of N.W. Tasmania from R.S. Sanderson

Folder containing 25 letters from R. Stuart Sanderson, Burnie, to A.L.Meston re
• exploration of N.W. Tasmania, 1927-1932.
• Copies of 2 letters from A.L.M. to Sanderson, 1930, 1932.
• "Brief History of the Port of Burnie", compiled by
R.S. Sanderson. Typescript 21p. 1921.
• "Notes on the North-West of Tasmania" by J. Sanderson. 5p. Typescript. 26 October 1948.
• "Discovery of tin at Mt.Bischoff" by R.S.Sanderson. 2p. Typescript.
• Extracts from personal diaries of R.D.Sanderson, Burnie. 6p.1884-1928.
• 3 photostats of maps of V.D.L's land grants from Lands Department, Hobart.
• 9 photographs, including 2 of Stonehenge, near Pruana South and 1 of Hellyer's tomb.

Archibald Lawrence Meston

The state of the departed

The state of the departed

Manuscript of sermon preached by Rev. Knopwood entitles "The state of the departed", 6th December 1829

Robert Knopwood

Note of interview

Three page handwritten note of interview with A. J. Drysdales daughter, Mrs Nora Bates, by Archivtist , M. Littlejohn. Detailing the life of her father.

Arthur James Drysdale

Comments on the Perth Labor Conference

One pamphlet entitled "Comments on the Perth Labor Conference" Nov. 1918 by Senator J. Earle,on amendments of Defence Act. Extracts from Mercury

John Earle

Letters to brother Thomas John Morris : July 1877-1880

Letters from William Knibb Morris to brother Thomas John Morris dated July 1877-1880. Regarding, Hobart: auction at Fingal successful, Sunday School gave Sarah purse of money - invested in small "Friend" sewing machine, train, job on Railways, Jerusalem [Colebrook] station, accident on line, going back to Susmans, Rev. Wade, temporary job with R. Lewis & Son then back to Susman (March 1878), experiments with telephone, Dr. Smart's telephone connected to another doctor's surgery across road (March 1878), value of electric telegraph, Mr Henry [Robert H. jr.] head of telegraph office, experiments with microphones - meeting at telegraph office, daughter born - "a regular Morris" dark eyes and black hair (30 August 1878), Prof. Pepper's lecture on electricity, Canon [Marcus Blake] Brownrigg missionary formerly at Lachlan goldfields 1860-1, sending photo of railway line at Jerusalem, also sending Father and Mother's cockatoo - they taught it to speak - on "Windward" which was carrying 2000 birds, electric pen (April-May 1879), winding up Duncan's estate at Fingal (May 1879), Cowper's writing telegraph, Edison's loud speaking telephone, Mr Henry to establish telephone circuit, experiments with telephone between New Norfolk-Hobart-Sandy Bay (31 August 1879), progress at telegraph office Mt. Nelson - connected with office by Bell/Siemen telephone, Collis family, Ackerman's museum at Launceston, Sydney Exhibition (August 1879), scientific experiments at conversazione in aid of organ fund (September 1879), Percy had rheumatic fever, Charles Bryant drowned in Derwent (February 1880), parrot skins and frames made by Martha Rothwell of Quorn Hall sent by Lufra for children (February 1880), "Star" newspaper, James Morris' tin mine (March 1880).

William Knibb Morris

Don Store : diary three

Diary of the Don Store, 31 October 1886 - 9 February 1887. In February 1886 Wells was appointed manager of the Don branch store of the Don Trading Company by John Henry, the owner, and about 1888 he took over the store, which became William Wells & Co

William Levitt Wells

Charles Sowden

Photograph of Charles Sowden, , B.A., age 28, teacher at Friends' School, Hobart, depicted ringing school bell.

Autobiography

Folder headed 'Autobiography' containing Sansom's short handwritten and typed drafts of the early sections of the book describing his childhood experiences, family life and school days. There are also many brief handwritten memos and quotes from writers pertinent to his autobiography, including a note that his proposed title for this was 'Finding my Words: A Poet's Beginnings'. Other material comprises several relevant letters about and reviews of Sansom's publications, including Fred Nicholson's review of 'Francis of Assisi', Sansom's review of John Fuller's 'Epistles to Several Persons', letters from his brother Len, a poem Sansom wrote at the age of 16, Sansom' s humorous letter to the artist Max Angus, and an obituary written by Ron James and published in the journal 'Speech and Drama' (England) following Sansom's death.

Clive Sansom

Vetch - Swainsona

Vetch - Swainsona

Pencil, some coloured on card, sketched by Olive Pink "from" Meadows, South Australia 20/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Vetch - Swainsona

Olive Pink

Calendar design

Calendar design

Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.

Olive Pink

Federal Convention Delegates

Photo-zinco reduction of the Daily Telegraph 2 March 1891 containing portraits and biographies of the members of the Federal Convention, re-published as a supplement to the Daily Telegraph, Sydney dated 21 March 1891.

Bolton Stafford Bird

Sunrise Prospecting Association

Sunrise Prospecting Association

Scrip certificate for ten five shilling shares for the sum of two shillings and sixpence, issued to E. Le Rossignol of Hobart by The Sunrise Prospecting Association. Registered as a No Liability Company under "The Mining Companies Act, 1884". Issue number 399. Share numbers 2401/10. Dated 5th April 1888. Signed by the Director and the Manager of the company.

Wauba Debar's grave

Newpaper cutting from the Mercury newspaper about Wauba Debar's grave at Bicheno Tasmania. Article includes image of the grave of Wauba Debar (1792–1832) a female Aboriginal Tasmanian.

Wauba Debar

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