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Letter from Adam Jackson, Ross, to Anna Maria Cotton dated 26 July 1876 regarding Anna Maria Cotton 's recovery from illness.

Letters to George Meredith to his wife, Mary, from M. Grantham dated 1840-1841. From Cambria to Mrs Meredith in Hobart: young ladies pleased with their dresses, John 's things, needed "delicate mittens", cotton, calico, cinnamon, black pepper, carpet broom; young ladies quite well and no vigilance would be spared but progress in their studies likely to be slow in Mrs. M.'s absence as she had less time; dinner times, needed "Cobbit's Grammar"; unable to acquire needlewoman but understood there were some in last prison ship. Also account of goods had by Miss Grantham placed to Mrs Meredith's account, including clothing, material, tooth brushes and tooth powder, ink, book of poems, slate writing paper and note of her salary £63 . 1Os

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Letter from Joseph McClusky, dated 14 September noting as a public officer not willing to put his statement in writing

Daily report for 20 Feb.1835 listing prisoners' names and charges

Two calendars painted by Violet Artah Bartlett

Letter from Frederick Mackie, dated 20 December 1854, from Melbourne regarding religion and gold diggers

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Two calendars painted by Olive Pink – Christmas Bells

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Unsigned letter dated 11 November 1881 from (? F. Mackie), London regarding religion, Colchester, tithes, game laws, Cumberland farming

Orders for punishment of prisoners by work in chain gangs or flogging (William King, John Parr, John Forster, James Quinn, Samuel Bennett, James Seymour, George Jones, 1836; Samuel Buckley, 1841; John Harrison, 1841)

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Letter from Rachel Ann Mackie, wife of Frederick Mackie to Anna Maria Cotton, dated 22 December 1870 regarding health and family

Letters from George Meredith's first wife, Sarah Westall Meredith , to governess Mary Ann Evans (later Mary Ann Meredith) dated 1818 . Letter from Sarah, to Mary Ann Evans, governess: the family, proposal to bring children to new home "here" written from New Hill Street
[?Birmingham] to Haverfordwest: conduct of Mr Bunt and his agent, Mrs Twamley.

Exercise book with sketches and notes from Ooldea and Cook during stay with Daisy Bates –two pressed flowers

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Letter from T. Mason, Campbell Town, dated 26 December 1862 regarding electoral matters: tradesmen screw as much out of public funds as possible, polling rooms and fair expenses, advice to Dr Story over claims.

Letters from Louisa Ann Meredith (Twamley) to Mary Meredith 1834, ND (1840-50). Writing as Louisa Twamley to her friend with affectionate remembrances and thanks for presents from little cousins including necklace of green pearl shells, "sea butterfly" shell, drum of whale's ear (1834); as Louisa Meredith [Mrs Charles Meredith] asking for strawberry runners and seedlings.

Sketches of two Blue Mountain berries, Hobart 1937

Photograph taken of Port Davey, South West Tasmania landing from a boat, dated 28th August 1898

Letters from Edward May, Adelaide, dated October 1856 regarding the Society of Friends and William and Mary May

Prisoner passes for William Ladd, Charles Carter (1837), George Williamson and John Wilson (1838), all to Campbell Town.

Letter from S. B. Cruttendon to Mrs Mary Meredith dated 8 May (no year). Safely home at Prossers Plains, thanks for stay at Cambria, sending hyacinth bulbs and yellow chrysanthemums for garden by brother and would send Marriot's works when convenient, love to Maria.

Photograph of Sarah Island, convict settlement. Photographed "from a watercolour in the possession of James B Walker, made by a prisoner at the settlement and given to George Washington Walker on his visit
there in the year 1832" (endorsed ms by? J B Walker)

Letter from Joseph May, Mount Barker, South Australia, dated 23 December 1858, regarding the climate of South Australia, Tilney Cotton, Friends, daughter Hannah Sophia Barritt and children.

Photograph of the town of Waratah, Tasmania (visited by J B Walker 1887) c1878-88

Draft letter to Alfred Threlkeld Mayson from Francis Cotton dated 25 January 1865. F.C.'s draft reply to Mayson's letter to son George Cotton: son acknowledges debt to Mayson for aid in carrying out his [police] duties, George acquitted of "having had any hand with the destruction of the target" and Mitchell wished the matter to drop, F.C. begged Mayson to forgive and forget.

Letter dated 4 December 1828 : present of a brace of snipe

Letters between George Meredith and Francis Cotton written 9 and 10 March 1841, and 14 July 1847.
Rent of Meredith's land "Cambria" too dear; reply from George Meredith (part cut out, 1841); road through his property, farm(1847).

Summons for Thomas Fadden to answer Patrick Cairn for debt

Photograph thought to be the town of Gormanston c1885-90

Letters from Elizabeth Gregson to Mary and George Meredith .c. 1829-1839. Invitation to visit her at Lindisfarne, visit of young friends, her visit to Cambria, and letter from Mary Meredith to Elizabeth Gregson.: disappointed she did not accompany Mr. Gregson. (1830).

Interview with Prof. Vernon Victor Hickman, Professor of Biology & Botany and Dr. Winifred Curtis, Reader in Botany at UTAS. This recording forms part of a collection of interviews with UTAS staff, former staff and alumni students. The interviews were conducted by Mrs Hilary Webster, John Roberts and others as part of the University of Tasmania Centenary Committee Oral History Project chaired by Prof. Michael Roe, School of History 1978 - 1983

Interview with Professor Vernon Victor Hickman, student 1912-1915 and staff 1932-1959. This recording forms part of a collection of interviews with UTAS staff, former staff and alumni students. The interviews were conducted by Mrs Hilary Webster, John Roberts and others as part of the University of Tasmania Centenary Committee Oral History Project chaired by Prof. Michael Roe, School of History 1978 - 1983

Interview with Dr. Winifred Curtis, Reader in Botany at UTAS. This recording forms part of a collection of interviews with UTAS staff, former staff and alumni students. The interviews were conducted by Mrs Hilary Webster, John Roberts and others as part of the University of Tasmania Centenary Committee Oral History Project chaired by Prof. Michael Roe, School of History 1978 - 1983

13 sketches without date or place but probably made on the same trip

Brief notes and extracts from diaries of: John Allen, 1837-1876; Adam Amos, 1822-1825 (see also P.1/6 app. B); Capt. B. Bayley, 1838 -1839; Joseph Cotton, 1863 -1880; E.O. Cotton, 1881 -1896; George Meredith's pocket book, 1821; G.F. Storey, Nov. 1855 (on the taking of 'Dido', i.e. William Driscoll with a note by [Rachel Cotton] written from memory in 1918 and a news clipping); Edwin Woodland 1839 -1842 (a short note only from a diary, letter book and log book lent by Edward Marshall); Lady Franklin (brief note only). Also notes about the Meredith family and notes made from Sarah Mitchell's scrap books.

Undated papers containing instructions to captains to watch for ambergris when killing sperm whales.

Mounted copy of pencil drawing at Birmingham Art Gallery.

Plastic folder of more than thirty letters from English friends including Kath Needham-Hurst, Mrs Ivy Fry, Margaret Miles, Ronald Cook, Margaret Willy, Tim Evens, Harold Holloway, Catherine Hollingsworth, Doris Harding, Hermann Peschmann, Lina Wake, Nan Delaney, Allan Keeling, Helen Linacre, Peter Hearn, Marjorie Jacklin, Ann O'Connor, Therese D' Arey, Margaret Miles, Frieda Hodgeson and Hilary [Outhwaite?].

Folder marked 'Tape-Recording' containing a range of relevant British and Australian newspaper clippings and pamphlets.

Scientific survey expedition to Lake St. Clair, February 1941.

Conference of Australian Music Teachers - 12th January, 1992

Proof of Debrett entry for correction dated 1921

Photographs:

1. J.H. O'Neil. Reprint from The Journal of the Building Transport & Timber Workers' Union vol. 1, no. 1
2. J.H. O'Neil addressing Trades Hall Council Meeting, c1962
3. Trades Hall Council Meeting c September 1962
4. H.E.C. Commissioner and Associate Commissioners: A. Knight, G. Newstead, L.A. Johnstone, J.H. O'Neil. Signed, no date.

Morris, I. H., & Husband, J. (1942). Practical plane and solid geometry. S.I.: Longmans, Green.

Seven radio plays and parts thereof written for schools by Sansom.

Eight lantern slides of Tasmania by Beattie and others:
• ship "Mongolia";
• Fern Retreat Hut;
• Derwent Light House, "Quercus";
• The Falls Hut, Mount Wellington, J.W. Beattie Tasmanian series;
• "Whitesides building collapse 1923", J.W. Beattie;
• J. Bidencope & Son, J.W. Beattie;
• Mount Lyell Mine, West Coast;
• sailing ship at anchor - ladies sitting on promenade bench watching.

Postcard and letter to Stanley H. Drake, from his father T.P. Drake on board SS. Geelong. Dated 27 October 1914

Xerox copy of letter from Sir John Franklin in Hobart to Lady Franklin in South Australia with Governor Gawler :- New year wishes. The colony quiet and prosperous except for the squabbles of lawyers - refers to cases of Gilbert Robertson v. Thomas Mcdonald and Abbot, when Mr. Anstey was roughly handled by the
Attorney General - verdicts farthing in one case and for the defendants in the other. Mr. Jones directed to supervise criminal proceedings at quarter sessions but declined so the Executive Council had been summoned. Mr. Anstey also 'carrying on a correspondence with the Gov. respecting his office' and so Mr. Sorell appointed his successor. Sir John also refers to his proposed visit to Port Arthur, Mr. Henslowe to come in mid-January, Parker's lameness, Government House plans not yet drawn, gardener arrived, Archdeacon Jefferies.

Appointment Indenture for Peter Joseph McLeod. Lecturer in Chemistry and Geolgy (24 November 1904) with supplement (19 September 1907)

• Three A3 Display booklets – Hobart & surrounds – female factory
• Central Highlands photographs – Fred Smithies
• Oversized photographs – Hobart – cricket team
• Six views of Hobart from Sketches by T Chapam (fac. 1967)
• Hobart town Gazette Aug 2 1844
• Hobart Town Courier Dec 20 1833
• DVD – Portion of the Hobart floating bridge being transported to Geilston Bay – sunk 1964
• Circular Head Heritage Centre – Calendar 1999 -Celebrating 1798-1998 – BW images of region
• Article by RC Hutchinson “ The reverend John Hutchinson & “Mrs Hutchinson and the Female Factories of early Australia
• Family History of CJ Dennison + bookplate design
• Wapping notes from HCC