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Sullivans Cove, taken from HMS Nelson

Photograph of a ship with Sullivans Cove and Mount Wellington in the background taken from HMS Nelson in 1882. The photographer is Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool streets Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

New Town from New Town Invalid Asylum

Photograph from New Town Invalid Asylum, Tasmania in about 1882. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

In memoriam Hannah Maria Benson

Folded memorial card with black margins. In loving memory of Hannah Maria, widow of the rev. Samuel Benson M.A. Chaplin of St. Saviour’s Southwark who died February 18th, 1882 aged 73 years. Interred at Norwood Cemetery, grave number 18495

Kangaroo Bay

Photograph of Kangaroo Point (Bellerive) Beach on Hobart's Eastern Shore looking toward settlement c. 1882. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Letter from Thomas C. Sharp

A letter from Thomas Sharp, doctor, to Francis Cotton, containing medical advice for Cotton who was too ill to travel to Hobart to see Sharp. Dated 1883

Francis Cotton

Photograph of electric tram car

Photograph of an electric tram car in Hobart, about 1893, thought to be travelling along Macquarie Street. Advertising Lester Brothers Family Grocers. Wertheim sewing machines, Pear's soap, Cascade ale & J.W. Beattie, Photographer.

Letter : James Backhouse Walker to his sister Mary

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

Hobart Regatta

Photograph of the Hobart Regatta taken in 1886. The photographer was Albert Sargeant who had studios in Macquarie Street, Hobart from 1886-1890 and George Street, Launceston from 1900-1913

Albert Sargeant

Hobart Regatta Grandstand from the water

Photograph of the Hobart Regatta grandstand taken from the water in 1886. The photographer was Albert Sargeant who had studios in Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania from 1886-1890 and George Street, Launceston, Tasmania from 1900-1913.

Albert Sargeant

Diary 1889

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1882. From the age of thirteen she daily noted in her journal the state of the weather, her routine activities about the house and property and visits of friends.

Sarah E.E. Mitchell

Macquarie Island correspondence

Government correspondence affirming status of Macquarie Island as a dependency of Tasmania. Relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, New Zealand, the sub-Antarctic. Provides document or extract, and source information and Bill Bush notes.

Bill Bush

Photograph of dining room

Photograph of dining room at the Friends' School. In 1889 the Friends school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in Commercial Road, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

Photograph of view of Friends' school from front

Photograph of view of school from front. In 1889 the Friends school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in Commercial Road, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

Government House from the Queen's Domain

Photograph of Government House, Hobart taken from the Queen's Domain, c. 1890s. A note on the reverse says 'after railway'. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

University common seal

The University's Common Seal was originally the seal of the Tasmanian Council of Education, which was
established in 1859 to hold university entrance examinations ‘in imitation of the Oxford and Cambridge
annual local examinations’. The TCE awarded scholarships for higher school education, an Associate of
Arts award (equivalent to matriculation) and two annual scholarships for study at a British university. Its
elaborate seal, bearing an open book, a star and a rose, was designed by Bishop of Tasmania F.R. Nixon.
When the University of Tasmania was established in 1890 it took over the functions of the TCE and the
TCE's seal became the University's seal until 1901 when the University commissioned its own seal
bearing the words "University of Tasmania Common Seal 1890". Seals were and are used on official legal documents such as property transfers and letters to the Monarch.
The seal design without the border and inscription was also used on letter heads.
Depicts an open book enscribed with "Floreat Tasmania' (May Tasmania Prosper) on a diamond pattern

University of Tasmania

Domain House Staff

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.

Government House from the bay

Photograph of Government House Hobart taken from the bay below the Queen's Domain, c.1890s. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

Photograph of Hobartville and surrounds

1889 the Friends school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in
Commercial Road, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

Photograph of library

Photograph of library at the Friends School. In 1889 the Friends school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in Commercial Road, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

Photograph of Hobartville

1889 the Friends' school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in Commercial Road, Hobart, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

Photograph of classrooms and gymnasium

Photograph of classrooms and gymnasium. 1889 the Friends school committee borrowed £4000 from the Baptist Union and purchased property in Commercial Road, known as Hobartville with a house built in 1832. This remained the nucleus of the school, but alterations and additions were made frequently.

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

Old University building

Photograph of the old University building (Domain House) on Queen's Domain, Hobart, Tasmania, c. 1890s.

Annexation of Macquarie Island

Historical analysis confirming that Macquarie Island is Tasmanian. Relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, sealing, New Zealand, sub-Antarctic. Provides document or extract, and source information and Bill Bush notes.

Bill Bush

Diary 1891

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1891. From the age of thirteen she daily noted in her journal the state of the weather, her routine activities about the house and property and visits of friends.

Sarah E.E. Mitchell

Fish caught at the Great Lake, Tasmania

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC H1
  • Collection
  • 1890-1891

Handwritten documents recording fish caught at the Great Lake, Tasmania by Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton and party in the periods 22-27 March 1890 and 19-24 March 1891, giving number and weight of fish caught.

Robert George Crookshank Hamilton

Photograph of Christ's College, (High School building) Domain

Sepia photograph of a group of boys and masters outside the college door, including small boys, some in sailor suits holding straw "boater" hats.
Photo by Wherrett & McGuffie, mounted.
Some names written on back, including Alic Cruickshank, Cyril James, A Murray, B. Hunt (master), Max Stephens, Reynolds, Gosnell (master), R. Stourton, Lilley.

Cascades' Female Factory from the hill

Photograph of the Cascades' Female Factory looking down the South Hobart Valley toward the Derwent River. Showing yards and gardens. In 1828 a Female Factory opened on the outskirts of Hobart at Cascades. It became the colony's largest Factory, expanding by 1853 into five major courtyards accommodating 1000 women and 175 children. The photographer was J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studios were in Elizabeth and Murray Streets between 1891 and 1940

John Watt Beattie

Cascades' Female Factory from the rear

Photograph of the Cascades' Female Factory from the rear showing yards with washing and horse. In 1828 a Female Factory opened on the outskirts of Hobart at Cascades. It became the colony's largest Factory, expanding by 1853 into five major courtyards accommodating 1000 women and 175 children. The photographer was J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studios were in Elizabeth and Murray Streets between 1891 and 1940

John Watt Beattie

Cascades' Female Factory

Photograph of the Cascades' Female Factory looking toward Mt Wellington with the Cascade Brewery in the distance. In 1828 a Female Factory opened on the outskirts of Hobart at Cascades. It became the colony's largest Factory, expanding by 1853 into five major courtyards accommodating 1000 women and 175 children. The photographer was J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studios were in Elizabeth and Murray Streets between 1891 and 1940

John Watt Beattie

British despatch from Buenos Aires concerning a possible application to the Argentine Government for a concession in respect of the South Shetland and South Georgia Islands (extract)

Diplomatic communication relevant to the sub-Antarctic, territorial claims, sovereignty, UK, Argentina, South Shetland Islands, South Georgia, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Islas Malvinas. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as UK30011893]

Bill Bush

Letter from Matt Seal: April 11 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated April 11 1893 regarding her enclosed blue ribbon

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: April 14 1893

Humorous illustrated letter addressed to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated April 14 1893 regarding the reward claimed by the old gentleman for the blue ribbon

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: June 5 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated June 5 1893 thanking her for button hole and a tie and how he wore them to the garden party where they were immensely admired.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: July 6 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated July 6 1893 regarding the wedding of Miss Emily Dobson.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: July 9 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated July 9, 1893 apologising for sending a letter intended for her to Miss Nellie Clark.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: December 21 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated December 21, 1893 thanking her very much for the photograph and telling her about the grand fancy dress ball to be held in the Exhibition Building on the 4th of the New Year.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: August 26 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated August 26, 1893 regarding meeting Mr Les Gatenby and George Mercer near Morningside and another Mr Gatenby and Rod O'Connor at Cressy.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: October 29 1893

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated October 29, 1893 asking for a photograph.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: March 3 1894

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Woorara, Buninyong, Victoria, dated March 4, 1894

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: November 12 1894

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Dunrobin, Casterton, Victoria, dated November 12, 1898, regarding request for a new photo, the shearers strike and his pony Monkey

John Leake

Captain Archibald Milne

Copy of a letter about the family of the late Captain Archibald Milne (d. c1852) from D. Macmillan, who as a child lived next door to Milne in Hampden Road, Battery Point, Hobart.

Alexander McGregor

Letter from Matt Seal: August 26 1894

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Dunrobin, Casterton, Victoria, dated August 26 , 1894

John Leake

Exhibition Ode

Words and musical score "Exhibition ode" written by Lucy Benson for the 1894-1895 Tasmanian International Exhibition.
Score originally in 'maestoso' - 2021 interpretation by Anne Blythe-Cooper in 'moderato'

Lucy Charlotte Benson

Letter from Matt Seal: April 29 1895

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Dunrobin, Casterton, Victoria, dated April 26, 1895, telling of fighting bushfires at Dunrobin and fly fishing and camping up and down the Glenelg River

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: July 18 1895

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Dunrobin, Casterton, Victoria, dated July 18, 1895, sorry he is taking so long to reply but hopes she will send him her newest photograph.

John Leake

Letter from Matt Seal: January 6 1895

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, written from Dunrobin, Casterton, Victoria, dated January 6, 1895, telling of New Year parties at the neighbouring stations and thanking her for the photo and the calendar

John Leake

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