Trooper Blackburn's diary kept between 27 March 1901 and June 1902 while a member of the 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen's Contingent at the Boer War. He noted the voyage, weather, work with the horses, marches, casualties, camps and the return voyage.
Birchall's Bookshop, Launceston, rough accounts or day book for items received for sale from printers, newspapers, clubs and some private writers, photographers etc. Enclosed: advice notes and bill.
Photographs of Maxwell Ernest Haynes - various photographs as a baby, as a young boy and when he joined the R.A. A. F. Dated 1924 - baby and 1942 - 17yrs old.
Photographs of : a) Farm House showing the garden and a lady sitting on the veranda b) Cows being taken to the milking shed c) Shows the back of' the farm and the swamp area behind it d) M.M. Hayns and L.J Hayns at Jenolan Caves N.S.W. 1948 e) Young man standing near a rock f) Family - 3 on horse and cart while the other three stand next to it
a) L.J. Hayns as stockman to the Butchers store in George Town b) Photo of Stonehouse and Hayns c) Photo of Stonehouse and Hayns on horses with Maxwell
Certificate of Special Peace Officer issued to L.J. Hayns in 1940. A large number of Special Peace Officers were appointed to meet the emergency of the break out of World War II.
Photograph of Iron Pot Lighthouse, located on an craggy island in the Derwent Estuary about 17.5 kilometres east of Hobart, Tasmania at the mouth of the Derwent River.
Photograph of a group of Navy men on the C.L.S.S. Lady Loch. Lighthouse Tender, "Lady Loch", ex Gunboat. Built in 1886 by Campbell, Sloss & McCann in Footscray, Melbourne for the Victorian Dept. of Public Works. Iron Steamship of 531 tons. Built for use as a lighthouse tender and serviced lighthouses around the south east coast and Tasmania. Owned by Victorian Ports and Harbours Dept. Register closed in September 1935 when the vessel was converted to a hulk at Brisbane. Official Number: 88946 Length: 182' from: - http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/file/26416
Letter from J.F. Jones dated 1945 from Burnie. Mr J. F Jones was Inspector of Schools, amateur horticulturalist, amateur anthropologist and once associated with the mines at Beaconsfield Tasmania
Stencilled copy of hymns chosen by Karl Von Stieglitz for his funeral Service held at St. Andrews Church of England, Evandale 28th March 1967 with notes by T.E. Burns
One reel of microfilmed documents . The papers include William Grant Broughton's correspondence with Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand 1845; correspondence with Bishop William Tyrrell (1807-1879) of Newcastle 1848 - 1852 (15 letters); letters written to others and some letters received, including Rev. R. Allwood, Joshua Watson, NSW Government officials etc.
Photocopies of copies made by Peter Chapman of eight letters written by G.T.W. Boyes to his wife, Mary, written from Sydney, 1824 and Hobart, 1826. For other letters see Royal Society Collection RS 25/4.
Collection consists of awards including a Royal warrant on parchment, an insignia for the Companion of the Order of St.Michael and St.George, photograph and various newspaper clippings of obituary.
Royal warrant on parchment, signed by Governor R.G.C. Hamilton. Appointment of Bolton Stafford Bird to Executive Council of Tasmania dated 29 March, 1887.
Studio portrait photograph of the head and shoulders of Bolton Stafford Bird taken in 1900 by Alfred E. Burrows, photographer of the Quadrant, Launceston.
Legislative Council notice of regret at death of Bolton Stafford Bird dated 17 December 1924. Printed notice, signed by the President, Tetley Gant and Clerk.
