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Photograph of Westcott's Bookshop and circulating library, Collins Street, Hobart. Standing outside are Mr Westcott and a little girl, Till, wearing a pinafore. The photograph shows the shop of John Andrew, Bellhanger. The photograph was made by the University photographer from an original 'stereoscopic' photograph (i.e two adjacent photographs mounted on card to be viewed through a special viewer), made by S. Clifford, Hobart Town. The original was endorsed 'The little girl with pinafore Auntie Till, Dad in his
shirt sleeves standing next to her. Fitzgerald's building now; M. Westcott 4.7.32'.
In this photograph street numbers are not visible. Westcott's circulating library sign is shown on the middle shop in a two-storey brick building, with three shops. The shop on the right has the sign 'Depot Christian Knowledge Society'. The shop on the left has a sign, part of which can be read under a magnifying glass as 'wool warehouse', and underneath on the shop lintel is a faint sign which may include the word 'bookseller" On the right of the photograph a small weatherboard shop bears the sign 'Andrew, Bellhanger'. - W. Westcott of 63 Collins Street, advertised new and second-hand books and a circulating library in Wood's Tasmanian Almanac, 1856 (p.126). The same advertisement appears in Walch's Tasmanian Almanac, 1864, but in the 1865 Almanac the address is given as 63 & 65 Collins Street. However, Hull's Hobart Town Directory, 1859 lists W. Westcott as 65 Collins Street', (65 being apparently the middle shop), so possibly both premises were already occupied by Westcott. By 1871 it had become Westcott's Circulating Library, 63, 65 &67 Collins Street. In 1879 the advertisement read (Westcott, Beedham & Co. circulating library and importers of books, stationery and music', The last advertisement in Walch's almanac appeared in 1881. The Christian Knowledge Society (Tasmanian Auxiliary, President the Lord Bishop of Tasmania}, for which Westcott acted as depository was first listed in Walch's Almanac under (Societies and Institutions) in 1869 (p. 132). John Andrew, Bellhanger, Collins Street, advertised in Wood's Almanac in 1856 (p. 148L and is listed in HuWs Hobart Town Directory of 1859 at 61 Colllns Street. He does not appear in Walch's Almanac of 1863 or any later date, nor was he listed in Macphail's National Directory of Tasmania, 1867-68. S. Clifford, photographer, Liverpool Street, Hobart Town (photographer of album and stereographic portraits, private buildings, shipping, monuments....L advertised in Walch's Almanac of 1864 (p. 43) and again annually up to 1869. It would seem, therefore, that the photograph was probably taken between 1863 and 1869. It is a clear photograph of exceptional quality.

Phrenology report dated 1856 by Archibald S. Hamilton on Francis Cotton who assumed the name William Thompson and the dress of a 'seafaring man' so as to prevent if possible, any personal knowledge or bias through an oral report.'

Manuscript notes on gold digging, written around [c.1858] author unknown, may have been George Elliot. Includes on the front page a coloured drawing of 'The Diggings, designed and drawn by William Strutt, and published by D. Urquhart, Collins Street, Melbourne.

Medical and vital statistics for 1856. Report and tables, with returns, prepared fer the Royal Society of Tasmania by Edward Swarbreck Hall

Provides source information only.

National law relevant to natural resources, islands, acts of possession, occupation. Provides document and extract and source information.

Undated and unidentified pages written in pencil regarding remarks on a report to Sir Richard Bourke

Account with Temperance Alliance rendered 20 May 1857 in account with Geo. W Walker

Journal of William Archer for the period June 1858 to May1859 . Entries for most days, sometimes including much detail, referring to his daily work (both farm work on his property and later his architectural work), also his travels, visits to and from neighbours, elections and political activities etc.

Gold License issued to George Elliot on October 1858 by P.C.. Crespigny, Commissioner. To meet the expense of securing order and to restrain unauthorised mining on Crown land, a local Act of January 1852 imposed on all diggers a license fee of 30 shillings per month, the penalty for mining without a license being £6 for the first offence and afterwards imprisonment for terms up to six months

Correspondence with James MacArthur dated 10 February 1859. Asking "your friendly aid" in seeking appointment to Mr Noyes' post during Noyes' leave of absence.

Journal of William Archer for the period May 1859 - October 1860. Entries for most days, sometimes including much detail, referring to his daily work (both farm work on his property and later his architectural work), also his travels, visits to and from neighbours, elections and political activities etc.

Inter-governmental document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, Argentina. Provides document or extract with source information.

Electoral Roll for the district of Cumberland, Tasmania, 1860 which includes Bothwell, Hamilton, Ouse and Macquarie Plains. It records the name, place of abode, nature of qualification, particulars of qualification and polling places.

Journal of William Archer for the period October 1860 to November 1862. Entries for most days, sometimes including much detail, referring to his daily work (both farm work on his property and later his architectural work), also his travels, visits to and from neighbours, elections and political activities etc.

Photographs of St. Pauls Church of England, Stanley, Circular Head, built about 1840, photographed in the 1860s

Photographic view of the wharf at Stanley, Circular Head taken in the 1860's

This photograph may possibly be of Charlotte Lee Archer, born 1834, eldest daughter of John Lee Archer and Sophia Mattinson.

Photographs of St. Pauls Church of England, Stanley, Circular Head, built about 1840, photographed in the 1860s

Stereoscopic photo, S. Clifford

This daguerrotype may possibly be of Sophia Lee Archer nee Mattinson, who was born in 1809.
She married John Lee Archer, the Colonial Engineer and Architect, in 1833 aged 25. Pocket case constructed of wood frame, covered in embossed leather. When opened, it has one photograph in a frame made of brass and on the back side of the door a blue velvet embossed pad. Case is hinged with leather and closed with two small latches.

Government document relevant to sovereignty, Argentina. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes

References to various materials relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, international law, exploration and discovery, resources. Provides source information only.

Diploma of degree of Associate of Arts awarded to Henry Lewis Garrett of Hobart Town, who passed in English, Latin(with credit and prize) Greek, French (with credit) and pure mathematics and was placed in the second class Signed by H. Officer, president of the Tasmanian Council of Education. Diploma has decorative border of oak leaves and acorns designed by Henry Hunter and engraved by Alfred Bock.

Seal of Tasmanian Council of Education 1859, red wax, lozenge shaped, backed paper: open book "Floreat Tasmania' on diamond pattern, in tin with document Diploma of degree of Associate of Arts awarded to Henry Lewis Garrett of Hobart Town.

Inter-governmental document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, Argentina. Provides document or extract with source information. [Published by Bush as AR21091863]

Francis Cotton to assessors, dated 1865, that land valuations of Kelvedon and Grange too high

Typed copy of Samuel Ready's Diary of a voyage to Van Diemen's Land in the ship Utopia, February to May, 1865. From the original diary owned by L E O Ready of Latrobe, son of Samuel Ready.

Publication entitled 'Salmoniana,' by Barri Couta (pseud.)m June 1866. Humorous verse and sketches concerning the arrival of salmon ova in Tasmania. The names of the commissioners and others have been noted on the sketches in this pamphlet which includes advertisements printed by J. Walch & Son.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania from November 12th 1866 to June 20th 1868 and from July 13 1869 to May 31st 1870. 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.

Photograph of St Paul’s Church of England at Circular Head, Stanley opened in 1846. Photographed in 1866.

Authority of executor G.F. Story to sell and notes on auctioneers etc (28/3/68); inquiry from Thomas Hamilton; note of minimum price acceptable to the family; G.F. Story to F. Cotton: place not sold and so advertised to be let, rough draft plan and notes of terms of lease; solicitors Allport & Roberts' account respecting sale (1867-1868).
A letter from GF Story to Francis Cotton, from Kelvedon 20 June 1868. The letter concerns the sale of a property at Ponsonby Vale and its prospective buyers.

Address from House of Assembly to thank Lady Franklin for her gift of Betsy Island to Tasmania. Dated 11 September 1868.

Letter from Rachel Cotton, Kelvedon, Tasmania, dated 19 June 1868 to her father Francis Cotton who is visiting Sydney. She talks about her brother Joseph carting and ploughing, breaking a horse for the gig, an adventure in the rain where she caught cold and jaundice.

Photographic view of Circular Head dated 1868 and inscribed "with best love from Aunt Charlotte".
The photographer was J. Bishop-Osborne who had studios in Hobart from 1879-1895..

Farm sowing record dated 1869 - 1882

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania from June 1st 1870 to January 19th 1872. 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.

Stereoscopic photograph of the Post Office, Murray Street, Hobart, with horse drawn cabs by Samuel Clifford, photographer, Hobart Town, Tasmania

Photograph of "Aunt Charlottes" cottage at Circular Head, Stanley, Tasmania. Circa 1870.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania from January 1872 - December 1873. 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.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1874. 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.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania -1875. 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.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1876. 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.

Letter dated 17th December 1876 from Arthur Leake in Brighton UK to his brother Charles

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1877. 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.

Letter to James Backhouse Cotton from Alma Rachel Cotton daughter of Francis and Helen (McLeod) Cotton, 'Belmont' to her uncle James Cotton, Tasmania 1877 thanking him for a desk and talking about herself and Ethel taking dinner to Arthur and Ernest who are clearing the gorse.

Letters to James Backhouse Cotton from his sister "Molma" [Mary May] dated 17 February, 1878. Regarding J.B.C.'s annual visit, children Lewis and Alfred, wheat stack, William, R.W. Douglas, Mathers, Friends.

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1878. 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.

Letters from sons and daughters: Howard Gurney Cotton and Edith Consulia Cotton, children of John Cotton, to grandfather (presumably Francis Cotton senior) dated 27 August 1878 : thanks for presents of stirrups and bit

Photograph of right wing of school with pupils and staff members, no date (possibly 1879?)

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1879. 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.

Ticket for admission to Centenary celebration for Mrs. Sophia Watson, 26 and 27 June 1879.

Postcard showing a view of the ruins of the Port Arthur penitentiary with a two pence Tasmanian stamp depicting Queen Victoria's head

Anson photo

Sarah Island was also known by many in the late twentieth century as Settlement Island and the brick and stone penitentiary building was thought to have been constructed in 1828. Cabinet card

Photograph dated 1880 of Circular Head, Stanley, Tasmania from the Nut. Unknown photographer.

Photograph of houses at Circular Head, Stanley, Tasmania. (n.d.) circa 1880. Unknown photographer.

Sarah Island was also known by many in the late twentieth century as Settlement Island and the brick and stone penitentiary building was thought to have been constructed in 1828. Cabinet card

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1880. 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.

Photograph titled First Friends' Meeting House: The first Quaker Meeting House in Hobart. A cottage at 39 Murray Street which was bought by James Backhouse in 1837 with a loan from Meeting for Sufferings, London. The cost was £400 including alterations. Shows Mr Cheverton and Mr Shields and uniformed police constable in front, Holy Trinity Church on hill in background. From 12 February 1832 the visiting Quakers James Backhouse and George Washington Walker held periods of worship in the Quaker manner and others sought leave to join them. These included ex-English Friends who had been transported, some of whom were still prisoners, other convicts and ‘locals’, together with four current members. The gatherings were held in private homes and various rented rooms. The Hobart Meeting began in 1833 when the first Meeting for Discipline was held on 20 September 1833 at the home of Thomas Crouch, Bathurst Street. Members present were Thomas Squire, Ann Pollard (minor), James Backhouse and George Washington Walker. Photograph (mounted) J. Bishop, Osborne (& copy neg)

Legal opinion relevant to natural resources, mining, United Kingdom. Provides document or extract, and source information and Bill Bush notes.

Government document relevant to territories administration, sovereignty, Macquarie Island, the sub-Antarctic. Provides document or extract, and source information and Bill Bush notes.

Academic paper of May 1977 relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, boundary delimitation. Provides copy of document only.

Quarto Farm journal dated 1881 - 1886. Decayed and crumbly at top of pages

Diary of Sarah E.E. Mitchell of Lisdillon on the East Coast of Tasmania - 1881. 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.

Inter-governmental document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, Argentina, Chile. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AR23071881]

National law relevant sovereignty, Argentina. Provides document or extract, with source information

National law relevant to seals, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Islas Malvinas, environment protection. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as UK27121881]

Photograph of Edmund Morris Miller as an infant taken with his parents in Natal, South Africa by photographer J.H. Murray in c1882

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.

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

Studio photograph dated 1885/6 of Edmund Morris Miller and ANR?

Inter-governmental document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, international law. Provides copy of document or extract, with source information. [Published by Bush as GE26021885]

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.

Government documents relevant to exploration and discovery, territorial claims, sovereignty, acts of possession, sub-Antarctic, France. Provides documents, source information and Bill Bush notes.

Photographs showing the development of the school buildings, including plans and a drawing of the original house built by Mr. Wilson in 1834.

Legal advice relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, United Kingdom, effective occupation. Provides copy of document or extract, with source information. [Published by Bush as GE1888]

Legal opinion relevant to natural resources, mining, United Kingdom. Provides document or extract, and source information and Bill Bush notes.

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.

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.

Photograph of Edmund Morris Miller( second left) taken when he was in sixth form at Wesley, College Melbourne

Black and white, 35mm slide of the first library at Domain House, located in the Great Hall, c 1905. Registrar, JHR Cruickshank stands in doorway with students

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

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 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.

Index to volume 1 of University of Tasmania Roll Book of Graduates, 25 June 1890 to 23 April 1959

Entry numbers 1- to 415 in volume 1 of University of Tasmania Roll Book of Graduates, 25 June 1890 to 23 April 1959. Includes graduates from other universities in the Empire whose degrees were conferred at the University of Tasmania as ad eundem gradum degrees.

Sarah Island was also known by many in the late twentieth century as Settlement Island and the brick and stone penitentiary building was thought to have been constructed in 1828

Photograph by J. Mills, Zeehan. John Mills worked as a photographer in Zeehan from 1896-1900

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

Diplomatic communication relevant to territorial ambitions, sovereignty, the sub-Antarctic, Australia. Includes source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU02061890]

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.

Historical narrative relevant to exploration and discovery, acts of possession, territorial claims, sovereignty, Shackleton, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Australia. Provides document or extract, source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU16011909]

Government document relevant to territories administration, Tasmania, Australia, sealing, marine resources, environment protection and conservation. Provides document or extract, source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU20041891]

Document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, Argentina, fishing. Provides document or extract, with source information

The Mercury, 26 April 1892, including notice of the death of Ralph Terry of Lachlan Mills, New Norfolk, on the 25 April 1892.

Government document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, Argentina, fisheries, territories administration. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as

Government document relevant to Islas Malvinas, the sub-Antarctic, territorial claims, sovereignty. Provides document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as UK25021892]

Reference to national law relevant to territories administrations, United Kingdom. Provides source information only.