5 Research material on the Van Diemen's Land Co. Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Tasmania 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: Special.Collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
2020-06-08 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-09-14 02:57 UTC English Research material on the Van Diemen's Land Co. M3-6-5 1832-1939 1 file Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Tasmania 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: Special.Collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
Archibald Lawrence Meston

Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951), educationist, historian and anthropologist, was born on 5 June 1890 at Launceston, Tasmania. His most important anthropological work was the discovery and description of the rock carvings at Mount Cameron West in 1933. Another major addition to the study of Tasmanian prehistory was his initiation of large-scale excavation in the shell midden at the South Cave, Rocky Cape. Meston's collection of implements and other Aboriginal relics is now housed in the Museum of Victoria; his library is the property of the City of Launceston. For more information see entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meston-archibald-lawrence-7563

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Research material on Van Diemen's Land Company including:• Brochure advertising land for sale, ca.1920;• Sydney Stock Exchange, Investment Service. [Report] on Emu Railway Co., 1938;• Mining Services [Report] on Mount Lyell Mining &Railway Co., Nov. 1939;• copies of letters from J. Norton Smith, V.D.L. Co. to James Smith re Mt. Bischoff Tin Mine, 1873-79;• Transcripts from Bigge's Report, 1820;• Baptist Magazine, 1832; "Authentic Information regarding Van Diemen's Land Company" by F. Boucher, 1859 (Ferguson no. 7296).

Donated by his daughter, Mrs. M. Marshall, 1973

August 24, 2017 (BR)

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence.  For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.auWhen reusing this material, please provide the following acknowledgement:“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections, Meston Papers - M11”