1 View of Hobart from West Hobart 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
2021-04-13 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-05-15 01:27 UTC English View of Hobart from West Hobart W9-Ph-127-1 c1880 1 black and white photograph 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
James Backhouse Walker Henry Hall Baily

James Backhouse Walker (1841-1899), solicitor and historian, was born on 14 October 1841 in Hobart Town, son of George Washington Walker, shopkeeper, and his wife Sarah Benson, daughter of Robert Mather. Educated at the High School, Government Domain, Hobart, and at the Friends School, York, England, he was first employed as junior clerk in the office of T. D. Chapman and later in his father's Hobart Savings Bank. But in 1872 he took articles and on 7 July 1876 was admitted as barrister, solicitor and proctor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Senior partner in the firm J. B. Walker and Wolfhagen he was also an active councillor of the Southern Law Society. From 1877 he was a member of the Tasmanian Club. in 1890 he was appointed member of the first council of the new university, and in 1898 became its second vice-chancellor. Fro more information see : http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-james-backhouse-4786

Henry Hall Baily was born in Tasmania but was trained at the London School of Photography in the early 1860s. A professional photographer, he exhibited in both Melbourne and Sydney while continuing to have a practice in Hobart, a practice his son, also called Henry, eventually took over. for more information see http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1478047

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Photograph from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of a view of Hobart from West Hobart. Looking down Murray & Harrington Streets. The photographer is Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

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