Sub-item 3 - Education and Convict labour

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC DX19-C-123-3

Title

Education and Convict labour

Date(s)

  • 1852 (Creation)

Level of description

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Context area

Name of creator

(1801-1883)

Biographical history

Francis Cotton (1801-1883), Quaker and settler, was born on 6 October 1801 in London, where he had some early education before attending Ackworth School. After an apprenticeship to a builder, he set up his own business. When 19 he was disowned for ... »

Name of creator

(1800-1859)

Biographical history

George Washington Walker (1800-1859), Quaker, shopkeeper and humanitarian, was born on 19 March 1800 in London, the twenty-first child of John Walker (1726-1821) by his second wife, Elizabeth, née Ridley. Because of the death of his mother and the ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter from Francis Cotton to George Washington Walker dated 4 September 1852 about education, Kelvedon, Tasmania

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Conditions governing reproduction

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.au