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Part of Cotton Family Papers
Farm memoranda dated 1830-1831 detailing notes of farm activities, weather, names of calves and men's rations
Francis Cotton
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Part of Cotton Family Papers
Farm memoranda dated 1830-1831 detailing notes of farm activities, weather, names of calves and men's rations
Francis Cotton
1853-55: Journal of farming operations at Kelvedon
Part of Cotton Family Papers
"Journal of farming operations at Kelvedon with other remarkable incidents" written by James Backhouse Cotton , 1853-1855
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Farm journal for Kelvedon, January 1856 to February 1859. A journal recording farming activities at 'Kelvedon', the Cotton family's property near Swansea on the East Coast of Tasmania. George Fordyce Story lived with the Cottons at Kelvedon and contributed to their farming efforts. The journal contains monthly records for 1856 - 1859 describing the management of crops and livestock, as well as important family events. Kept by Edward Octavius cotton
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Quarto Farm journal dated 1881 - 1886. Decayed and crumbly at top of pages
Francis Cotton
Abstinence Society in account with the editor of Courier and Teetotal Advocate
Part of Walker Family Papers
Document with list of names and dates. Abstinence Society in account with the editor of Courier and Teetotal Advocate
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Account with Temperance Alliance rendered 20 May 1857 in account with Geo. W Walker
George Washington Walker
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Application to locate additonal grant of 750 acres between Webber's land and Cotton corner tree at Rocky Hills dated 1831
Francis Cotton
Birth certificate : Anna Maria Tilney
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Birth certificate of Anna Maria, daughter of John Shelton Tilney of Moulsham, Chelmsford, County of Essex, shopkeeper and Susanna 21/3/1800.
Anna Maria Cotton
Birth Certificate : Mary Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Birth certificate of Mary, daughter of Francis Cotton, carpenter and Anna Maria Cotton in Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, 23/12/1827.
Mary Cotton
Circular addressed to licenced victuallers
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular, dated 1855, Hobart Town, addressed to licenced victuallers and others interested in the sale of intoxicating drink advising them of the enclosed petition prepared by the Tasmanian Temperance and Total Abstinence Association to the Legislative Council prohibiting the Sunday traffic in intoxicating liquors.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated complaint by the finance committee of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society addressed to Mr J.B. Mather and Mr Geo. Bell, of suffering grievous moral wrong and slander from Geo. W Walker
George Washington Walker
Constitution and Laws of the Van Diemen’s Land Liquor Law League
Part of Walker Family Papers
Constitution and Laws of the Van Diemen’s Land Liquor Law League agreed upon at a meeting of the Members convened for that purpose, and for the confirmation of appointments to office held in the Temperance Hall, Bathurst Street on the 8th August 1854.
George Washington Walker
Copy of circular addressed to candidates at elections
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular addressed to candidates at elections. Letter to Arthur Perry (Member of the Legislative Council) dated 5 March 1855 from the committee of the Tasmanian Temperance and Total Abstinence Association bringing to his consideration the very demoralising effect of treating Electors with intoxicating drinks and the vile system of supplying the means of drunkenness and debauchery at elections
George Washington Walker
Copy of circular addressed to licenced victuallers
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of circular dated 1855 to Respected friend William Barnett promoting the enclosed petition to repeal the Sunday Act
George Washington Walker
Diary - South Africa to Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Handwritten journal of George Washington Walker of his voyage from South Africa to Van Diemen's Land and marriage to Sarah Benson Walker
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Document dated Liverpool 1844, George Walker on behalf of the Total Abstinence Society for the donation of a pound towards funds from James Ebenezer Bicheno
George Washington Walker
Facts and figures on expenditure on hard liquor
Part of Walker Family Papers
Bound notebook containing handwritten notes regarding facts and figures on expenditure on hard liquor, intemperance in the Army, loss of life & property a sea, etc.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
" Whence my Family" - Family reminiscences by James Backhouse Walker (handwritten in block copy, New Testament cover) and compact disc containing scan of original and photographs of the Walker Family ( W9/Ph 153 - blue album)
James Backhouse Walker
Fundamental Principles of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society
Part of Walker Family Papers
Document detailing the fundamental principles of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society and pledge
George Washington Walker
George Washington Walker and the formation of the Temperance Society
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unidentified pages written in pencil regarding George Washington Walker, his life and the formation of the Temperance Society
George Washington Walker
Grange Property : Charles Swanston
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Copies of letters from Charles Swanston relating to the Grange Property dated 1846
Francis Cotton
Grange Property : Letter from Thomas Lloyd Gellibrand
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Letter to Francis Cotton from Thomas Lloyd Gellibrand offering Grange Farm on the same terms as agreed with Charles Swanston, ie 4000 pounds at 5%, Tasmania, 27th May, 1850.
Francis Cotton
Grange Property : Thomas Young, solicitor
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Copies of letters from Thomas Young, solicitor, relating to the survey of the land, original grantees, and application by Gellibrand and Bethune for part of the estate dated October and November 1854·
Francis Cotton
Howard Gurney Cotton and Edith Consulia Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
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
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Kelvedon - xerox copies of reports - Land Board records 1829 and 1836
Francis Cotton
Lady Franklin: opening Ancanthe Museum
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter from Lady Franklin to George Washington Walker regarding the opening of the Ancanthe Museum, dated 25 October 1843
Jane Franklin
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Francis Cotton to assessors, dated 1865, that land valuations of Kelvedon and Grange too high
Francis Cotton
Letter : Petition to the Lieutenant Governor
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter accompanying the petition to the Lieutenant Governor dated 20 August 1846 against the increase of Public Houses signed Theodore Bartley
George Washington Walker
Letter : Rachel Cotton to brother Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
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.
Francis Cotton
Letter and statement of account respecting the Temperance Halls transfer
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of a letter signed G.W. Walker and statement of account respecting the Temperance Halls and transfer to the V.D.L. Total Abstinence Society for the building fund
George Washington Walker
Letter from Bicheno, Colonial Secretary's office
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter dated 30th November 1850 from the Colonial Secretary's office signed by James Ebenezer Bicheno regarding a grant of land at the south end of Collins Street Hobart to the Total Abstinence Society.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Letter to Philip Smith, Hobart Town, regarding the committee of the Temperance Society and the importation of intoxicating drink
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of a letter to Sir William Denison relative to a site for the Temperance Hall
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Marriage certificate of George Washington Walker and Sarah Benson Mather, married at Friends Meeting House, Hobart. Dated 15th December 1840. Witnessed and signed by many of the respectable inhabitants of the colony
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Memorandum regarding the location and the construction of the Temperance Hall at the end of Murry and Davey Street, Hobart dated 1854 and signed George Washington Walker
George Washington Walker
Memorial to the Honourable the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Petition detailing the large portion of human misery, inculding poverty, disease, and crime induced by the use of alcoholic or fermented liquors and asking that the Council enact a law similar to that now in operation in the State of Maine ; which must, by its natural effect, not only entirely banish intemperance and all its consequent evils from the community, but will remove the oppression with which it weighs upon the moral and physical energies of the people, and be the surest means of promoting their social and domestic happiness, and their advancement in wealth, knowledge, and religion.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Minutes of an overflow meeting held in promotion of National Temperance in the Infant School Room, Murray street on the evening of Thursday 6th July 1854. Address delivered by David Blair on the important subject of "National Temperance". George W Walker in the chair.
George Washington Walker
Part of Robert & Ann Mather Papers
Miscellaneous information about the Mather Family
Robert Mather
Notes on holding an Abstinence Society meeting
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unsigned document detailing notes for holding an Abstinence Society meeting. Includes motto.
George Washington Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Copy of an uncompleted petition from the inhabitants of Hobart Town and its vicinity to the Honourable the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land. Petitioners therefore pray that the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, commonly known as the " Sunday Clause" may not be repealed.
George Washington Walker
Petition to the Legislative Council
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated petition to the Legislative Council regarding the act to regulate the sale of liquors being the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, the Sunday Clause not be repealed
George Washington Walker
Petition to the Legislative Council from the inhabitants of Green Ponds
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated petition to the Legislative Council from the inhabitants of Green Ponds regarding the act to regulate the sale of liquors being the 38th Section of the Licensing Act, the Sunday Clause not be repealed
George Washington Walker
Plan for the advocacy of the Total Abstinence Society cause
Part of Walker Family Papers
List of gentleman and proposed dates for the plan for the advocacy of the Total Abstinence Society cause in connection with the V.D. Land T.A Society at the Prisoners Barracks, Hobart Town up to December 1851 on the second Friday evening in the month at 7 o’clock
George Washington Walker
Remarks on a report to Sir Richard Bourke
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unidentified pages written in pencil regarding remarks on a report to Sir Richard Bourke
George Washington Walker
Reminiscences of Sarah Benson Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Sarah Benson Walker's reminiscences of her life in Hobart Town as recorded by her son James Backhouse Walker. It includes narrative of the voyage out, and descriptions of Hobart in the very early period, information about Hobart personalities as well as the story of Sarah Benson Walker's life
James Backhouse Walker
Part of Walker Family Papers
Rough document detailing rules of the society. Some written upside down.
George Washington Walker
Part of Judd & Brownell Family Papers
Diary of Thomas Judd (1822-1915) son of Thomas Judd (1794-1887) and Elizabeth (Cane) on a voyage from England to Tasmania on the "Sir Charles Napier" with his family: "Father and Mother, Elizabeth, myself, John, Ann, Rebecca, Susan, Martha and Henry (we have left William behind - being deaf and dumb - to receive his education in the asylum)". The diary consists mainly of the voyage: weather, activities on board, prayer meetings in their cabin. On arrival they took a house in Macquarie Street and looked for jobs. Ann and Elizabeth were offered posts as governesses but Elizabeth died on 30 December, at the age of 22, and was buried in the Scotch burial ground.
Typed typescript made by D. Little 2 July 1953 - spelling and punctuation altered.
Thomas Judd
Part of Walker Family Papers
Undated and unsigned document regarding excessive drinking in taverns, ale houses and gin palaces. May be a draft for a magazine.
George Washington Walker
Van Diemen's Land Total Abstinence Society pledge
Part of Walker Family Papers
Blank pledge of the Van Diemen's Land Total Abstinence Society
George Washington Walker