Corner of the library at Domain House
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Corner of the library, Domain House, Hobart. Showing staff and students. Registrar in doorway
John Watt Beattie
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Corner of the library at Domain House
Corner of the library, Domain House, Hobart. Showing staff and students. Registrar in doorway
John Watt Beattie
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Letters from George Meredith to his wife, Mary, his "confidant", from Hobart: journey from Hobart, stay at Jericho, Dickons & cattle (1822); John's folly, Gregson, Archer, Oyster Bay, law case, land grant, John to receive £100 for Mary, garden, fruit trees, prospects not as good as expected, privations for family, China silk to distribute [to children] according to "good behaviour list", discipline of family (1822-3); business, politics, bushranger Tilley etc. (2 Apr. 1825, Mar., Apr.1833); family: F. Champion requested sanction to pay addresses to daughter Sarah, G.M. asked wife to draft reply from a mother's point of view (28 Apr. 1825); bushrangers (1826); brickmaking (ND 1830s); "Billy Austin affair" (12 Feb. 1832); girls keeping house for George Meredith in town and hope Mrs Meredith would come to town to install them in their new residence (4 Sept 1832), Sarah and Miss Bell bridesmaids (8 Mar. 1833); Mary Meredith's "domestic complaints" but she was head of the house even if 2 of the daughters were married (30 Mar. 1833); Henry and John in town to get trousers, "dear little Fanny's" illness (3 Apr. 1833); garden, Charles to advise on farm in G.M.'s absence; friends and business associates: Dickons, Emmett, Gregson (pledged reformation of his habits, 3 Apr. 1833, got Scotch governess for his children, ND.), Poynter, Boyes; interview with Col. Arthur (ND.); Bryant: wife to Hobart, children to Orphan School (ND.). G.M. from Sydney: Mr Oxley, Major Goulburn (28 Mar. 1823). From Mary M.: the farm, merino flock, fat stock in prime condition (6 Mar. 1823 & ND.); expecting the Misses Hammond, schooner seen, men in custody in George Town, may yet recover the little gun, letter from Governor about grant, tender for stores (ND. ?1825).
George Meredith
Part of Fuller Papers
Series consists of personal correspondence and with the ABC , picture postcards, and the opening of the Bookshelf . One file of correspondence between Hilda Bridges to Frances Fuller, dated 1958 - 1964
William Edwin Fuller
Correspondence : Business : George Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence regarding George Meredith's business dealings
George Meredith
Correspondence : Friends and neighbours
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence from friends and neighbours.
George Meredith
Correspondence : George and Mary Ann Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Letters from George Meredith to his wife, Mary, his "confidant", from Hobart: journey from Hobart, stay at Jericho, Dickons & cattle (1822); John's folly, Gregson, Archer, Oyster Bay, law case, land grant, John to receive £100 for Mary, garden, fruit trees, prospects not as good as expected, privations for family, China silk to distribute [to children] according to "good behaviour list", discipline of family (1822-3); business, politics, bushranger Tilley etc. (2 Apr. 1825, Mar., Apr.1833); family: F. Champion requested sanction to pay addresses to daughter Sarah, G.M. asked wife to draft reply from a mother's point of view (28 Apr. 1825); bushrangers (1826); brickmaking (ND 1830s); "Billy Austin affair" (12 Feb. 1832); girls keeping house for George Meredith in town and hope Mrs Meredith would come to town to install them in their new residence (4 Sept 1832), Sarah and Miss Bell bridesmaids (8 Mar. 1833); Mary Meredith's "domestic complaints" but she was head of the house even if 2 of the daughters were married (30 Mar. 1833); Henry and John in town to get trousers, "dear little Fanny's" illness (3 Apr. 1833); garden, Charles to advise on farm in G.M.'s absence; friends and business associates: Dickons, Emmett, Gregson (pledged reformation of his habits, 3 Apr. 1833, got Scotch governess for his children, ND.), Poynter, Boyes; interview with Col. Arthur (ND.); Bryant: wife to Hobart, children to Orphan School (ND.). G.M. from Sydney: Mr Oxley, Major Goulburn (28 Mar. 1823). From Mary M.: the farm, merino flock, fat stock in prime condition (6 Mar. 1823 & ND.); expecting the Misses Hammond, schooner seen, men in custody in George Town, may yet recover the little gun, letter from Governor about grant, tender for stores (ND. ?1825).
George Meredith
Correspondence - Hilda Bridges to Frances Fuller 1958 - 1964
Part of Fuller Papers
Letters from Hilda Bridges (d. 1971 aged 89, sister of Roy Bridges) to Mrs. W. E. Fuller on personal and family affairs, daily life,
occasional references to her writing and publications.
William Edwin Fuller
Correspondence : Household and Servants : Mary Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence regarding household and servants.
Mary Ann Meredith
Correspondence : Magistracy : George Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence regarding George Meredith's magistracy
George Meredith
Correspondence : with children
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence to parents George and Mary Anne Meredith from the Meredith children
George Meredith
Part of Fuller Papers
Letters to children (including letter to Margaret for her birthday enclosing cigarette card), certificate that Sapper W. Fuller was employed in the ordnance department, A.I.F.
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Fuller Papers
Correspondence dated 1929 - 1942. Including letters from Solicitor and agreement with Oldham & Morris, notice of opening of W. E. Fuller's "The Bookshelf" 48 Elizabeth Street, (underneath Goodwill Store), plan of basement of 48 Elizabeth Street; letters from Joan McLennan, Governor's private secretary, Government House; correspondence with A.B.C. and 7HO relation to broadcasts, plays submitted, etc. (including A.B.C. contracts).
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Fuller Papers
Personal correspondence with friends, but including some letters from booksellers and publishers, etc. referring to bookselling business, broadcasting, etc. Also letters concerning Repertory Theatre Society.
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Fuller Papers
Correspondence with A.B.C. letters concerning broadcasts, also scripts (including scripts by George Evans - pseudonym for W.E. Fuller as bookseller).
William Edwin Fuller
Correspondence relating to Jorgensen.
Part of Meston Papers
Correspondence relating to Jorgen Jorgensen.
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Correspondence with children : John and Maria Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Correspondence between John and Maria Meredith and their children. They had ten children: Mary Rose (Polly 1852-1884), Henry Montague (1854-1902), George Llewellyn (Llewellyn 1855-1937), Clara Sabina ("Kiddie"1857-1924), James Ernest (1859-1910), Fanny Maria (1862- ), Jessie Rosina (1863-1944), John Percival (Jack or Johnnie 1865-1916), Edwin Mervyn (Mervyn 1867-1929) and Elsie Dry
(1869-1918).
John Meredith
Collection consists of documents relating to the Cotton property and farm also correspondence and personal papers of Francis Cotton and his children. Also included are the papers relating to the estate Joseph William Story of Eastern Marshes, Oatlands who appointed his cousin G.F. Story and Francis Cotton his trustees and executors.
Cotton Family
Part of Meston Papers
Manuscript, miscellaneous papers and correspondence regarding Cradle Mountain
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Part of Meston Papers
Manuscript of "Cradle Mountain" by R.E. Smith, with notes on wild life and climate by Gustav Weindorfer. dated 7 August
1937.
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Cradle Mountain miscellaneous papers
Part of Meston Papers
Miscellaneous papers re Cradle Mountain comprising correspondence regarding Franz Malcher, translation from Malcher's account of his trip to Tasmania, March 1914, notes on wild animals by G. Weindorfer and copy of his birth certificate, and copy of "Trip to the Summit of Cradle Mountain" by W.O. Weston, published in Examiner, Feb-March 1891 and miscellaneous notes.
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of floods in the Cranbrook district, Tasmania taken June 1923 - Cranbrook Bridge looking to Gala Mill
George Musgrave Parker
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of floods and the remains of the Cranbrook Bridge, Cranbrook district, Tasmania taken June 1923
George Musgrave Parker
Crolataria cunninghammi - seed pods
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured pencil on dark card sketched by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia 25/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Seed pods of Crolataria cunninghammi. Attached - on white paper watercolour of leaves and bud 10 x 7.5 cm
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, (place and date unknown) Northern Territory. Identified by Olive Pink as Crotalaria cunninghamii
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on paper painted by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia, 13/8/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Crotalaria dissitiflora
Olive Pink
Part of Fuller Papers
Loose in file. Notes, cuttings, etc. relating mainly to Fuller's Bookshop; also banquet menu, 1954. National Booksellers' League cricket dinner; poem: "24 hour leave" by H.B. from Punch 8 October 1941; account; of the wreck of the George III (Govt. House, 1939)
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Johnstone & Wilmot Papers
Old day book for the firm Johnstone & Wilmot dated 1920 to 1924 into which invoices for supplies have been pasted. Supplies include: wines and spirits, whisky, lime juice, sarsaparilla, cigars, tinned herrings, tinned salmon, chocolates, jelly crystals, tomato sauce, pearl barley, etc. imported from U.K., France, Germany, etc.
Stuart Eardley Wilmot
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
John Watt Beattie photograph
George Musgrave Parker
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Ifor Butler
George Musgrave Parker
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.
Henry Lewis Garrett
Derwent Inn public house at Risdon Ferry
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Haldane Cotsworth photograph - Carts and people in front. Endorsed: "among papers from Clebumes 1928"
George Musgrave Parker
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybiscus but I think the whites here call it the Desert Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather".
Olive Pink
Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection
Eight small captioned coloured fold out images in proprietary post-able envelope. From envelope - Camera Views, Devonport, Tas. On reverse - Produced by Murray Views, Gympie. Q, Copyright, Samuel Lee & Co. Printers
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
George Musgrave Parker
Part of Meston Papers
Copies of diaries of Jorgen Jorgensen, including Journey to Ouse Plateau, Repat of Jorgensen to V.D.L. Co. on route between Hobart and Circular Head, and Journal kept while exploring from Circular Head to the Pieman River, 1826-7.
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Diary of a voyage to Launceston
Part of Johnstone & Wilmot Papers
Copy of William Johnstone's diary of his voyage to Launceston, dated November 1841 to March 1842 on board the barque "Arab".
William Johnstone
Diary, pocketbooks and letters
Part of Fuller Papers
Diary and other material relating to Edwin Charles Fuller (1885-1921) father of W.E. Fuller
Diary dated 1888. Probably kept by E. C. Fuller. Occasional entries only. Refers to "Mother and Marion (e.g. took Mother & Marion to Black Bush), Charley, Bessie, Ada, Margaret and Mary (Margaret plans Mary disposes"); also to mining shares and mine claim especially "Castle Carey", and to council meetings ('.'attended council meeting in morning going through assessment roll").
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as Didiscus glaucifolius.
Olive Pink
Part of St. Mark's Church of England, Pontville: Miscellaneous Pamphlets Collection
Bishop's letter 'to the lay members of the Church of England in the Diocese of Tasmania', with extracts from his charge to the clergy, reports of the sustentation committees, and list of clergy.
St. Mark's Anglican Church, Pontville
Directories and Annual Reports of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce
Part of Hobart Chamber of Commerce
Directories and Annual Reports of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce for the years 1982 to 1984
Hobart Chamber of Commerce
Front view of the University of Tasmania building, Domain House, located on the Queen's Domain, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
View from the right of the University of Tasmania building, Domain House, located on the Queen's Domain, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Dr George Fordyce Story Collection
Collection consists of personal papers, medical case notes and accounts, student notes and exercises, botanical papers which include some correspondence with Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, copies of electoral returns etc.
George Fordyce Story
Material relating to John Earles parliamentary career including his appointment as attorney general, photographs and material belonging to his wife Susanna Earle nee Blackmore
John Earle
East Coast, view from Rocky Hills looking north
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
near present Kabuki Restaurant G.M.P. photo (& neg)
George Musgrave Parker
East Coast, view from Rocky Hills looking north
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
near present Kabuki Restaurant
George Musgrave Parker
Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection
Twelve small captioned coloured fold out images in proprietary post-able envelope. From envelope - A Souvenir of Beautiful East Coast Tasmania, 12 Specially selected views in full color. Published by Nucolorvue Productions, Victoria. From inside "The East Coast, Tasmania. The tourist referes to the East Coast a the section from scottsdale in the north to Sorell in the south of the island. This route provides an immense array of natures most lavish scenery. The rich fertile valleys of Scottsdale and Derby, rugged alpine areas near Pyengana, beautiful george Bay at St. Helens are in themselves a sheer delight.
Lovely beaches, quiet lagoons, rugged granite peaks of Coles Bay and Bicheno, restful Swansea and Triabunna, vie with may other picturesque parts of this lovely coastline.
Excellent fishing, swimming, hiking and boating are easily available. Relics of the early pioneer days are readily found in many parts of the coast."
Nucolorvue Productions
Photocopies of thirty letters written by Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon and published serially in The Calcutta Statesman & Friend of India, May to October 1878, describing life in Tasmania. entitled "A home in the colonies" also THRA article and reprint dated 1979 & 1980
Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon
Edward le Rossignol: Scrip certificates
This collection is comprised of scrip certificates of shares issued to Edward le Rossignol of New Town in Tasmanian mines: Royal Mint Gold Mining Company, North Mount Cameron; Savage River Silver Prospecting Company; City Prospecting Association, West Coast; Sunrise Prospecting Association; Godkin Silver Mining Co., Whyte River Tasmania; New Waverly Gold Mining Co., Lefroy, Tasmania; South Oceana Silver Mining Co. , Zeehan.
Edward le Rossignol
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Letters from sons and daughters: Edward Octavius Cotton 1872, 1875 Kelvedon: Earlham sheep (1872); Hobart: death of Sarah, memorial card (12 March 1875)
Francis Cotton
Edward Octavius Cotton and Elizabeth (Grueber) : 184 to 218
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Papers and certificates of Edward Octavius Cotton, son of Francis and Anna Maria Cotton
Edward Octavius Cotton
Edwards Creek, South Australia and Wire Creek
Part of Olive Pink Collection
25 sketches, pencil and crayon, a few water coloured
Olive Pink
Part of Fuller Papers
Diary and other material relating to Edwin Charles Fuller (1885-1921) father of W.E. Fuller
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Earle Collection
Election broadsheet entitled "Reminiscences which may be useful to John Earle's supporters" Printed by E.H. Newman.
John Earle
Part of Earle Collection
Electoral address: entitled "To the People of Tasmania" from the Daily Post, Hobart, dated 1916
John Earle
Elizabeth Gregson to Mary and George Meredith
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Letters from Elizabeth Gregson to Mary and George Meredith .c. 1829-1839. Invitation to visit her at Lindisfarne, visit of young friends, her visit to Cambria, and letter from Mary Meredith to Elizabeth Gregson.: disappointed she did not accompany Mr. Gregson. (1830).
Mary Ann Meredith
Emily Mousset to Sarah Westall (Meredith) Poynter
Part of Meredith Family Papers
Letter from Emily Mousset to Sarah Westall (Meredith) Poynter dated 24 May 1841 regarding family
Sarah Westall Meredith
Entrance to physical laboratory and registrars office at Domain House
Entrance to physical laboratory and registrars office at the rear of Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of the lighthouse on Betsey Island at the mouth of the Derwent River taken from South Arm, Tasmania. Photograph may have been taken by George Musgrave Parker.
George Musgrave Parker
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia, 25/7/30 ( shrub about 4ft high) Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophila - medicinal. Attached - paper, small watercolour painted at Rodinga, Northern Territory, 18/9/30
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour painted by Olive Pink at Beltana, South Australia 19/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophila maculata
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour and pencil on paper, painted by Olive Pink at the Finke, Northern Territory 4/9/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophilia oldfieldii
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, (place and date unknown) Northern Territory. Identified by Olive Pink as Erodium cygnorum.
Olive Pink
Erythrina vespertilio - Bean Tree
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 9/10/42. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree. (Erythrina vespertilio) "flowers point upwards - this branch was growing like this (a la Japanese print I thought!)"
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Darwin, Northern Territory, 29/10/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eucalypt? tall tree, cream blossom
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 16/7/45. Identified by Olive Pink as Evening Primrose "Yuggilli Burinyu". Has unidentified sketch on the verso P6-15-18b
Olive Pink
Exterior of chemical laboratory at Domain House
Exterior of chemical laboratory, Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Exterior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House
Exterior of physical laboratory at the rear of Domain House, Hobart.
John Watt Beattie
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Personal papers and corresponcence of Francis Cotton, also documents reating to other appointments held
Francis Cotton
Part of Fuller Papers
Family photographs including portraits and snapshots of W. E. Fuller and family including: Early photographs of W. E. Fuller as a boy, groups, 2 girls (1 reading, 1 preparing veg.) Margaret and Mary (daughters of W.E.F.) as babies and toddlers, family groups (including family group Xmas 1918 including grandparents). Snapshots of army days (1916-18), enlarged photo of army ordnance office at work. Formal portraits, various dates, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fuller broadcasting for A.B.C. c. 1932.
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Diaries, Journals, memoranda and pocketbooks relating to farming activities
Cotton Family
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Farm accounts dated 1911 - 1936. A.Tylney and J. Archibald Cotton. Bark, orchard etc.
Francis Cotton
Farm & Estate accounts and stock records : 34 to 39
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Notes books and folios detailing farm & estate accounts and stock record. Notation of wages, rations, sheep, orchard and dairy etc.
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Farm and estate accounts dated 1883 - 1918. Including wages, rations, stock and produce, freight, family, apples, fencing wattle bark, etc.
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Diaries, Journals, memoranda and pocketbooks relating to farming activities
Francis Cotton
Financial and Personal records
Part of Fuller Papers
Collection consists receipt book, bank book Identity card, visiting cards and passport
William Edwin Fuller
First Landing, printed reproduction of painting, coloured
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Printed reproduction of a painting of the First Landing in Van Diemens Land showing Mt. Wellington in the background
George Musgrave Parker
Floating Bridge, Derwent River
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of the Floating Bridge across the Derwent River
George Musgrave Parker
Floods Cranbrook district June 1923
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
George Musgrave Parker
Floods Cranbrook district June 1923 - car near Meredith River Bridge
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
George Musgrave Parker
Floods Cranbrook district June 1923 - Near Quinn's Garage
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
George Musgrave Parker
Floods in the Cranbrook district
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph taken in 1923 of flooding of roadway and houses at what is thought to be Quinns Corner at Cranbrook, Tasmania. Photograph taken by George Musgrave Parker
George Musgrave Parker
Forty -five Years Public Librarian Mr A J. Taylor's Career
Part of Earle Collection
Pamphlet entitled "Forty -five Years Public Librarian Mr A J. Taylor's Career" dated 1919
Published by The World, printed by Labor Papers Ltd Hobart.
John Earle
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Corresponcence between Francis and Anna Maria Cotton dated 1867 to 1868 during his visit to South Australia (including Adelaide, Streaky Bay, Wanstead, Melrose), Victoria and New South Wales
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Letters between Francis and Anna Maria Cotton dated 1869 to 1872.
Francis Cotton
Francis Cotton : Appointments held : 134 to 150
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Francis Cotton's correspondence and papers relating to the Society of Friends. He paid many visits of concern to Friends in South Australia, Victoria and N.S.W. See also (Series C) general correspondence for letters from and relating to Friends.
Francis Cotton
Francis Cotton : Family and general correspondence, personal papers : 66 to 133
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Personal papers, family and general corresponcence of Francis Cotton some regarding the Society of Friends,
Francis Cotton
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Letters from sons and daughters: Francis Cotton jr.: farm (from Bentmore ) 1865 & 1867
Francis Cotton
Francis Cotton to sons and daughter
Part of Cotton Family Papers
Corresponcence: Francis Cotton to sons and daughter dated 1867 to1868. Letters written while visiting South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales addressed to James, Edward, Joseph and Rachel (December 1867 to January 1868), to Rachel (29 June 1868), to
Joseph (29 June 1868)
Francis Cotton
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolur on paper painted by Olive Pink, Edwards Creek, South Australia, 25/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Frankenia
Olive Pink
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Sketch of Franklin Square, Hobart, by Roy Cox. Roy Cox (1903-1976) was a Tasmanian artist and print maker. He originally worked for Cox Kay printers in Hobart.
George Musgrave Parker
Letter written by Frederick K. Astell a miner from Zeehan to his uncle, referring to a downfall in the share market, friends and family, the Waratah to Zeehan railway would be a boon to the coast if constructed, house on Argent Tram property, changes and building at Zeehan, Zeehan and Queen mines lodes good, working underground at Western, then underground boss at North East Dundas.
Frederick K. Astell
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
George Musgrave Parker
Friends' Meeting House, Murray Street
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
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)
George Musgrave Parker
Collection consists of personal and business correspondence, financial records, scrapbook and cuttings scripts of broadcasts, stories and plays. Theatre programs, photographs and pins and badges. There is also material collected by Francis Ruby Fuller and Edwin Charles Fuller
William Edwin Fuller
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on card painted by Olive Pink at Beltana, South Australia, 19/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Fusanus acuminatum - Quandong (Santulum acuminatum)
Olive Pink
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of Gala Mill on the Swan River near Cranbrook, Tasmania. Taken 1929. The Gala Mill was constructed by John Amos in 1842.
George Musgrave Parker
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Photograph of Gala Mill Cranbrook, Tasmania taken 1929. The Gala Mill was constructed by John Amos in 1842.
George Musgrave Parker
Galakirk church near Cranbrook
Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records
Galakirk church near Cranbrook was built in 1845. Photograph taken by George Musgrave Parker. 1930 See also book chap.13, Pl/35(271 10b for another view
George Musgrave Parker