Item 6 - Letters re exploration of N.W. Tasmania from R.S. Sanderson

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

Secretary of the Van Diemens Company, stationmaster of the Emu Bay railway and recognised authority on early Tasmanian history and Tasmanian nomenclature. Member of the first town board in Burnie and director and secretary of the Emu Bay Butter Factoryand member of the Loyal Wellington Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.P., he received the society's jewel for 50 years service. Director and secretary of Tattersall's Pty. Ltd. For more information see: Obituary Advocate 1 June 1933 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68022670 & https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68023151