Sub-item 16 - Phrenology report of Robert Walker

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2007/1-67-16

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Phrenology report of Robert Walker

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  • 1855 (Creation)

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1 digital file - original document held in a Private Collection

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(? - 1884)

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One of the prominent colonial phrenologists. Hamilton was a Scotsman who arrived in Australia in 1854 and toured the country for 30 years.
More information https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bodysphere/the-skull,-the-phrenologist-and-the-150-year-mystery/6636226

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Character sketch of Robert Walker by A.S. Hamilton, phrenologist, 1855. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 36a

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Open for Research

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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

When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

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