Collection H13 - William Gore Elliston Diary

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC H13

Title

William Gore Elliston Diary

Date(s)

  • 1829-1864 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 folders

Context area

Name of creator

(1798-1872)

Biographical history

William Gore Elliston (1798-1872), schoolmaster and editor, was born on 17 October 1798 at Bath, England, the eldest son of Robert William Elliston, actor and theatre manager. After education at Martley, Worcestershire, he was admitted a pensioner at ... »

Name of creator

(1911-1980)

Biographical history

John Noel Douglas Harrison spent 25 years in Malaya and China, surviving several years in Changi prison camp and a murder attempt by bandits, before settling in Tasmania in 1958.
Harrison was born in 1911. He left England at the age of 22 to take up an ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by J.N.D. Harrison.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection consists of typed carbon copy of transcript of diary and separate extracts selected for proposed book.

Conditions of access and use area

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.... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

He Jan 2018

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