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Miscellaneous items Index. Royal Society Collection
Get PDF48 Miscellaneous items (Found in 'information' files)
1. Photocopy of Governor Darling's proclamation 1827
AGRICULTURE
2. Curzon Allport to Dr. Milligan 24 Jan. 1856-
Comments on wheat.
3. Horace Rowcroft to Dr Milligan on triple eared Egyptian wheat. 5 Feb. 1856
4. Hugh M. Hull's report on experiments with Canadian seeds from the Paris exhibition 29 Mar. 1859
5. Hugh M. Hull to enclose ears of Oregon barley and also of wheat from seeds 'found on the Royal Society's table last year'.
7. William Little to James Barnard, Hon. Sec. Royal Society 10 Jul.1883
- on cable-gramming his agricultural plans and reply that
it was not in the power of the Society.
8. Notes on Sphonia gunnii or fungus grub by Mr Hawkes passed on by R.C. Gunn 29th July 1854
9. Circular notifying visit of Miss Marianne North to paint
remarkable trees and plants of these colonies for Kew Gardens. 1880
10. Endemic Flora of Tasmania, W. Curtis & M. Stones - publicity leaflet including illustration of Priornotes cerinthoides
11. News clippings on sheep, fruit, rabbits in Huon, timber, land clearing for soldier settlements 1950
12. Antarctic expeditions by Mawson, Amundsen, etc. - news clippings.
13. Army and Barracks. Secretary's correspondence - restoration of Anglesea Barracks, with postcard drawing; notes on 99th regiment; list of Australian V.C.s; notes on Buckingham Rifles.
14. Bellerive centenary 1960 - newspaper cutting, Mercury 18 Oct 1960
15.For the Term of his natural life, M. Clarke - part of paper cover
16.Hobart floating bridge 1960
Mercury article. Also typed notes on Dunrobin Bridge, Hamilton.
17. Bruny Island.
Notes, cuttings, photocopy of plan
18. Churches: notes about Wesley Church (R.D Pretyman); All Saints(D. & J. Haigh); St. John the Baptist (G.T.Stilwell), Hobart;
St. David's Cathedral centenary service sheet 1968; notes by
J. Moore Robinson on old St. David's clock (now at St. Luke's Richmond.
19. East Coast - St. Mary's, St. Helens 1967
Northern branch excursion notes and other notes.
20. Notes on claims for first white child born in Tasmania -and on first marriage (Gangell)
21. Letter of J.W. Sharp on developing wholesale fish trade 1891
22. Catalogue of ornithological works by J. Gould and others from Bernard Quaritch, London 1884
23. List of letters patent, royal warrants & commissions at Government House 1938
24. Copy of poetic letter from John Stonehouse, Stratford Mills, to ?.G. Gregson ,6th Aug 1859
25. Bankers' & Traders' Insurance Co. - new headquarters, Hobart, 1963
26. H.E.C.1952-1959 news clippings & leaflets about dams.
27. New Norfolk - T.H.R.A. excursion notes 1970
28. Mercury Extra 1861 Single column sheet
29. Oatlands - notes by Miss Wayn 1937
30. Sir James Agnew 1815-1901
Proof copy of 84th birthday congratulations and obituary.
31. Lt.-Col. Archibald William Reed - funeral notice 12th May 1855
32. W. F. Petterd's notes on a mineral substance 189?
33. Letter to A. Morton about his birth certificate for life
insurance 13th April 1891
34. Note from Irvine McEachern, Launceston, to Lt. Beddom 10th Aug. 1855 - supply of butter
35. Charles Headlam to Morton Allport 29 Apr. 1872
about an animal he saw in the Great Lake on 25 January 1863
with his son Anthony. He had noted in his journal that it was about the size of a sheepdog, with two small flippers and swam off very fast.
36. Visiting students of Australasian Universities - invitation for Miss K. Giblin to attend the civic reception 9th Jan. 1913.
37. Photo of Hobart Regatta ,1955
38. Post Office - notice of overseas mails Nov. 1904
Also notes of history from Australian Encyclopedia
39. Glenorchy City Charter presentation 24th Oct. 1964
40. Note on Horton College by A.D. Mackay 1960
41. Friends' School 1904, 1930
Request for particulars of membership of Royal Society with
illustration of school on letter head and note about history of 'Hobartville' house.
42. Shipping notes
K.P.K. Java Australia Line brochure, illustrated, ND c. 1935;'Of ships & men' - history of Netherlands shipping and air transport c. 1965; bill of lading for case of merchandise shipped from London to Hobart for Royal 'Society by SS. Ruapihu 1891; passenger list of
'Linsay' 1832; list of prison ships; letter about “Calcutta';
notes about Hobart clippers, South African, Mauritius & inter-colonial trade, Henderson & Macfarlane's 'Circular Saw Line', and ships
Enchantress, Harriet McGregor, Isabella Brown, Lady Emma, Loongan, Lufra, Mary Blair, Mutine, Otago, Portland, Quathamba, Southern Cross, Success, William Manson & Woosung; news clippings.
43. Notes on old church, Sidmouth.
44. Letter from A.J. Pullen about his notes about Pittwater history.
45. Tasmanian coat of arms 1917
Facsimile of grant of arms to State, with illustration.
Also illustration of Tasmanian Government badge (lion)
46. Sorrento Camp 1803
Note by Mrs E. McCraw of evidence for Collins camp at
Sorrento, Port Philip, 1803, being first called Hobart Camp;
Also photographs of Sorrento.
47. Notes on whales and whaling.
48. Cox Family: 'Honourable Ancestors' by W. Ellis Cox 1953
Duplicated (23 pp) with ms notes (up to 1962), Ms. family tree
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A.G.Webster Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFAlexander George Webster (1830-1914), merchant, arrived
In Hobart with his mother In 1840. In 1850 he worked
with his uncle C.T. Smith who had a wool and grain store
and from 1856 he ran the business with John Tabart, as
Tabart and Webster. In 1879 after the retirement of
Tabart Webster took his son Charles,into the business,
which became A.G.Webster son. From 1888 handled most
of the Tasmanian wool business and imported agricultural
implements. The company was incorporated in 1910 and
two other sons, Edwin Arthur became directors. Webster
was also a shipping agent, insurance agent, in the
Fisheries Commissions and was U.S.consul. RS 113 PLEASE NOTE, THIS COLLECTION WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE TASMANIAN ARCHIVE AND HERITAGE OFFICE (TAHO) IN SEPTEMBER 2012. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO LOCATE THESE DOCUMENTS BY USING THE AGENCY SEARCH: http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?search=
Paper by William Colenso for the Tasmanian Society 1843 Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFWilliam Colenso (1811 - 1890) was a C.M.S. missionary in
New Zealand, and a corresponding~ member of the Tasmanian
Association -
Paper by William Colenso for the Tasmanian Society 1843
'Filices Nova, Novae Zelandiae, Auct.Guil. Colenso, 1843
A classification and description of some newly discovered
ferns collected in the Northern Island of New Zealand, in the
summer of 1841 - 2 by William Colenso, Paihia, January 3rd. 1843
Manuscript of article published in the Tasmanian Journal(
vol. 2 (1846) pp 161-189, with note by editor (R.C. Gunn)
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E.S. Hall Medical & Vital Statistics 1856 Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFEdward Swarbreck Hall (1805-1881) was a medical practitioner
who arrived in Hobart in 1832 and held various government
appointments as district surgeon in Brighton, Bothwell,
Westbury and Midland towns. In 1853 he was appointed
house surgeon to the Hobart Hospital from which he
resigned in 1855 but held several other official appointments.
He campaigned for various health reforms. He was also a
member of the Royal Society of Tasmania to which he gave
addresses and presented copies of statistics he had prepared.
Held in the Library - Medical and vital statistics 1856
Report and tables, with returns, prepared for the Royal Society
of Tasmania.
(49 pp, plus 6 pp. tables)
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Richmond Police Magistrate Court and Court of Requests Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFA Court of Requests - Richmond 1831 - 1848
Papers in cases, relating mainly to Richmond, Green
Ponds area, mainly cases of debt (unpaid bills),
occasional damages or breach of contract.
Plaints -
1831, 1832, 1833,
1838, 1839 (16 papers) 1840 (Mar.) (20 papers)
1840 (Aug.) (34 papers), 1841 Feb. (32 docs)
2 Writs to produce persons in court or levy on goods
(21 papers)
B Richmond Police Magistrates' Court 1827 - 1865
Letters, notices from muster master, good returns,
requisition for furniture for magistrate's office
(1836), John Gard's application for appointment as
bailiff, etc. address to Rev. J. Buckland, 1840 1827-1849
- magistrates Charles Schaw, David Ogilvie & others.
2 Information etc. ~. 1850 - 1858
3 Civil parishes boundaries order 1857
4 Constabulary rates & regulations 186
Tasmanian Code of Signals, correspondence and extracts from Capt. Charles O'Hara Booth's diary Index: Royal Society Collection
No full textCapt. Charles O'Hara Booth (1800 - 1851) of the 21st Fusilier was commandant of the Convict Stations on Tasman's Peninsula from 1833 until 1844 (Civil Commander of Port Arthur and Point Puer only from 1844). It was under his command that the township of Port Arthur was laid out. As commandant of convicts he was both efficient and impartial. The Lieutenant Governors Col. Arthur and Sir John Franklin both expressed great satisfaction after visits of inspection; Arthur describing him as 'kind, humane, active and most determined'. One of his main achievements was the establishment of a semaphore signalling system throughout the peninsula and also connected with Hobart. This provided a speedy means of communication, especially useful for notifying constable's posts of escapes of prisoners. For this purpose he drew up a code of signals.
In 1838 Booth was lost in the bush for 4 days which undermined his health. In 1844 he was appointed superintendent of the Queen's Orphan School, New Town. Booth was born in Basingstoke, England in 1800, In 1838 he married Elizabeth Charlotte Eagle (referred to in his diary as Lizzie) step-daughter of Booth's regimental surgeon. They had two daughters, the elder, Amelia Patricia, born in 1839. After Booth's death in 1851 his widow returned to England and petitioned for a pension. Also includes Tasmanian Code of Signals, compiled for the Penal Settlement of Tasman's Peninsula, including instructions and diagrammatic examples, list of stations and their numbers, including Battery Point, Mount Nelson, Eaglehawk Neck, Norfolk Bay, Wedge Bay, Settlement Staff, etc.; alphabetical list of words and corresponding code numbers (with some later additions in red ink); also list of codes for 'persons' (ie. officers, etc); nautical (ie. ships and descriptions of ships etc., such as 'the vessel is afemale prison ship', the vessel has brought out emigrants; weather; boats (ie small boats); places; prisoners absconding, provisions; tools;stores; arms and ammunitions etc..
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Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company Index. Royal Society Collection
Get PDFMount Bischoff Tin Mining Co.
c. 1890 - 1900
1. Mount Bischoff (abstract) - brief history nd.
(3 pp ms) RS.149/1
2. Sketch of the proposed trophy for Mount Bischoff
Tin Mining Co. nd
pen & wash drawing, stamped: 'R. Flack Richards, Architect,
14 Elizabeth Street, Hobart.
(1 drawing) RS.149/2
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St. David's Cemetery 1922 Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFRecord of tombstones in St. David's cemetery, Hobart (St. David's Park) 1922.
RS.13
Public notices Index: Royal Society Collection
Get PDFPrinted public notices of Government and General Orders, by command of
Lt. Governor.
Appointment of Oliver Smith as acting Chief Constable in absence of
Mr. Wade 14 Jan. 1814 -
Muster of public works gangs for divine service.
of Public Works 5 Feb. 1814
G.E.Gunning, Inspector -
Francis Williams and Adolarias William Henry Humphrey appointed magistrates
for the County of Buckinghamshire, 5 Apr. 1814 -
Divine service to be held on Good Friday at Government House, 6 Apr. 1814 -
Order for payment for cattle received from the Government Herd. 15 Apr.1814 -
Appointment of Mr. Beaumont as 'Naval Officer' 24 Dec. 1817
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Waterhouse Trading Index: Royal Society Collection
No full textLetter book 16 Aug 1847 - 9 Sept. 1850.
Business letter book of John Thomas Waterhouse, general Trader
and shipowner of Hobart. The letters are addressed to traders,
agents in mainland ports and relate to cargoes of all kinds,
including provisions, spirits etc. In Wood's Royal Kalendar
of 1849 J.T.Waterhouse, shipping agent is listed as owning 6
ships (John Bull, Scout, Timbo, Triton, Waterlily and Maguasha).
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