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Van Diemen's Land Company documents

Collection of printed papers
• Van Diemen's Land Company: British Acts relating to the Company, 1825, 1847, 1863, 1877, 1916.
• Tasmanian Parliamentary Papers in re V.D.L. Co., 1859, 1889, 1911.
• Circular advertising land for sale 1858.
• Report of Emu Bay Railway Co. 1937
• V.D.L. Co. Annual Report, 1868/69, 1931/37.
• Report to V.D.L. Co. by James Bailey on the State of their properties, 10 Aug. 1881.
• Report on properties by Capt. James Rowe, 1886.

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Trip to the Frenchman Cap

Description of a trip to the Frenchman Cap, in February 1887 by Mr. T.B. Moore. Copied from Mr. Moore's mss. in January 1915. (Published in Hobart Mercury, 14 Apr. 1887. See RS5/9).

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Tasmania

"Tasmania" File containing:
• Transcript from headstone on grave of Bart. B. Thomas, 1831;
• letter from Ronald Smith 1929;
• letters from W. Walker, 1927;
• note by A.W.S. Hume re J.H. Wedge;
• letter from Thomas Dunbabin, 1928, re Jorgen Jorgensen, with transcripts from Jorgensen's Diary;
• photograph of W.W. Elliston, photocopy of his handwriting and Coat of Arms;
• photograph of Stanley and The Nut;
• drawing of The Nut, Plan of Settlement Island (Sarah Island) Macquarie Harbour.

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Ships 1816-1823

Typescript copy, alphabetically arranged, of arrival of vessels at Hobart Town and their departure from 1st June 1816 to the 31st December 1823.

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Sheep

"Sheep". Transcripts including letter to Pastoral Review, by R.S. Sanderson, 8 June 1928; "Early History of Saxony Sheep in Australia", by A.W.L. (Pastoral Review, 16 July 1928); transcripts from Historical Records of N.S.W. concerning John Macarthur's sheep interests.

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Secheron House

Notes on Secheron House, a colonial home built for Surveyor-General George Frankland in Hobart in 1831

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Sammy Cox

Sammy Cox (Samuel Jervis) "A Tasmanian William Buckley" by F.W. Hosken, from "Argus Cameron Supplement" 17 October 1931

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Ross v. Gurr

"Ross v. Gurr": transcripts from Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemens Land Almanac. 1833-35.

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Research material on the Van Diemen's Land Co.

Research material on Van Diemen's Land Company including:
• Brochure advertising land for sale, ca.1920;
• Sydney Stock Exchange, Investment Service. [Report] on Emu Railway Co., 1938;
• Mining Services [Report] on Mount Lyell Mining &Railway Co., Nov. 1939;
• copies of letters from J. Norton Smith, V.D.L. Co. to James Smith re Mt. Bischoff Tin Mine, 1873-79;
• Transcripts from Bigge's Report, 1820;
• Baptist Magazine, 1832; "Authentic Information regarding Van Diemen's Land Company" by F. Boucher, 1859 (Ferguson no. 7296).

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Printed works

Printed works removed from Collection and placed in Library's Rare Book Collection or in Staff Publications:
• Howard, M.C. West Coast mineral areas, 1947.
• Miller, E.M. Literary beginnings in Tasmania. (Educational Record, Oct.15, 1948)
• Miller, E.M. The Tasmanian, Launceston's first newspaper.(Biblionews, vol.2, No.8, 1949). 2 copies and typed ms.
• Preshaw, A.S. The University of Tasmania throughout half a century. (Tasmanian Institute of Educational Research. Bull.No.6, 1940).
• Triebel, L.A. Whaling in Australasian Seas a century ago. (Educational Record, Feb. 1949).

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Press cuttings

Press cuttings of articles on V.D.L. Co. published by Advocate 3 Nov. 1925 - 5 February 1927 and miscellaneous
cuttings re birds on Bass Strait Islands

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Notes on genealogy

Notes on genealogy: Including families of Luttrell (ancestors of Mrs. A.L. (Winifred) Meston; Rockwell, including typed copy of letter written by J. Rockwell, an officer on H.M.S. Dreadnought, describing the battle of Trafalgar, photograph of Captain Rockwell, Master of P.S. "Kangaroo"; Churchill and Crocker families.

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News clippings

Collection of miscellaneous news clippings, history, animals, obituaries and reminiscences in notebooks and binder

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Miscellaneous

Collection of miscellaneous news clippings, dated 1930-31. History, animals, Frenchman's Cap, obituaries, reminiscences, ships. Arranged in a spring binder.

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Meston Papers

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC M11
  • Collection
  • 1933-1958

Research notes, correspondence and drafts of historical studies of the Van Diemen's Land Company, Jorgen Jorgensen, etc. by Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951).

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Meston Historical Research Papers

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC M3
  • Collection
  • 1933-1958

Papers relating to the historical research of Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951), including notes, drafts and copies of articles for publication, transcripts or photocopies of documents, and newspaper cuttings.

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Macquarie's Journals

"Macquarie's Journals". Typed copy of diaries of visit to V.D.L., 1811-1821. From manuscript held in Mitchell Library, published in full, 1956.

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Literary matters

Collection of miscellaneous news clippings, dated 1928. Literary matters, in quarto note book, partly unused.

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

Folder containing 25 letters from R. Stuart Sanderson, Burnie, to A.L.Meston re
• exploration of N.W. Tasmania, 1927-1932.
• Copies of 2 letters from A.L.M. to Sanderson, 1930, 1932.
• "Brief History of the Port of Burnie", compiled by
R.S. Sanderson. Typescript 21p. 1921.
• "Notes on the North-West of Tasmania" by J. Sanderson. 5p. Typescript. 26 October 1948.
• "Discovery of tin at Mt.Bischoff" by R.S.Sanderson. 2p. Typescript.
• Extracts from personal diaries of R.D.Sanderson, Burnie. 6p.1884-1928.
• 3 photostats of maps of V.D.L's land grants from Lands Department, Hobart.
• 9 photographs, including 2 of Stonehenge, near Pruana South and 1 of Hellyer's tomb.

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Letters from A.L. Wayn

Eight letters from A.L. Wayn, State Secretary's Department, in reply to queries from A.L.M.; 2 articles by A.L.Wayn from Educational Record: "0use in the State Records"; from the State Records, second article. 1947.

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Letters from A. Biggs

Letters from A. Biggs (astronomical instruments, 1933)

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Letter from R.S. Sanderson

Letter from R.S. Sanderson, Burnie, dated 10 September 1930, enclosing copy of "Notes on the life of Edward Curr by his Grandson, Frederick Curr."

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Lectures and talks

Folder containing manuscripts of lectures and talks.
• "Introductory Talk to a Course on Australian Literature" (W. E.A. Launceston);
• two press cuttings and notes on English and Scottish localities;
• "Lost Cities of Southern Rhodesia" (Schools Broadcast, 9th February 1938);
• W.H. Hudson (Schools Broadcast, 4th December 1939);
• "A Visit to Kruger National Park", 7th July 1939;
• "Geology of Tasmania"; Talk to Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1949.

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Jorgen Jorgenson

Material relating to Jorgen Jorgenson including copies of diaries

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Early days of the Tamar

Folder containing "Early Days on the Tamar"; 2 copies of a photograph of Launceston; photocopy of "Plan of Launceston" (from Ross: Hobart Town Almanack, 1832); printed broadside, "Ackerman's Exhibition", Launceston.

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Draft letter on Aborigines

Draft of a letter by A.L. Meston on aborigines and the naming of V.D.L. undated

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Diaries of Jorgen Jorgensen

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC M11-3-2
  • Sub-item
  • 1826-1827
  • 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.

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Cradle Mountain miscellaneous 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.

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Cradle Mountain by R.E. Smith

Manuscript of "Cradle Mountain" by R.E. Smith, with notes on wild life and climate by Gustav Weindorfer. dated 7 August
1937.

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Cradle Mountain

Manuscript, miscellaneous papers and correspondence regarding Cradle Mountain

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Correspondence

Letters regarding astronomy and aborigines.

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