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- 1837-1878 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
8 bound volumes
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Walker arrived in Hobart Town on September 1822 aboard the "Heroine". By his own account he was 'penniless and unfriended'. Within a month he was appointed superintendent of the government flour-mill on the Hobart Town Rivulet. Next year he received a ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the Royal Society by Mrs C.N. Atkins and A.D. Goodfellow (having been found on premises
in Barrack Street, formerly occupied by Walker's mill)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of various Walker Mill records including ledgers, sales journals and day book. Also included is a cashiers day book for the Derwent Bank. John Walker was the liquidator of the bank.
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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.Collections@utas.edu.au
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Dates of creation revision deletion
HE Apr.2020