Sub-item 26 - Old Ball Room where Town Hall now stands, Hobart

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-LS-26

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Old Ball Room where Town Hall now stands, Hobart

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1 lantern slide - Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square)

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Name of creator

(1859-1930)

Biographical history

John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), photographer and antiquarian, was born on 15 August 1859 at Aberdeen, Scotland, son of John Beattie, master house-painter and photographer, and his wife Esther Imlay, née Gillivray. After a grammar-school education he ... »

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Scope and content

Lantern slide from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of the demolition of the old ball room where the Town Hall now stands, Hobart, Tasmania. Thought to have been prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were in Elizabeth Street,... »

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