Item 16 - Report on arrival and prospects

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M10-16

Title

Report on arrival and prospects

Date(s)

  • 1824 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 file

Context area

Name of creator

(1782-1855)

Biographical history

Robert Mather (1782-1855) was a draper of London, son of Mather of Lauder near Berwick-on-Tweed, UK . In 1821 Robert Mather joined a group of members of the Wesleyan Methodist Society who proposed to charter a ship to proceed to VDL., and many of the ... »

Name of creator

(1786-1831)

Biographical history

Ann Mather (1786-1831) was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Benson (1749-1821), a prominent Methodist minister and friend of John Wesley. She married Robert Mather (c1782-1855)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited on indefinite loan with the University Archives by Miss Ursula Walker

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Notes from letters from Ann and Robert Mather from Van Diemen's Land. Report on arrival and prospects dated January 1824.

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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.... »

Related units of description

The Mather papers were deposited by three separate descendents of Robert and Ann Mather and are in three collections - Ml0, M19 & R7. See also the Walker Papers (W9), for papers of George Washington and Sarah Benson (Mather) Walker.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE May 2018

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