Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1827-1854 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
6 vols and 1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Charles Swanston (1789-1850), banker and merchant, was born at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, the son of Robert Swanston and Rebecca, daughter of Johnston Lambert of Mordington and Margaret Handyside of Tweedmouth. At 16 he was commissioned ... »
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Derwent Bank was established in 1827 and opened for business on 1 January 1828 in Davey Street, Hobart, with a staff of two, the cashier Stephen Adey and the accountant John Leake of Rosedale, Campbell Town. William Henry Hamilton was appointed ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the Royal Society by Mrs C.N. Atkins
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of letter books of the Derwent Bank also the private letter books of Charles Swanston
Conditions of access and use area
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
Publication note
Another Swanston Letter book is held by the State Library of Victoria (1835-1840)
Publication note
S.J. Butlin, 'Charles Swanston and the Derwent Bank', Hist. Studies N.Z. & Aust., No.7, May 1943
Publication note
W.D.Hudspeth, 'The rise and fall of Charles Swanston', Pap. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1948 pp 1-16
Publication note
Robin, ED 2017 , 'Captain Charles Swanston : ‘man of the world’ and Van Diemen’s Land merchant statesman', PhD thesis, University of Tasmania. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23808/
Publication note
Swanston : merchant statesman / Eleanor Robin, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018. http://encore.lib.utas.edu.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2675975
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Dates of creation revision deletion
HE Apr.2020