Sub-item 27 - Waterworks Valley

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-136-27

Title

Waterworks Valley

Date(s)

  • c1870 (Creation)

Level of description

Sub-item

Extent and medium

1 photograph

Context area

Name of creator

(1841-1899)

Biographical history

James Backhouse Walker (1841-1899), solicitor and historian, was born on 14 October 1841 in Hobart Town, son of George Washington Walker, shopkeeper, and his wife Sarah Benson, daughter of Robert Mather. Educated at the High School, Government Domain, ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photograph of Stony Steps or Waterworks Valley, Hobart, Tasmania with Livingstone's house Marydale in the foreground and the Waterworks dam in the background, c.1870.