Part of Notes on Aborigines
Newpaper cutting from the Mercury newspaper about Wauba Debar's grave at Bicheno Tasmania. Article includes image of the grave of Wauba Debar (1792–1832) a female Aboriginal Tasmanian.
Wauba Debar
Tree marked by aborigines, Tedworth
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of a tree marked by aborigines at Tedworth. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
The story of Tasmanian aborigines
Part of Notes on Aborigines
The story of Tasmanian aborigines , prepared by Dr. William Bryden. Published Hobart [Tas.] : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1960.
William Bryden
Part of Notes on Aborigines
Photocopy of printed poems in the memory of King Billy, the 'last of the aboriginal race'
The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants
'The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants'· by Edward William Stevens, State School teacher and catechist, 1790-1899.
Written for for the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1899. Handwritten article described as being compiled 'from a diary and notes written during many years residence in the islands and compiled at the request of the Right Rev. H. H. Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania, Launceston, October 16th 1899
Edward William Stephens
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of aboriginal caves at Tedworth. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Truggeruana, native of Recherche, Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal woman Truggeruana, native of Recherche. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal woman and child
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal woman and child 'after Labillardiere'. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994
John Watt Beattie
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of a Tasmanian aboriginal woman. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal stone implements
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal stone implements. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal Stone Implement Quarry, Plenty River, Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slides of Tasmanian aboriginal stone implement quarry, Plenty river. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal profile. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal man Woureddy, native of Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal man Woureddy, native of Bruni[Bruny]Island. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal man Timmy, native of the East Coast, Van Diemen's Land
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal man Timmy, native of the East Coast. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Tasmanian Aboriginal canoe and baskets
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal canoe and baskets. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Part of Notes on Aborigines
Tasmania's vanished race : national talks delivered from 3AR Melbourne, on February 26th, 1935, March 6th, 1935 and March 12th, 1935 written by Frederic Wood Jones
Frederic Wood Jones
Part of Meston Papers
Notes on stone age man and aborigines
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Proclamation to the Aborigines
Copies of Governor Davey's pictorial proclamation to the aborigines, promising equal justice for whites and natives, with modern tracing (Davey altered to Arthur in a modern hand) and another copy with a different heading.
Thomas Davey
Plenty River, Van Diemen's Land, Tasmanian Aboriginal Stone Implement Quarry
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slides of Tasmanian aboriginal stone implement quarry, Plenty river. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Parliamentary Report on the Furneaux Islands
Report on the mutton bird industry, the mixed race reserve, schools etc. by J.E.C. Lord, Commissioner of Police, in return to an order of the House of Assembly October 1908.
John E. C. Lord
Papers relating to Cape Barren Island
Papers relating to Cape Barren Island 1902 - 1928. Including: correspondence or Captain Bladen concerning the aboriginal reserve 1902-1927, genealogical tables of mixed race people, list of all mixed race people living on the Reserve 1928 and a 'chronological' list of residents in order of age, giving dates of birth, notes, etc.
James M Bladon
Collection consists of booklets and and photocopies relating to Tasmanian Aborigines
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of mixed race Tasmanian aborigines. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994. The fourth person from the left is believed to be Mary Everett and the fifth person is believed to be Bunny Brown.
John Watt Beattie
Research notes, correspondence and drafts of historical studies of the Van Diemen's Land Company, Jorgen Jorgensen, etc. by Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951).
Archibald Lawrence Meston
Manuscript notes on Aborigines
Part of Notes on Aborigines
Handwriten manuscript notes and copies of government correspondence concerning aborigines, 1830 - 1832 . Thought to have been compiled c. 1950 - 1970, author unknown
Letter from George Augustus Robinson dated 16 August 1832 to Rev. Henry Dowling, Baptist minister, V.D.L., reporting that he had removed 23 aborigines from the main territory to Hunter Island in Bass Strait , with a brief description of the Hunter Island settlement -- a pleasant situation containing nearly forty aborigines.
George Augustus Robinson
Language & dialects spoken by the Aborigines of Tasmania
Part of Notes on Aborigines
Printed paper presented by the Secretary of The Royal Society of Tasmania entitled 'Language & dialects spoken by the Aborigines of Tasmania, compiled from official and other vocabularies and arranged for comparison by J.E. Calder’. Published by the Parliament of Tasmania in 1901
James Erskine Calder
Ground stone Aboriginal implements
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of ground stone aboriginal implements. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Furneaux Islands Aboriginal Settlement
Collection of papers regarding Aboriginal settlement, genealogical tables and mutton bird industry on Cape Barren Island and Furneaux Islands. Includes a handwritten article entitled "The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants"· by Edward William Stephens, State School teacher.
Edward William Stephens
Collection includes letters and cards relating to government house, scrap book of newspaper cutting and a bound volume of Aboriginal vocabularies
James Erskine Calder
Boyer Lecture : The Spectre of Truganini
Collection consists of 3 audio cassettes of the 1980 Boyer Lectures given by Bernard Smith, entitled 'The Spectre of Truganini'
Bernard Smith
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of an aboriginal implement quarry at Tedworth. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie
Part of Walker Family Papers
Lantern slide of aboriginal caves at Tedworth. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
John Watt Beattie