Photograph thought to have been taken in the 1930's by G.M.P. of the rebuilt Milton Farm house. In 1826, young John Allen applied for and received a grant of land on Tasmania's east coast: four hundred acres on the west bank of Cygnet River. He named the property Milton, after his home village in England. In February 1828, he reaped his first harvest, but in that same month, an Aboriginal raiding party attacked the (undefended) property, after previously harassing Allen's neighbours John Lyne and George Meredith. Allen's house was robbed and torched and his wheat stack burnt; damage was estimated at £300. Subsequently awarded a two hundred acre extension to his land grant 'as a remuneration for the Aforesaid Loss', he set to work rebuilding, this time a two-storey house of stone.
Black-and-white photograph depicts Miller’s Corner on the intersection of Liverpool Street and Murray streets, Hobart, looking towards waterfront down Murray Street. A.P. Miller, dispensing chemist, died 1904
Display of Cadbury products including quarter pound boxes of Milk Tray chocolates for 1 shilling and sixpence, Energy chocolate bars and Nut Milk bars for 1 shilling and tuppence
Collection of framed caricatures drawn by Thomas Claude Wade Midwood depicting colleagues, members of Midwoods household and local Hobart characters. Most identified.
Black-and-white vertical/portrait photograph of four men posing for the camera while standing or squatting above or beside a waterfall on Mount Wellington, believed to be Silver Falls
Plaque inscribed: 1939-1945. To the glorious memory of the men from these works who gave their lives for their country and in grateful remembrance of all those who served.
Colour photograph of beam engine in Hobart, purportedly the oldest McNaught Beam Engine in existence, originally built 1854 in Paisley Scotland, by A.W. Smith and used by Risby’s Sawmill in Hobart until 1955; photograph possibly taken at Moonah public works depot
Colour photograph of beam engine in Hobart, purportedly the oldest McNaught Beam Engine in existence, originally built 1854 in Paisley Scotland, by A.W. Smith and used by Risby’s Sawmill in Hobart until 1955; photograph taken at Moonah public works depot 1967
Mock display table holding individual and boxed chocolates from the Vogue range, including cherry nougat, strawberry creme, loganberry creme, orange marzipan, caramel, butter crunch and walnut dessert. Sign indicates the ellipse measures 32 inches long, 17 inches wide and the pedestal is 21 inches high.
Colour photograph shows unusual sign for South Gordon walking track turnoff, fashioned out of number plates, with three backpacks resting on ground nearby
Papers of Margaret Sturge Watts include photo albums of relief work in Central Europe after World War I, an autograph album, visitors books, journals, an unpublished autobiography, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous items including the notification and congratulatory letters for Margaret Watts' MBE in 1957 for her work in the 'assimiliation of new settlers.'
Colour photograph shows grain being bagged at a vintage farm machinery demonstration with Aveling & Porter steam engine attached by belt to grain processing machine, watched by dozens of people
Colour photograph shows a farmer ploughing a paddock at Westerway in a field strung with trellis frames for hop cultivation with a draught horse and plough
Photograph of Malunnah at Orford, Tasmania. Built by writer & artist Louisa Anne Meredith and her husband Charles. The Merediths lived at the house from 1868 until 1888. This photograph was taken by Miss F.M. Kennedy of Swansea
Photograph of the main reading area of the Library, Domain, House . Taken in November 1960 showing students working at desks. Fire place and mantel on rear wall.
Description on back of drawing : Louie an aboriginal worker at Aileron Station used to get it for Mrs (Elsie )Cobson (later Nolan) to send to me. Was never able to paint it from the plant and it faded when sent in. An exquisite blossom that grows close to the ground in Spinifex country hence the name Spinifex Snow : Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, "Native Gap" ( Aileron Stn.), 1960. Identified by Olive Pink as Macrocarpa gregoria ( I think) Spinifex Snow .
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, "Native Gap" ( Aileron Stn.), 1960. Identified by Olive Pink as Macrocarpa gregoria ( I think) Spinifex Snow - description on back of drawing.
Four men playing golf. Back of photograph states The Origin of Claremont Golf Club 1926? (Lunch hour golf) Left to right: Wal Morrow (scorer), HV McKernan, Will Cooper, FB Richardson. Photo by JA Cooper (his clubs lying on green)
Factory workers on lunch break at Cadbury Factory. Some seated, some walking to canteen. Time on tower clock is 12:30. Sign on side of road states 'Speed limit 10 miles'
An aerial colour photograph shows distinctive shelter belts around cultivated hop fields alongside River Derwent at Bushy Park, Glenora and Macquarie Plains. Long shadows being cast from the low sun to the west
Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Jay Creek, Northern Territory 27/12/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Loranthus miguelii "veins in leaves lighter and more yellow than leaf - flowers bright red"
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Darwin, Northern Territory 27/10/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Loranthus amplexans, Mistletoe
Black-and-white photograph of construction of cell room extension at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon. Large sign reading “SAFETY” is mounted at ground level.
Colour photograph shows a crane being used to load logs on a semi-trailer in the Florentine Valley. Inscription on driver's door reads L.J. Reynolds, HAULAGE CONTRACTOR, Maydena, Phone 217. Visible at lower left of image are people in street or travelling clothes on an outing to view timber workers in the bush
Colour photograph shows two C Class steam locomotives with red livery, at Western Junction station, figures on platform, people in background taking photographs
Colour photograph of black locomotive, shunting a rail car in unidentified rail yard, boiler design has a light, a low-profile front funnel, then two steam domes atop the centre of the locomotive boiler.
Group of people loading or unloading luggage from the rear boot of vehicles parked in the car park at Hobart Aerodrome. Building site and an aircraft parked on tarmac visible in background.
Cases of Tasmanian apples being loaded on board a ship, with a man driving a wagon with packing cases stamped with the number 393. A cyclist is riding past on the wharf with a ship moored nearby.