Item 5 - Official Report of Journies in the North- West Portion of Van Diemen's Land 1828

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC M3-9-5

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Official Report of Journies in the North- West Portion of Van Diemen's Land 1828

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  • c1860 (Creation)

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(1890-1951)

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Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951), educationist, historian and anthropologist, was born on 5 June 1890 at Launceston, Tasmania. His most important anthropological work was the discovery and description of the rock carvings at Mount Cameron West in 1933. Another major addition to the study of Tasmanian prehistory was his initiation of large-scale excavation in the shell midden at the South Cave, Rocky Cape. Meston's collection of implements and other Aboriginal relics is now housed in the Museum of Victoria; his library is the property of the City of Launceston. For more information see entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meston-archibald-lawrence-7563

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(1793-1872)

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John Helder Wedge (1793-1872), surveyor and explorer, was the second son of Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps, Cambridge, England, from whom he learned the rudiments of his profession. Losses during the post-war depression in agriculture induced Wedge and his brother Edward to migrate to Van Diemen's Land, where they arrived in 1824 in the Heroine. Before leaving London he had obtained an appointment in the colony as assistant surveyor. For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wedge-john-helder-2778

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Donated by his daughter, Mrs. M. Marshall, 1973

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Wedge, J.H. "Official Report of Journies ... in the North-West Portion of Van Diemen's Land ... 1828". (Parl. Paper 186?).

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Open for research

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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
When reusing this material, please provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections, Meston Papers - M11”

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Franks, SM 1958 , 'Land exploration in Tasmania, 1824- 1842: With special reference to the Van Diemen's Land Company', Research Master thesis, University of Tasmania. (p.75) https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17322/

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August 24, 2017 (BR)

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