Collection W9 - Walker Family Papers

Index to Names Index to Subjects and Places Index to W9 Walker family tree Letter to Philip Smith Van Diemen's Land Total Abstinence Society pledge Unidentified document George Washington Walker and the formation of the Temperance Society Remarks on a report to Sir Richard Bourke Memorial to the Honourable the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land Fundamental Principles of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society Notes on holding an Abstinence Society meeting Abstinence Society in account with the editor of Courier and Teetotal Advocate Letter from Bicheno, Colonial Secretary's office Plan for the advocacy of the Total Abstinence Society cause Letter and statement of account respecting the Temperance Halls transfer Letter to Sir William Denison Rules of the Society Memorandum Minutes of meeting Constitution and Laws of the Van Diemen’s Land Liquor Law League Copy of circular addressed to candidates at elections Circular addressed to licenced victuallers Petition Account Complaint Letter : Petition to the Lieutenant Governor Copy of circular addressed to licenced victuallers Donation from Bicheno Petition to the Legislative Council from the inhabitants of Green Ponds Petition to the Legislative Council Facts and figures on expenditure on hard liquor Walker Photographs Lady Franklin: opening Ancanthe Museum Transcript of W9-A1-11 Pin holder Wedding cards Wedding cards in envelope Mourning card Isabella Mather Affectionate remembrance of Sarah Benson Mather In memoriam Hannah Maria Benson Loving memory of Sarah Hamond Marriage Diary - South Africa to Van Diemen's Land Reminiscences of Sarah Benson Walker Index to W9/Ph Perkins and Nephew Wholesale & Retail Drapers and Grocers Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, looking south from St. David's Cathedral Photograph of the Oddfellows Hall Photograph of the Oddfellows Hall and Congregational Church Photograph of Davey Street, Hobart, looking west St. John's Church Goulburn Street St. Mary's Cathedral Presslands House Old St. David's Cathedral Old St. David's Cathedral The Tasmanian Club, Macquarie Street, Hobart Bank of Australasia and Macquarie House The Bank of Van Diemen's Land and Hobart Town Hotel Macquarie Street, Hobart looking east All Saints Church Macquarie Street St. Joseph's Catholic Church St. Joseph's Catholic Church Macquarie Street, Hobart from Mercury Office Eastern end of Macquarie Street Commercial Bank Commercial Bank Tasmanian Temperance Alliance Photograph of electric tram car St. Joseph's Catholic Church and old St. David's Cathedral Harrington Street with the Collins Street intersection Public buildings in Macquarie Street Procession approaching corner of Murray and Macquarie Streets Buildings on the corner of Macquarie and Murray Streets Liverpool Street Hobart Cherry's Carlton Club Hotel Wholesale & Retail Drapery Warehouse Liverpool Street Hobart Liverpool Street Hobart with horse drawn carriages Murray Street with horse drawn carriages Waterloo House Webb's Hotel Murray Street, above Liverpool Street intersection Elizabeth Street looking toward Memorial Congregational Church Elizabeth Street outside C. Davis Importer of English and American Hardware Elizabeth Street from Collins Street corner Ship Inn Ship Inn Westella Elizabeth Street from Memorial Congregational Church Launceston from Windmill Hill Launceston from beyond Cataract Bridge St. John's Street, Launceston On the banks of the Tamar River Public Buildings Launceston River Tamar from Cataract Hill Launceston Town Hall Cataract Bridge and Launceston Maatsuyker Lighthouse Big Witch from Maatsuyker Island

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9

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Walker Family Papers

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  • 1820-1913 (Creation)

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18 type one boxes, miscellaneous bound volumes, loose photographs and lantern slides

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George Washington Walker
(1800-1859)

Biographical history

George Washington Walker (1800-1859), Quaker, shopkeeper and humanitarian, was born on 19 March 1800 in London, the twenty-first child of John Walker (1726-1821) by his second wife, Elizabeth, née Ridley. Because of the death of his mother and the absence of his aged father engaged in the saddle trade in Paris, he was brought up by his grandmother in Newcastle. He was educated by a Wesleyan schoolmaster near Barnard Castle, and apprenticed in 1814 to a linen draper. Impressed by the probity and wisdom of his Quaker employers and James Backhouse of York, a leading Quaker minister, he left the Unitarian persuasion of his family in 1827 and became a member of the Society of Friends. The next year he formed the first Temperance Society in Newcastle.
For more information see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-george-washington-2764

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Most of the Walker papers were deposited in the care of the University by members of the Walker family (W9), some members still retaining some papers, but some correspondence of George Washington Walker was deposited by F.C. Wolfhagen solicitor of the firm of Simmons, Wolfhagen, Simmons and Walker (W7).

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The papers consist mainly of family correspondence of G.W. Walker and his children and a few diaries and miscellaneous papers. James B. Walker's letters to his sisters, particularly letters to Mary Augusta while she was over seas are especially descriptive of his activities and of Hobart life. Mary Walkers' letters from London describe her life as a student in London and her correspondence with friends met then contain references to artists, especially women painters and sculptors.

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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 cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

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HE Mar2019

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