Account of work done at the Government Farm situated in Farm Bay, commencing 22 of March 1804
Account of work done at the Government Farm situated in Farm Bay, commencing 22 of March 1804
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Date
1804
Call Numbers
B 665
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0.01 metres of textual material
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Fonds
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Microfilm : CY 3696
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Contents
Bound in original binding the volume records the daily activity of the first Government Farm in Hobart from 22nd March 1804 to 29th November 1806.
Inserted into the front binding is the list of 'Names of free people at the farm', being 4 men, 4 women and 2 children. Followed by 'Names of the Prisoners at the farm'. 30 men for the gang, 2 ove...
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Full title
Account of work done at the Government Farm situated in Farm Bay, commencing 22 of March 1804
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Index Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014
Contextual Information
Source
Chief Secretary's Office, June 1934
Administrative / Biographical history
David Collins (1756-1810), founder of Hobart, was well equipped as a colonial administrator when he arrived in the Derwent in February 1804, having spent almost nine years in New South Wales as judge-advocate and secretary to the colony.
Late in 1802, as a result of his persistent lobbying of Lord Hobart and Sir Joseph Banks, Collins was ap...
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Call Numbers
B 665
Record Identifier
9NaA7B5Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaA7B5Y
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1102876
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