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Correspondence

Letters from A. Biggs (astronomical instruments, 1933) and R.L. Dunbabin (change of address 1943).
also draft of a letter by A.L. Meston on aborigines and the naming of V.D.L. n.d.

Archibald Lawrence Meston

Cradle Mountain

Manuscript - Cradle Mountain by R.E. Smith with notes on the wildlife and climate by Gustav Weindorfer also Miscellaneous papers re Cradle Mountain comprlslng correspondence re Franz Malcher

Archibald Lawrence Meston

Jorgen Jorgenson

Correspondence and article relating to Jorgen Jorgensen also copies of diaries : including Journey to Ouse Plateau, repat of Jorgensen to V.D.L. Co. on route between Hobart and Circular Head, and Journal kept while exploring from Circular Head to the Pieman River, 1826-1827

Archibald Lawrence Meston

Meston Papers

  • AU TAS UTAS SPARC M11
  • Collection
  • c1933-c1958

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

Press cuttings

Press cuttings of articles on V.D.L. Co. published by Advocate 3 Nov. 1925 - 5 February 1927 and miscellaneous
cuttings re birds on Bass Strait Islands

Archibald Lawrence Meston

Research Notes

Research notes and draft of Meston's book. Copies of dispatches, minutes of the council and miscellaneous notes and correspondence of VDL. Notes on aboriginals including the incident when aboriginal women were killed at Emu Bay.

Archibald Lawrence Meston

Secheron House

Notes on Secheron House, a colonial home built for Surveyor-General George Frankland in Hobart in 1831

Archibald Lawrence Meston