Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

Letters, documents, newspaper cuttings, relating to the early history of Tasmania, collected by J.E. Calder.

ca. 1300 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7069534

Libraries Australia

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Calder, James Erskine, 1808-1882

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James Erskine Calder was born at Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England, on 10th June 1808. Educated at Sandhurst Military College, he failed to obtain a commission, but in 1829 he was appointed to the survey department of Tasmania. He was Surveyor-General of Tasmania from 1859 to 1870, and an authority on Tasmanian history. He died in Hobart on 20th February 1882. From the description of Letters, portrait [microform]. ca. 1962. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224605825 ...