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TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. PO Box 191 Launceston Tasmania 7250 State Secretary: [email protected] Home Page: http://www.tasfhs.org Patron: Dr Alison Alexander Fellows: Neil Chick, David Harris and Denise McNeice Executive: President Anita Swan (03) 6326 5778 Vice President David Harris (03) 6424 5328 Vice President Maurice Appleyard (03) 6248 4229 State Secretary Miss Betty Bissett (03) 6344 4034 State Treasurer Miss Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Committee: Judy Cocker Elaine Garwood John Gillham Libby Gillham Isobel Harris Brian Hortle Beverley Richardson Paul Stott Helen Stuart Judith Whish-Wilson By-laws Officer Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Assistant By-laws Officer David Harris (03) 6424 5328 Webmaster Peter Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Journal Editor Leonie Mickleborough (03) 6223 7948 Journal Dispatcher Leo Prior (03) 6228 5057 LWFHA Coordinator Judith DeJong (03) 6327 3917 Members’ Interests Compiler John Gillham (03) 6239 6529 Membership Registrar Judy Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Publications Coordinator Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Public Officer Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Reg Gen BDM Liaison Officer Colleen Read (03) 6244 4527 Research Coordinator Mrs Kaye Stewart (03) 6362 2073 State Sales Officer Mrs Pat Harris (03) 6344 3951 Branches of the Society Burnie: PO Box 748 Burnie Tasmania 7320 [email protected] Devonport: PO Box 587 Devonport Tasmania 7310 [email protected] Hobart: PO Box 326 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 [email protected] Huon: PO Box 117 Huonville Tasmania 7109 [email protected] Launceston: PO Box 1290 Launceston Tasmania 7250 [email protected] Volume 25 Number 4 March 2005 ISSN 0159 0677 Contents Editorial ...................................................................................................................... 186 President’s Message ................................................................................................... 187 Branch News ............................................................................................................... 189 Catherine of the Many Names, Vee Maddock ............................................................ 193 Hobart Gaol History, Laurie Moody .......................................................................... 195 Elsie Tilley, A Remarkable Musician, Shirley Foster .................................................. 200 Internet Genealogy; a Bonus or Bogey for Genealogists? Christine Woods ............. 203 The First Colonial Architect of VDL—Lambe or Wilson? Lawrence A Wilson ........ 205 Thomas the First: Tasmania’s First Thomas Scott, Danny Crothers .......................... 210 Those Elusive Smiths, Lyn Staite ................................................................................ 213 The Truth, the Whole Truth, or Something Like the Truth? Lyn Staite ....................... 216 Queries, New Members’ Interests and New Members ............................................. Insert Victoria Police Correspondence Files, Helen D Harris ....................................... Insert vi John Barker Illslow: Mrs Cunningham Thank you, Dona Bradley .....................Insert vii Family Tree Maker Software ............................................................................ Insert viii Annual General Meeting Notice .................................................................... Supplement I Did Volunteer and Look What Happened! Thelma L Grunnell ................................ 217 An Almost Forgotten Story Solves a Mystery, Allison Carins ..................................... 218 Palaeography, Maurice Appleyard ............................................................................ 220 Campbell Street Gaol Inmates 1873–1890 (Johnson—Passmore), Laurie Moody ..... 222 Genes on Screen, Vee Maddock ................................................................................. 231 Lost, Stolen, Strayed and Found ................................................................................. 232 Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania, New Acquisitions ................................. 235 Society Sales .......................................................................................................................... 238 Book Reviews ........................................................................................................................ 239 Coming Events ............................................................................................................ 241 Library Notes. ............................................................................................................. 244 Deadline dates for contributions: 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October JOURNAL COMMITTEE EDITORIAL Leonie Mickleborough, Rosemary Davidson, This issue offers a wide variety of Jeannine Connors, David Hodgson, articles both in length and topic. They Charles Hunt, Denise McNeice, range from family research, family Cynthia O’Neill, Leo Prior anecdotes and the history of Hobart’s and Kate Ramsay. gaols to more names of Campbell Street Journal address gaol inmates between 1873 and 1890. PO Box 191 Launceston Tasmania 7250 Due to other commitments I have resign- or email ed as editor of Tasmanian Ancestry—a [email protected] position I have held for three years. Journal production since the first issue in Articles are welcomed in any format— June 1980 has progressed with techno- handwritten, typed or word processed, on logy. It is now formatted on computer disk, on CD Rom, or by email. Disks and and delivered to the printer on CD. photographs will be returned on request. Between 1981 and 1991 I was one of six Deadline dates are: Hobart branch members who produced 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October the journal. Each article was typed on a separate sheet of paper and closely The opinions expressed in this journal are trimmed. On one member’s large dining- not necessarily those of the journal commit- room table numbered sheets of paper tee nor of the Tasmanian Family History were spread out, and the journal was Society Inc. Responsibility rests with the author of a submitted article and we do not formatted as we glued articles (straight!) intentionally print inaccurate information. onto the pages. Often ‘extra’ articles The society cannot vouch for the accuracy were hurriedly produced to fill gaps! of offers for services or goods that appear in Once pages were correct, often after the journal, or be responsible for the having been repositioned many times, outcome of any contract entered into with they were taken to a photocopying an advertiser. The editor reserves the right business to be copied and stapled. to edit, abridge or reject material. For twenty of the twenty-five years of the If you wish to contact the author of an journal it has been produced by society article in Tasmanian Ancestry please write members from Hobart branch. I believe care of the editor, enclosing a stamped the time is appropriate for members from envelope and your letter will be forwarded. another branch to share the experience. The only other branch where members © The contents of Tasmanian Ancestry are have produced the journal has been subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act and may not be reproduced without Launceston—Volume 12:2 (September written permission of the editor and author. 1991) to Volume 17:2 (September 1996). I sincerely thank the current journal committee members for their commit- Cover photo: Richmond Bridge, see ment, advice and congenial company, and The First Colonial Architect of VDL— wish the new editor and his or her Lambe or Wilson? pp. 205–209. committee, happy publishing. © Photo: Laurence A Wilson Leonie Mickleborough 186 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY March 2005 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE S I sit to collate my note for this been times at AGMs when there have not journal, it is sometime between been enough nominations for ‘positions’ A Christmas and the New Year. but this has not happened for quite some The family has celebrated the traditional time. Apart from that, it is a time when Christmas get-together and some we can all gather together socially, catch members are now organising their return up with old friends, and make new to their individual places to prepare for friends. So please consider joining us. their New Year celebrations. The Huon is a beautiful area of Tasmania. It is a very hectic time of the year in our It reminds me of the Yorkshire Dales area household, but one that I wouldn’t like to that I knew as a child, with undulating change for the world. hills, green and peaceful. No doubt things would have changed dramatically, As you sit and read your journal it is now still, I’ll hang on to my memories. the beginning of March. Our libraries are open, the weather is usually at its best, Anita Swan and after the holiday break one is keen to get ‘back’ into research. There are a three items that I would like Tasmanian Family History to bring to your attention. Society Inc. One of them is the resignation of our Journal Editor. Unfortunately, at this 2005 stage we have not received any LILIAN WATSON expression of interest from anybody willing to take on this position. I am FAMILY HISTORY AWARD aware that quite a number of other for a book or manuscript however societies have also had this problem, and produced or published on paper, have had to discontinue their journals. It dealing with family history and would be terrible if after 25 years, we having would also go down this path. significant The other item is the ‘positions of Tasmanian content appointment’.