QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
CHS 42
THE AMY LEWIS HOPE GIBSON COLLECTION
Rural Life, Northern Tasmania Campbell Town
INTRODUCTION
THE RECORDS
GIBSON FAMILY 1.David Gibson 2.William Henry Gibson 3-7.Frank William Gibson 8.Ernest Gibson 9-15.Malcolm Frank Gibson 16-19.Amy Lewis Hope Gibson 20.Racing Club Programs 21.Show programs etc 22.Miscellaneous Gibson Family Items TURNBULL FAMILY 23.Dr Adam Turnbull 24-26.Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull 27.Mrs Margaret Turnbull 28.Some Other Members of Turnbull Family 29.Alexandra May Dowling 30.Lewis Dowling 31.Miscellaneous Turnbull Items 32.Presbyterian Church Records 33.Miscellaneous Items 34.Photographs
OTHER SOURCES
INTRODUCTION
These records, from the estate of the late Mrs Amy Lewis Hope (known as Hope) Gibson (1900-1993), comprise two distinct collections - for the Gibson family and the Turnbull family, both of Campbell Town. The families were ultimately linked by marriage when Hope Dowling, a Turnbull descendant, married Malcolm Gibson.
Hope Dowling married Malcolm Frank Gibson, a pastoralist of Meadow Bank, Campbell Town, on 11 May 1921 at St Andrew’s Church, Campbell Town. There is a considerable quantity of material relating to Malcolm Gibson (1891-1961) and some for his father Frank William Gibson (1863-1913) and his grandfather William Henry Gibson (1837-1906). William leased Meadow Bank and Frank, a pastoralist of Wanstead, near Campbell Town, subsequently purchased the property. Malcolm succeeded his father at Meadow Bank, where he bred Merino sheep. He was one of the State’s leading show-horse exhibitors and breeders and a member of the Midland Hunt Club for many years.
The Gibson papers provide a detailed record of farming activities at Meadow Bank for some 60 years, including information on employees. The financial records demonstrate the interaction between the property and Campbell Town businesses.
Hope Gibson was the daughter of Lewis and Alexandra May (known as May) Dowling. Her father, Lewis Dowling (1867-1951), managed Quorn Hall, Campbell Town, for many years and some Quorn Hall records are included. Her mother, May, was a daughter of William and Amelia Turnbull and William was a son of Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull.
Hope shared an interest in show-horses with her husband. A successful equestrian, she contributed the chapter ‘A horse for a hack’ in Zita White’s book, A Race of Horsemen (Brisbane, 1962). Hope continued to live at Meadow Bank after Malcolm’s death in 1961, until her passing thirty years later, on 19 July 1993. A considerable amount of her correspondence and financial records are included in the collection.
Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull (1803-1891), medical practitioner, public servant and Presbyterian minister, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land in 1825. The subject of an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, he was Presbyterian minister at Campbell Town from 1854 to 1874. After he retired he lived at Ivy Cottage, Glenelg Street, in the town until the time of his death. His records form an important component of the collection. There are also records for some of his Campbell Town descendants. Ada Susanna Turnbull, one of William and Amelia Turnbull’s eight daughters, was the last member of the Turnbull family to live in the town: she died there in 1951.
Dates of birth and death have been obtained from the records, printed indexes to the Examiner (held in the Launceston Library), Victorian Great War Index 1914-1920 on microfiche and from publications listed in Other Sources.
The collection was donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in August 1993.
GIBSON FAMILY
David Gibson (1780?-1858)
1/1 David Gibson, letter to Robert Taylor, McQuarri (sic) 1824 River
William Henry Gibson, 1837-1906, grandson of David Gibson
2/1 Photocopies of family register pages of bible given to 1862 to W H Gibson by his mother, with his children’s names and their dates of birth, marriage and death
2/2 W H Gibson, correspondence re fences at Meadow Bank 1888, 1900
2/3 W H Gibson, correspondence re J & T Gunn removing 1896 stone from Meadow Bank for construction of Tamar Bridge
2/4 Copy of William H Gibson’s copy of will 1906
2/5 Estate of William Henry Gibson late of Fairfield 1907 (executors account)
2/6 Estate of William Henry Gibson, deceased and estate 1949 of Mrs Hannah Gibson, deceased (memorandum to beneficiaries and relevant information)
Frank William Gibson, 1863-1913, son of William Henry Gibson
3.Legal Records
3/1 Frank William Gibson, agreement with Norman Clark re 1900 removal of wattle bark from Meadow Bank
4.Correspondence
4/1 Frank Gibson, correspondence, 1887, 1895, 1898-99, 1903-04 1887-1904 (predominantly wool and sheep sales. A few misc items e.g. draft of a letter to father, dental appointments, gravestone inscription, opening of a boys school at Campbell Town)
4/2 Letterbook 1889-1908
4/3 Correspondence re Frank Gibson’s son Kenneth Gibson 1903-1911 (Grammar School, Launceston and Leslie House School, New Town [Hobart] )
4/4 Correspondence re purchase of Meadow Bank 1904
4/5 Correspondence, return forms etc re sheep dipping 1904-1907
4/6 Correspondence 1905 4/7 Correspondence etc re memorial at Kirklands 1905-1908 cemetery (3 sketches are Oversize items)
4/8 Correspondence 1906
4/9 Correspondence 1907
4/10 Correspondence 1908
4/11 Correspondence 1909
4/12 Correspondence 1910-1913
5.Financial Records
5/1 Financial records 1894-1899
5/2 Financial records 1900-1903
5/3 Financial records 1904-1905
5/4 Financial records 1906
5/5 Financial records 1907
5/6 Financial records 1908
5/7 Financial records 1909
5/8 Financial records 1910
5/9 Financial records 1911
5/10 Financial records 1912
6.Miscellaneous Records
6/1 Nine notebooks etc re sheep and shearing 1888-1913
6/2 Record book of employees 1888-1911
6/3 Record book re sheep 1896-1905
6/4 Diary, 1905; notebook, 1906 1905, 1906
6/5 Items relating to Tasmanian Kennel Club, 1906, 1907 (includes undated newspaper cuttings, two items are Oversize items)
6/6 Mr F. W. Gibson, Wanstead; Frank Gibson, visiting cards nd
Frank and Malcolm Gibson
7/1 Record book re sheep at Meadow Bank 1911-1922
7/2 Three notebooks re shearing at Meadow Bank 1909-1926
Ernest Gibson, 1867-1960, son of William Henry Gibson
8/1 Valuation of Wanstead, near Campbell 1907 Town
Malcolm Frank Gibson, 1891-1961, son of Frank William Gibson
9.Legal Records
9/1 Malcolm Frank Gibson and Amy Lewis Hope Dowling, 1921 marriage certificate; wedding invitation
9/2 Malcolm Gibson and Hydro-electric Commission re 1935 erection of poles etc
9/3 Malcolm Gibson and Hydro-electric Commission re 1949 electric power to Meadow Bank
9/4 Malcolm Gibson and Department of Mines, Tasmania, 1950 re drilling for underground water
9/5 Malcolm Gibson and William Ellis, share farming agreement 1954
9/6 Malcolm Frank Gibson’s will 1958
10.Correspondence
10/1 Grammar School, Campbell Town, reports 1904, 1905
10/2 Grammar School, Launceston, reports 1905, 1906
10/3 Correspondence, 1903, 1906, 1907 1903-1907
10/4 Correspondence 1912-1914
10/5 Correspondence etc re his brother Kenneth Gibson 1914-1935
10/6 Correspondence 1915-1916
10/7 Correspondence 1917-1920
10/8 Letterbook 1920
10/9 Correspondence 1921-1922
10/10 Letterbook 1922-1925
10/11 Correspondence (includes letter 7 August 1924 1923-1924 from Norman Nicholson re establishment of Scotch College)
10/12 Correspondence etc re Meadow Bank Flagstaff 1924-1925 Tier
10/13 Correspondence 1925-1926
10/14 Correspondence 1927-1928
10/15 Correspondence 1929-1930
10/16 Correspondence 1931-1934
10/17 Correspondence 1935-1938
10/18 Correspondence re weekend house at St Helens 1939-1940
10/19 Correspondence 1939-1942
10/20 Correspondence, includes 1943 correspondence 1943-1945 Valleyfield aerodrome)
10/21 Correspondence 1946-1950
10/22 Correspondence etc re closer settlement 1948-1949
10/23 Correspondence re shearing shed (includes plan) 1950
10/24 Correspondence 1951-1955
10/25 Correspondence 1956-1959
11.Financial Records
11/1 Financial records 1913-1915
11/2 Wages books, notes re named employees 1913-1948 (some years missing)
11/3 Financial records 1916-1917
11/4 Financial records 1918-1919
11/5 Financial records 1920-1921
11/6 Financial records 1922-1923 11/7 Financial records 1924-1926
11/8 Financial records 1927-1931
11/9 Financial records 1932
11/10 Financial records 1933
11/11 Financial records 1934-1940
11/12 Financial records 1941-1945
11/13 Financial records 1946-1950
11/14 Financial records 1951-1952
11/15 Financial records 1953
11/16 Financial records 1954
11/17 Financial records 1955
11/18 Financial records 1956
11/19 Financial records 1957
11/20 Financial records 1958
11/21 Financial records 1959-1961
12.Sheep Records, Shearing Records
12/1 Records re sheep 1913-1920
12/2 Correspondence etc re shearing 1915-1922
12/3 Correspondence etc re shearing 1923-1929
12/4 Six notebooks re shearing 1918-1961
12/5 Records of lamb marking 1918-1951
12/6 Correspondence re sheep dipping (some years 1927-1945 missing)
12/7 Meadow Bank tally books, 1932-1953, 1957 1932-1957
12/8 Diaries re sheep 1935-1953
13.Ledgers
13/1 Malcolm Gibson in account with Jack Jones 1920-1945
13/2 Wages etc book 1924-1940
13/3 Wages paid to shearers 1925-1955
13/4 Wages book, mainly casual hands 1932-1938
13/5 Wages book 1934-1950
13/6 Wages book (includes other farm 1940-1951 financial information)
13/7 Wages book 1950-1959
14.Diaries
14/1 Personal diaries, 1905-06, 1910, 1918, 1922, 1905-1961 1923, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1941, 1946-1961
14/2 Sheepman’s diaries 1911-1917
15.Miscellaneous Records
15/1 Malcolm Gibson, newspaper obituaries 1961
15/2 Mr Malcolm F. Gibson, visiting cards in a box; nd Mr M. F. Gibson, visiting cards in a box; Mr. & Mrs. M. F. Gibson, visiting card
15/3 Meadow Bank, Campbell Town, Tasmania, stationary nd
15/4 ‘First sketches proposed kitchen remodelling for M Gibson nd Esq., “Meadowbank” Tasmania’ (plan by J H Balmford) Oversize item
Amy Lewis Hope Gibson (Hope), 1900-1993, wife of Malcolm Gibson
16.Legal Records
16/1 Amy Lewis Hope Gibson’s will 1959, 1967
17.Correspondence
17/1 Correspondence 1914-1927
17/2 Correspondence 1928-1951
17/3 Correspondence etc 1952-1965
17/4 Correspondence received on the death of her 1961 husband
17/5 Correspondence, 1966-73, 1975-76, 1978-81 1966-1981, nd
18.Financial Records
18/1 Financial records 1926-1956
18/2 Financial records 1957-1965
18/3 Financial records 1966-1971
18/4 Financial records 1972-1981
19.Miscellaneous Records
19/1 Meadow Bank property records: notebook, 1961-1963; 1961-1981 notebook, 1964-1965; notebook, 1966; tally book, 1968; shed weight book, shearing tally book, 1977; ABS Agricultural Census forms, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81
19/2 Diaries, 1962, 1964, 1968 1962-1968
19/3 Miscellaneous items: dance programs, Wattle Hill, 1919-1989 Rosedale x 2, Barton, Quorn, Anzac Memorial Hostel, 1919; croquet and tennis dance, 1920; Midland Agricultural Association, Women’s Industries Section, prize award certificates, 1934, 1937, 1938; Royal Melbourne Show, exhibit entry ticket, 1953; driver’s licence, 1987; RACT membership card, 1989; National Agricultural and Pastoral Society of Tasmania, prize certificate, 1960; Evandale Agricultural Society, prize ticket, nd; Western Agricultural Association, champion certificate, nd; newspaper cuttings re Monty, handwritten notes, ‘Vale Monty’, 1960; Christmas card from Toorak College, nd)
19/4 Proposed new house for Mrs M Gibson, Forrest Run, nd Conara (plan by Ian G Dent, Launceston) Oversize item
19/5 ‘Locality plan showing main gravel deposit Mrs Gibson’s nd property Esk Highway Conara’ Oversize item
20.Racing Club Programs
20/1 Avoca Hack and Trotting Club programs, 26/12/1933, 1933-1940 26/12/1934, 26/12/1938, 26/12/1939, 26/12/1940
20/2 Campbell Town Centenary Race Meeting program 1921
20/3 Campbell Town Hack & Trotting Club program 1923
20/4 Deloraine Turf Club programs, 21/4/1930, 28/3/1932, 1930-1953 22/4/1935, 18/4/1938, 10/4/1939, 25/3/1940, 2/5/1953
20/5 Longford Racing Club programs, 1/1/1938, 12/6/1954, 1938-1955 11/6/1955
20/6 Newnham Racing Club programs, 30/8/1930, 12/2/1931, 1930-1943 11/12/1943
20/7 St Marys Trotting Club programs, 1/1/1934, 1/1/1935; 1934, 1935 Constitution of the St. Marys Hack and Trotting Club, 1947
20/8 Ross Hack and Trotting Club programs, 2/1/1937, 1937, 1938 5/3/1938
20/9 Tasmanian Racing Club programs, 19/7/1920, 3/2/1932 1920, 1932
20/10 Tasmanian Turf Club programs, 11, 4/2/1931, 1931-1938 8, 11/2/1933, 31/1/1934, 3/2/1934, 16/2/1935, 29/1/1936, 1/2/1936, 8, 12/2/1938; member’s, lady’s tickets, 1935-36
21.Show Programs etc
21/1 Deloraine Agricultural & Pastoral Society member's ticket 1980
21/2 Eastern Agricultural Society programs, 1/4/1950, 5/4/1952 1950, 1952
21/3 Evandale Agricultural Society schedule 1976
21/4 Midland Agricultural Association programs: prize catalogue, 1896-1976 1903; annual exhibition 1896, 1919, 1941; Rules & regulations ...sheep dog trials, 1920, 1921; women’s industries, 1940; sheep dog trials,1949; catalogue,1952, 1959; schedule, 1976; Midland Agricultural Association, Rules and regulations and instructions to judges, 1904, 1915, 1919, 1920; admission, lady’s ticket, 1919; diamond jubilee exhibition member's ticket; member’s ticket, 1956, life member ticket, M F Gibson; poster for 91st annual exhibition, 1929 Oversize item
21/5 National Agricultural and Pastoral Society member's, lady's, 1954 children's tickets
21/6 North Eastern Agricultural and Pastoral Association 1957 member’s/lady’s ticket; member’s car sticker
21/7 Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association member’s tickets 1929-30
21/8 Royal Agricultural Society of NSW official luncheon tickets, 1955 admission ticket
21/9 Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania sheep dog trial 1934-1955 program, 1947; lady's ticket, 1934, 1952, 1954; child's ticket, 1952; member's ticket, 1952-53, 1954-55
21/10 Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria exhibit entry ticket, 1935-1953 1935; lady's ticket, 1937; member's ticket, 1938, 1939; associate member's ticket 1953
21/11 St. Mary's Farmers' Association member's, lady’s ticket 1942
21/12 Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society Launceston 1919 Show admission ticket
21/13 Western Agricultural Association schedule of prizes, 1947, 1965 5/11/1947, 9/10/1965; first prize certificate, nd
22.Miscellaneous Gibson Family Items
22/1 Campbell Town plain and fancy dress ball program 1888
22/2 Evandale Sheep Dog Association Trial, Tattersall’s Grounds, 1896 Launceston program; poster
22/3 Catalogue of stud and pure merino ewes…Epping Sale Yards 1904
22/4 Catalogue of pure merino stud sheep…late W H Gibson, 1907 Fairfield, Epping
22/5 The thoroughbred sire Brilliant will travel this season… 1909 F A O’Connor, owner (pedigree brochure); pedigree brochure for The thoroughbred stallion Gauleon, JH Robinson, owner, nd, and for White Prophet, WJ Southerwood, owner, nd)
22/6 Campbell Town Hospital Diamond Jubilee appeal to 1915 subscribers (one page)
22/7 David Taylor, St Johnstone, sale of entire flock of pure 1917 merino sheep etc
22/8 Midland Hunt Club correspondence etc, 1947-1951, 1957 1921-1971 and nd; Proposed rules for the Midland Hunt Club, 1921; Rules for the Midland Hunt Club, c.1921, 1925, also a typed copy, nd; amendments to rules, 1924; programs, 1920, 1923, 1926-1930, 1949; fixtures, 1921, 1923, 1924; one day event, nd; member's tickets/cards, 1921-1924, 1947, 1948, 1950-1954, 1956, 1966, 1971; dance program, Campbell Town, 1921; 1st prize tickets; financial statement 1940-1946; Midland Hunt Club and Northern Hunt Club, Rules of racing, 1955; AGM, report for 1957; various newspaper cuttings
22/9 Campbell Town centenary celebrations 1821-1921: 1921 official souvenir programme
22/10 Centenary of Campbell Town 1821-1921, programme of 1921 centenary concert, Hynds’ Hall
22/11 Campbell Town Hospital, Report…also rules and 1923 regulations
22/12 Croquet Club [Campbell Town] minute book (AM 1933-1942 Dowling’s financial records at end of book)
22/13 Stewarton Stud dispersal sale catalogue 1936
22/14 Sports Gymkhana, Will-to-Win Week, Mowbray 1940, 1941 Racecourse program
22/15 Tasmanian Working Sheep Dog Association trails program, 1946-1947 1946, member's ticket, 1947
22/16 Pedigree form for Border Collie sheep dog, born 24/4/1947, c1947 bred by Malcolm Gibson
22/17 Tasmanian Grand Championship Open Sheep Dog Trial, 1948 Elphin Show Grounds program
22/18 Hobart Rodeo program 1950
22/19 Valleyfield Merino Rams sale catalogue, 24/1/1951 1951
22/20 Stud sheep sales and show, Launceston catalogue, 1951 12/2/1951
22/21 Thoroughbred Racing Stock sale catalogue, 31/3/1951 1951
22/22 Kempton Picnic Gymkhana and Rodeo (catalogue, 11/1/1958) 1958
22/23 Ridgeside Poll Hereford Sale catalogue, 26/4/1976 1976
22/24 Gibson family farming ephemera 1885-1981
22/25 Gibson family ephemera: Campbell Town businesses, 1947-1964 1947 and nd; The Grange Campbell Town, brochure, 1964; Isyabell Weir, Exhibition of historic homes and buildings…, catalogue of mainly Midlands watercolours, nd
22/26 Gibson family personal ephemera 1953, 1965 and nd 1953, 1965
22/27 Envelopes addressed to Frank Gibson, Malcolm Gibson 1908-1961 and Hope Gibson
TURNBULL FAMILY
Dr Adam Turnbull, Scotland, died 1821
23/1 Various items relating to Dr Adam Turnbull (father of 1779-1824 Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull, Tasmania) in Scotland and concerning his family connections, includes ‘Inventory of Property belonging to his wife, Mrs Dr Turnbull Leith & Family’, c1824
Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull, 1803-1891
24.Legal Records
24/1 Rev. Dr. Adam Turnbull, copy of will & codicils, 1878, 1878-1888 1880, 1888
25.Correspondence
25/1 Correspondence etc 1825-1849
25/2 Correspondence etc with Sir John and Lady 1838-1852, Franklin, some concerns John Montagu nd (includes transcriptions of some letters)
25/3 Papers re dismissal from Office, January - 1852 September, 1852
25/4 Papers re dismissal from Office, October 1852- 1852-1853 August 1853
25/5 Correspondence etc 1851-1879
25/6 Correspondence nd
25/7 Notebook (includes some copies of 1871-1875 correspondence)
26.Miscellaneous Items
26/1 Card re Adam Turnbull’s attendance at Edinburgh 1817, 1818 University Senior Humanity Class 1817; Senior Greek Class, 1818
26/2 Medical qualification 1824
26/3 Notebook/account book 1834-1837
26/4 Winninburn Estate, Victoria, plan of parish of 1861-1905 Muntham, 1861; annual account, 1878; subdivisional sale notice, 1905; accounts, 1905
26/5 Adam Turnbull, M.D., Remarks upon the new doctrines 1863 proposed by the Sacramental Committee (Hobart Town and Launceston, 1863) (to p.16 only)
26/6 Case of libel, Rev. C. Simson and Rev. J. Mackersey versus 1864 the Rev. John Storie, Hobart Town, 1864
26/7 Adam Turnbull, Presbyterial ordination v. the Apostolic 1867 Succession. An exposition in reply to the Bishop of Tasmania, Hobart Town and Launceston, 1867
26/8 Notebook inscribed ‘Dr Adam Turnbull From his Wife 1878 7th June 1878’ (contains handwritten religious notes)
26/9 Card re Revd Dr & Mrs Turnbull’s diamond wedding; 1884 newspaper account
26/10 Dr Adam Turnbull, unsourced newspaper obituary, 1891; 1891 accounts of his life, typescript and manuscript, nd
26/11 Ledger balance re estate of late Dr 1903 Turnbull)
Mrs Margaret Turnbull, 1802-1891, wife of Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull
27/1 Mrs Margaret Turnbull (nee Young), correspondence; 1822-1884 notes on Young family
27/2 Mrs Dr Adam Turnbull, notebook dated 6 June 1878, 1878 with her handwritten religious notes (includes birth dates of her children at end of book)
27/3 Copy of Mrs Margaret Turnbull’s will and probate 1892
Some Other Members of Turnbull Family
28/1 Alexander Turnbull, 1814-1902, of Campbell Town (brother 1847-1905 of Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull) deed re purchase of land, 1847; correspondence etc; will, nd, estate accounts, 1905; diary, 1874, 1881
28/2 Adam Turnbull, 1826-1905 (son of Rev. Dr Adam 1865-1884 Turnbull) correspondence, 1865, 1870, 1884 (3 letters Only)
28/3 George Turnbull, 1827-1857 (son of Rev. Dr Adam 1846, 1856 Turnbull) correspondence (2 letters only)
28/4 Susanna Turnbull, 1834-1916 (daughter of Rev. Dr Adam 1852-1948 Turnbull) correspondence, papers re her will, estate and Ivy Cottage sale
28/5 Alexander Turnbull, 1840-1919, of Rocklands, Victoria 1867-1918 (son of Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull) correspondence
28/6 Elizabeth Young Archer, 1843-1910 (daughter of Rev. Dr 1863, 1909 Adam Turnbull) diary, 1863; items relating to will, 1909, and estate)
28/7 William Turnbull, 1831-1876 (son of Rev. Dr Adam 1855-1923 Turnbull) correspondence, etc (includes his undated will and items relating to his estate; letterbook, 1865-1873)
28/8 Amelia Frances Turnbull, 1835-1923 (wife of William 1877-1950 Turnbull) will and related items; correspondence etc (includes items relating to estate of her uncle George Whitcomb and her grandmother, Mary Crisp’s will, dated 1864)
28/9 Frances Young Turnbull, 1860-1941 (daughter of William 1942-1943 and Amelia Turnbull) letter, 1905; will; papers relating to her estate
28/10 Margaret Annabella Turnbull, 1863-1942 (daughter of William 1875-1952 and Amelia Turnbull) will and papers relating to her estate; birthday book, 1875; diary, January-April 1889 and January- July 1890; diary, May-December 1889; diary, August 1890- November 1891; letter, 1905
28/11 Ada Susanna Turnbull, 1865-1951 (daughter of William 1902-1950 and Amelia Turnbull) School of Midwifery and Nursing certificate, 1902; will; correspondence
28/12 Williamina Georgina Turnbull, 1874-1937 (daughter of 1901-1952 William and Amelia Turnbull) birthday book, 1901; Bruny Island Petroleum Co. share certificate, 1916; will; papers relating to her estate
28/13 Correspondence to unidentified members of the 1867-1947 Turnbull family (includes letter dated 29/6/1891 to Miss Turnbull from W Dobson re Adam Turnbull’s character)
28/14 Newspaper cuttings re various members of Turnbull nd family, most undated; handwritten tombstone inscriptions; hand-drawn family trees etc
Alexandra May Dowling, 1870-1948, daughter of William and Amelia Turnbull and mother of Hope Gibson
29/1 Alexandra May Dowling, certificate of marriage to Lewis 1900 Dowling; unsourced, undated newspaper account of wedding
29/2 May Dowling, correspondence etc (includes 2 letters from 1900-1948 Dr Craig, 1947, 1948)
29/3 Alexandra May Dowling, scribbling diary 1912-1922
29/4 A M Dowling, notebook 1935-1945
Lewis Dowling, 1867-1951, husband of Alexandra May and father of Hope Gibson
30/1 Lewis Dowling’s extract of birth; certificate of baptism 1867
30/2 Record book re sheep at Quorn Hall 1894-1902
30/3 Record book re sheep at Quorn Hall 1902-1910
30/4 Notebook re sheep at Quorn Hall 1905-1909
30/5 Record book re sheep at Quorn Hall 1910-1917
30/6 Note book re sheep at Quorn Hall 1911-1915
30/7 Notebook re sheep at Quorn Hall 1919-1920
30/8 Loan from Mrs Anne Dowling 1923
30/9 Commercial Union fire policy 1926, 1951
30/10 Will 1933
30/11 Commercial Union employers’ indemnity policy 1935
30/12 Correspondence from his brother ER Dowling 1932
30/13 Mr Lewis Dowling, visiting cards; Mr & Mrs Lewis Dowling, nd Wattle Hill, visiting cards
31.Miscellaneous Turnbull Items
31/1 ‘Ivy Cottage, Jany 15 1886’, unsigned watercolour 1886
31/2 ‘Ivy Cottage Campbell Town’, unsigned pencil sketch nd
31/3 Small Victorian embossed folder with ribbons nd
32.Presbyterian Church Records
32/1 List of subscribers towards the erection of the new 1833 Presbyterian Church in Hobart Town (manuscript)
32/2 Subscriptions for the erection of a Presbyterian Church at 1855 Campbelton (manuscript)
32/3 ‘To…Member of St Andrew’s Church, Hobart Town’, 1864 printed letter headed “London, 10th May, 1864’, re Mr Storie
32/4 Affidavit re marriage of Joel Hurst and Jane Robertson, 1871 Campbell Town (printed form)
32/5 ‘Marriages in the district of Campbell Town…John Taylor 1872 and Mary Taylor; Charles Rolls and Margaret Turnbull’ (printed form)
32/6 Letter to Mr Biggs re undertaking the duties of organist at 1873 St Andrew’s Church, Campbell Town
32/7 ‘Statement: addressed to members of the Church of c1873 Scotland in Tasmania’ (printed item, 4 pages)
32/8 ‘A Bill to regulate the affairs of the Church of Scotland 1874 in Tasmania’, 38 Vict.
32/9 Letter re compensation for Presbyterian Glebe land 1874 made by Tasmanian Main Line Railway Co. to Trustees of St Andrew’s Church, Campbell Town
32/10 The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania 1886-1894 re Campbell Town Church (financial statements and related correspondence)
32/11 Rev. A Christie-Johnson, order of service for induction… 1950 Kirklands-Campbell Town
32/12 Malcolm F Gibson’s communion card 1955
32/13 ‘Presbyterian Church Campbell Town’, unsigned nd pencil sketch
33.Miscellaneous Items
33/1 John Offer, Hobart Town, letter from William Whitchurch, 1830 London
33/2 John Offer, Hobart Town, will (Alexander Turnbull was 1840 a witness) also handwritten notes re John Offer and Adam Turnbull, nd
33/3 Revd John Mackersey, Oatlands, letter from James Thomson 1837
33/4 Thomas Young, Hobart Town, letter to J E Calder, Surveyor 1861 General, re mill race at Campbell Town
34.Photographs
The collection contains a number of photographs, chiefly portraits, including 14 cased images, 17 albums and loose images. They are registered on the Community History photograph data base
OTHER SOURCES
Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.1, article on David Gibson; vol.2, article on Rev. Dr Adam Turnbull; article on Rev. John Mackersey
HJ Gibbney & AG Smith, A Biographical register 1788-1939, vol.2, Canberra, 1987, entry for Adam Turnbull junior
National Trust of Australia, Tasmania Historical Committee, Campbell Town Tasmania, 1966
Margaret Morey, The manse folk of Kirklands Tasmania, Campbell Town, 1986
Frank Gibson, Descendants of David Gibson, 26th April 1788-15th April 1858, and Elizabeth Nichols, 1795-28th January 1972, Smithton, Tas., 1991