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Hobart [Town] Savings Bank, Tasmania
Walker, George Washington
, Hobart [Town] Savings Bank, Tasmania
, University of Tasmania Special and Rare Materials Collections, Australia.
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(Biographical notes)
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(Photograph of Hobart Savings Bank)
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(Bank book)
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Official URL: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/
Abstract
To encourage temperance and thrift George Washington Walker opened a savings facility in his store. From 1845 it traded as the Hobart Savings Bank. Over time the bank developed into the Savings Bank of Tasmania. J.B. Cotton's Hobart Town Savings Bank book is held in the University Library Special and Rare Materials collections at Private deposit DX 19/247 the photo and the glass negative at - Private deposit W9/Ph 125.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Authors/Creators: | Walker, George Washington |
| Keywords: | Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, religious history, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, J.B. Cotton, George Washington Walker, Hobart Savings Bank, Savings Bank of Tasmania, Hobart Town Savings Bank |
| Publisher: | University of Tasmania Special and Rare Materials Collections |
| Collections: | Quaker Collection Photograph Collection |
| Additional Information: | This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. |
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