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Abstract

Circular regarding staffing of the Hobart Ladies College 1882 where Sarah Walker had been teaching since at least 1883. The Girls' High School was founded by Sarah Thompson Walker (second daughter of George Washington and Sarah Benson Walker) and Poppy Clarke, in 1892.
The Girl's High School was later renamed the Hobart Ladies College in 1917.
Newspaper article with a brief history of the school, notes and a postcard sent to Sara Walker as a Christmas card in 1903.

Item Type:	Other
Authors/Creators:	Walker, Sarah Thompson and Clarke, Poppy
Keywords:	Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, religious history, social history, Australia, Sarah Thompson Walker, Hobart Ladies College, Girls' High School, Poppy Clarke
Publisher:	University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Quaker Collection
Additional Information:	This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. Reference: ' The Girls' High School', by Alison Alexander in THRA Papers and Proceedings, v. 30 (3) September 1983 p.112-125
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