John Clark journal, 17 May 1830-15 October 1837

DLMSQ 636

fonds

1830-1837

942450

1 folder of textual material - 34 cm.

John Clark, 1807-, customs officer and police magistrate, was keeper of the bonded stores, at Launceston, Tasmania in 1830, and landing and coast watcher at Georgetown from 1830 to 1835. In May 1835 he began duty as Assistant Police Magistrate at Launceston, and in1836 was Assistant Police Magistrate and Harbour Master at Hobart. Clark was Police Magistrate at Launceston from 1837, until he was replaced by D'Arcy Wentworth in 1838

2 items in folder
Brief entries, giving details of shipping, and ships visited in the course of his duties with the Customs at Georgetown, financial dealings on his own behalf and in connection with his position as Police Magistrate, visits to friends and movements between Hobart and Launceston. Item 1 consists of pages that were loose inside Item 2, the journal itself

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.