NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB
FORMED
1889
MEMBERS
CHARLES ANTHONY HART
Launceston born Charles Anthony Hart was the son of Anthony and Martha Hart (nee Rogers). Hart worked all his life with W. Hart and Sons, (Ironmongers), rising to become a director of the firm. In private life he was active in the Tasmanian Gun Club, the Tamar Yacht Club and the Tasmanian Automobile Club.
Hart was also a prominent amateur photographer. A stalwart of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, he served it for many years. Examples of his work can be found in the Club's competition albums. He also contributed to popular lantern slide evenings, held throughout the 1890s and into the 1930s when the Club went into recession. Hart became Patron of the re-formed Northern Tasmanian Camera Club in 1936.
Hart's granddaughter Betty Shepherd (nee Bonner) and her husband John became custodians of Hart's photographic output.
FRANK STYANT BROWNE
Frank Styant Browne was born at Norwich, England, on 10 July 1854, a son of George Browne and Ann Styant. He studied chemistry and art before marrying Emma Ann Elmes in June 1882. They arrived in Tasmania in November 1882. In 1883 Browne established a Homeopathic Pharmacy in Hobart and then Launceston. He was instrumental in the formation of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club in 1889. He was a member of the Launceston Improvement Association, the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association and the Launceston Art Society. Frank and Ann had six sons and one daughter. He died on 17 April 1938.
ALFRED HAROLD MASTERS
Alfred Harold Masters, born 1874 in Victoria, was a well-known architect and electrician, amateur photographer and inventor. He moved from Melbourne to Tasmania with his family in 1887. After studying architecture and electricity at the Launceston Technical School he established his own architectural practice in Launceston. He was a member of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club.
FREDERICK SMITHIES
Frederick Smithies (1885 - 1979) conservationist, bush-walker, wilderness explorer and photographer was born at Ulverstone on the 16 August 1885, but lived most of his life in Launceston where he was the manager of the Launceston branch of the Atlas Assurance Company from April 1912 until his retirement fifty years later in April 1962.
In middle age he became an enthusiastic bush walker, exploring the natural environment of his own state. He traveled the rugged West coast on his 'Indian' motor cycle and later his 'A' model Ford purchased in April 1929; climbed Frenchman's Cap with his friend Cliff Bradshaw; back-packed into the Florentine and Rasselas valley area around Adamsfield and walked from Queenstown to Cradle Mountain.
He became friends with Gustav Weindorfer (1874 - 1932) of Waldheim Chalet and became very involved with the Cradle Mountain area as a consequence of this relationship. He was a talented wilderness photographer. He developed and printed his own photographs and hand-colored lantern slides and was a member of an international stereoscopic photographic club. He took 16mm movie film and often carried equipment weighing 70lb (32k) into remote and difficult areas. He used his wilderness images to promote Tasmania's natural beauty to tourists and to raise awareness about visiting and protecting these areas by giving lectures around Tasmania and in other states on behalf of the Tasmanian government.
In 1934 he organized the Tasmanian display at the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition on these themes.
He was also actively involved in the NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB, the Lapidary Club of Northern Tasmania, the Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club, the Launceston Walking Club, the Launceston Art Society and was Chairman of the Tasmanian Scenery Preservation Board from 1941 - 1971, as well as a member of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Mt Barrow and Northern Scenery Boards.
In 1946 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire. He died at Launceston on 13 October 1979, survived by his second wife Jean (nee Perrin) and their two sons and two daughters.
His historic home 'The Grange' at St Leonard's, still a semi-rural suburb of Launceston at the time, was well-known to his friends and associates and the Launceston Lapidary Club met regularly in one of the out-buildings and another housed his dark-room and photographic material. Mr Smithies made a decision to donate much of his collection to the Archives Office of Tasmania in 1975. This was done gradually until 1977 with the assistance of archivist Margaret Bryant, who also made some tape-recorded interviews with Fred during that period. His negative collection was borrowed for copying by the Office at that time, and after his death in 1979 the originals were donated to the Office by his widow, along with some original prints and further lantern slides.
FREDERICK SMITHIES
This article was published in AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988
Frederick Smithies (1885-1979), bushwalker and photographer, was born on 16 August 1885 at Ulverstone, Tasmania, son of Wesley Witt Smithies, police clerk, and his wife Selina, née Huxtable. Through his mother he was a descendant of David Collins. As a boy Smithies lived at Beltana (Lindisfarne), near Hobart. In 1902 he joined the South British Insurance Co. at Launceston as a clerk and in 1912 he became manager of the Launceston branch of the Atlas Assurance Co., retiring fifty years later. He also conducted the Tasmanian Finance & Agency Co.
When young, Smithies was a member of the Tamar lacrosse team and reputedly a cricketer and rower. But it was through bush walking that he made his name. He later recollected that, denied the opportunity of world travel, he had determined to explore his own State. In 1924 with Bill King he made a remarkable motorbike trip from Waratah to Zeehan via Corinna and in 1926 he backpacked from Adamsfield via the valley of Rasselas over the Spires Range to the highest point on the Prince of Wales Range. In 1931 with Cliff Bradshaw he made the first successful ascent of Frenchman's Cap in fourteen years and next year they walked through 'trackless and practically uncharted country' from Queenstown to Cradle Mountain via the Eldon Range and Canning Gorge. A close friend of Gustav Weindorfer, he thoroughly traversed the Cradle Mountain district, making the first winter ascent of the mountain in 1924 with Weindorfer and Charles Monds and the 'skyline tour' in 1936. He was also an intrepid motorist, driving his 'A' model Ford in 1932 from Derwent Bridge to Queenstown and later, before a road was surveyed, from Great Lake to Bronte.
Smithies publicized the Tasmanian wilderness and promoted the establishment of reserves through talks, broadcasts, written accounts and photographs. Highly rated as a photographer, he hand-colored his own lantern slides, took stereoscopic pictures and was an early user of 16mm motion picture film and of the waistcoat (a form of candid) camera. From the 1920s he gave lantern lectures in various States on behalf of the Tasmanian government to encourage tourism; in 1935 he organized the Tasmanian display at the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition.
Treasurer of the Launceston Art Society in 1912-72, member of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club and the Stereoscopic Society, Smithies helped to form the Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club in 1929 and was later patron of the Launceston Walking Club. He also belonged to the Royal Society of Tasmania, Tasmanian Club, 50,000 League, Young Men's Christian Association and the National Trust (Tasmanian branch). He was a justice of the peace from 1942. Chairman of the Scenery Preservation Board (1941-71) and member of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Barrow Reserve and Northern Scenery boards, he was appointed O.B.E. in 1946.
Smithies married Ida Isobel Heyward (d.1928) at New Town with Methodist forms on 3rd April 1912. On 8th October 1930 at St Mary's Church of England, Hagley, he married a nurse, Florence Jean Perrin: from the 1950s they lived and ran cattle at St Leonards.
A persevering man, a great yarn-teller, Smithies gave up carrying heavy packs in his late seventies, abandoned driving when 88 and at 92 deposited his photographic collection in the Archives Office of Tasmania. He died at Launceston on 13th October 1979. His wife and their two sons and two daughters survived him.
PAST MEMBERS |
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| Abra, Lawrie (1870-1959) |
Anderson, H. Stewart | Bain, A.L. | Birchall, Frank C. (1862-1907) |
Bonner, N.L. | Browne, Frank Warland (1882-1960) |
Brownrigg, Harold B. | Champion, A.H. |
| Clarke, E.J. | Cole, Frank (1861-1931) |
Cooper, C. Beatrice | David, C. St John (1855-1924) |
Drew, H.G.J. (1859-1950) |
Eberhard, C. | Elliott, I.R. | Fawns, John G.S. |
| Ferguson, James | Gibson, Ernest William (1872-1941) |
Goetze, A.E. | Grange, J.L. | Green, Alfred Lawrence (1875-1935) |
Green, Arthur (1842-1924) |
Griffiths, L. | Gye, A. |
| Hart, Charles A. | Haviland, E.C. | Heritage, J.E. (1881-1957) |
Hill, Albert H. | Hills C. | Horne, R. Kensey | Hunt, Caroline | Johnstone, A.S. |
| Kermode, Robert Crellin (1847-1927) |
Larner, A. | Lithgow, John H. | Masters, A. Harold (1875-1957) |
Maxwell, P.C. | Monds, Charles F. | Parker, R. Lewis (1848-1948) |
Payne, H. |
| Roome, H.A. | Stuart, Bertha | Weetman, Percy C. | Wells, William Lyman | Whitfield, E. |
Wynn, John T. |
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Monday 29th July 1912 Page 5 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
JOHN SPARROW
General regret was expressed when it was learned that Mr. John Sparrow had suddenly on Saturday 27th July 1912 succumbed to heart failure. Deceased, who was in his 59th year, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Chas. Sparrow, and, having won a state school scholarship, was educated at the Church Grammar School. He learned his trade with the late Mr. C. Abbott, who had a large business in Brisbane-street. On leaving Mr. Abbott, Mr. Sparrow, about 35 years ago, commenced on his own account in Brisbane street. He afterwards built the shop now occupied by Mr. A.A. Castley, and carried on business there up to five years ago, when he relinquished watchmaking and jewelery, and gave his whole attention to the optical branch. Mr. Sparrow took a keen interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the public generally. He was a member of the board of the Benevolent Society, the Tourist Association, Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, the Old Launcestonian Association, the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, the Launceston Bowling Club, and a Mason. He took an active part in the movement to install the clock and chimes in the Post Office tower. For many years he was a prominent member of the Patterson-street Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee. He held at different times the offices of society steward, poor steward, and circuit steward. At the time of his death he was the treasurer of the trust fund. All his duties in connection with the various positions were discharged in a most faithful and businesslike manner. He always manifested the greatest interest in the work of the church. His sudden death came as a painful shock to the members of the congregation, as well as to those of the other Methodist Churches. He will be greatly missed in the business meetings of the Launceston circuit, as well as in the services at the Patterson-street Church. Mr. Sparrow leaves a widow and four children, the eldest of whom is residing in Adelaide. Sympathetic reference to the life and work of the deceased gentleman was made by the Rev. R. Philp at the morning service at Patterson-street Methodist Church yesterday.
Thursday 1st August 1912 Page 5 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
Saturday 3rd August 1912 Page 1 - Deloraine and Westbury Advertiser (Tasmania)
JOHN SPARROW
The funeral of the late Mr. JOHN SPARROW took place yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended. Many representative citizens paid their last tribute to the memory of the deceased. The cortege also included those organizations with which he had been closely associated. The funeral left his late residence, Brisbane-road, at 3.15pm, for the Patterson-street Methodist Church, where an impressive service was conducted by the Rev. R. Philp, the assemblage joining in singing "O God, our Help in Ages Past". The procession was then re-formed, and, with Mr. Sparrow's two sons (Messrs. John and Cyril Sparrow) as chief mourners proceeded to Carr Villa, where the interment took place. Many beautiful wreaths, included in which were one each from the Patterson street Methodist Church and Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, were placed on the grave.
Saturday 6th February 1924 Page 3 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
OBITUARY
STEPHEN SPURLING (1847 - 1924)
The death occurred at his residence, Bourke-street, at 11.30 last night, of Mr. Stephen Spurling, sen., the well known Launceston photographer. Aged 76 years, Mr. Spurling was born at Hobart, where he was trained in photography by his father. After practising for some time in Hobart he was for a period at the Victorian and New Zealand diggings and returning to Tasmania he established a business in Launceston in 1873, and married. First in premises where Mr. A.G. Horner's chemist shop now stands in St. John Street, Mr. Spurling removed to Brisbane Street, opposite the Brisbane Hotel and later into the present premises, near the Quadrant. The late Mr. Spurling was one of the oldest photographers in the Commonwealth and at the time of his death was vice-President of the Professional Photographers Association of Tasmania. In his younger days he was a prominent oarsman and rifle shot. Mr. Spurling was recognized as a very clever portraitist, and also commenced the collection of Tasmanian views, to which Mr. Stephen Spurling, jun., had in recent years very greatly added. The early views were taken on the old wet plate process, which involved the carrying of a darkroom into the field and Mr. Spurling, sen., was the first photographer in Tasmania to use the present dry plate method. For some years he was a member of the Committee of the Launceston Traders Association. Mr. Spurling was also an office-bearer of the Working Men's Club. A widow, four daughters and only son, Mr. Stephen Spurling, survive. The daughters are Mrs. L.H. Lakin, Mrs. J.S. Dineen, and the Misses S. and E. Spurling. The late Mr. Spurling had been ill for the past nine months.
Friday 8th February 1924 Page 5 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
FUNERAL
STEPHEN SPURLING (1847 - 1924)
The funeral of the late Mr. Stephen Spurling, who died at his late residence, 27 Bourke-street, on Tuesday, took place yesterday morning, and was very largely attended. Both for his marked ability in the photographic art and for his personal high character deceased was esteemed in the city. Prominent in the cortege were representatives of the photographic profession. There were also represented the Workmen's Club, the "Examiner" and "Weekly Courier" offices, the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, and Spurling's Pty., Ltd. Amongst the numerous floral tributes were wreaths from the Professional Photographers' Association, Launceston and Hobart; (Mr. F.W. Muirhead, manager of Kodak, Hobart; the staff of Spurling's Pty., Ltd.; W.R. Rolph and Sons, "Examiner" and "Weekly Courier" offices; the proprietor and editor of the "Illustrated Tasmanian Mail"; the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club; and the President and the Committee of the Workmen's Club. The chief mourners were Mr. S. Spurling, only son, and Messrs. L.H. Lakin and J.S. Dineen, sons-in-law. The pallbearers were Messrs. Gordon B. Rolph, L. Ferrall, H.R. Smith, A. Abbott, H. Andrew, C. Hart, and H. Robinson. The Rev. F.A. Carr officiated at the graveside.
Friday 8th February 1924 Page 2 - Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tasmania)
FUNERAL
STEPHEN SPURLING (1847 - 1924)
The photographic profession was strongly represented yesterday morning when the remains of the late Mr. Stephen Spurling, sen., were laid to rest at Carr Villa. The late gentleman had followed his profession in Launceston for over half a century, and was widely known and respected throughout the State. At the final obsequies yesterday all the various photographers in the city were represented, whilst members of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club and the Workmen's Club, in both of which the deceased had taken an active part, gathered to pay their last respects to their deceased comrade. The pall-bearers were: Messrs. L. Ferrall (senior employee of the firm of Spurling and Son), G.B. Rolph, H.R. Smith, A. Abbott, H. Andrew, C. Hart, and H. Robinson. The Rev. Carr conducted the service at the grave, and among, the many beautiful floral tributes were those from the Professional Photographers Association (Launceston Division), and also the Hobart Division, the staff of Spurling and son, W.R. Rolph and Son ("Weekly Courier"), proprietors and editor of "The Illustrated Mail", Committee of the Workmen's Club, Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, and Mr. Muirhead, manager of Kodak Ltd., Hobart.
Source for the following: http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/kermode-robert-crellin-1426
ROBERT CRELLIN KERMODE
from Mercury Page 6 (Hobart) - 11th February 1927
Birth - 6th February 1847
Ross, Tasmania, Australia
Death - 10th February 1927
Tasmania, Australia
By the death of Mr. Robert Crellin Kermode, of Mona Vale, Ross, which took place at his residence at 5.30pm, 10th February 1927, Tasmania has lost a prominent pastoralist, an enthusiastic church and mission worker and a great philanthropist beloved by a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Kermode was a son of Robert Quayle and Martha Elizabeth Henrietta Mona Vale and was 80 years of age on Sunday 6th February 1927. A few months ago he had a stroke from which he was making a good recovery, but on his birthday, last Sunday, after he had delivered a speech, he had a second stroke and gradually sank. He was a much traveled man and Tasmania has benefited greatly from his experience and the energy he threw into his work in many directions for the welfare of his country and his fellowmen.
Mr. Kermode was born at Mona Vale, Ross, on February 6th, 1847. His grandfather (Mr. William Kermode) came to Tasmania in 1823 with his wife, and their three sons, Messrs. Robert Quayle Kermode (father of deceased), W. A. Kermode, and L. Q. Kermode, were all born in Tasmania. The original Mr. Kermode was granted a stretch of land embracing practically the whole of what is now Battery Point, Hobart, and subsequently Mrs. R.Q. Kermode gave a block of land for St. George's Church, Battery Point. The family, however, settled at Mona Vale, which was a grant by Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales, and entered upon pastoral pursuits, taking an active interest also in public life. Mr. William Kermode was one of the first members of the Legislative Council in Van Diemen's Land, being appointed by the British Government in 1842, and Mr. R.C. Kermode's father was also a member. He was also the first President of the Midland Agricultural Association in 1837. The presidency of this notable society has fallen to the lot of three generations of the Kermodes. The late Mr. R.C. Kermode was President for many years and acted in this capacity right to the last.
In 1868 Mr. Robert Quayle Kermode built the Mona Vale mansion, which is recognized as the finest country residence in Tasmania. He entertained the Duke of Edinburgh there in 1868, shortly after the building was completed. The Duke planted two trees there, one of which still lives and promises to become a noble oak. On the death of Mr. R.Q. Kermode the estate was divided among his three sons. Mr. R.C. Kermode received a third, including the Mona Vale cottage. Lewis was left another third on the Ballochmyle side and to William fell the Mona Vale homestead. This was entailed and went to his son Eric, who sold it to Sir Eustace Cameron, the present occupant.
Mr. R. C. Kermode received his early education at Horton College, commencing about 1858. He was there with Mr. W.H. Bennett, who is now in his 85th year and was the first boy to attend this College at its opening. Shortly afterwards Mr. Kermode and one of his brothers were taken by their father to England, and attended Wadham College, Oxford, where Robert finished his education and was a contemporary of the present Lord Oxford. Even in those early days Robert showed evidence of his unbounded energy by walking round the Isle of Wight and taking other walking tours in England. He took up cricket at Oxford and got his college blue. He was a fast round arm bowler and a good batsman. After his education in England he returned to Tasmania and took up pastoral pursuits at Mona Vale. His father imported Merinos from England and he took an interest in these for many years. Mr. R.C. Kermode was one of the first men to start golf in the Midlands and was a keen cricketer, at which game he excelled, his support being given to the Ross team. After a few years (about the year 1887) he went to Florida, where he joined his brother and took up orange growing. While in Florida he indulged his sporting proclivities in shooting and the hall at Mona Vale contains several glass cases of stuffed birds of brilliant plumage which he shot in America.
After leaving Florida he again went to England and then traveled extensively. In the course of his tours he walked through many of the countries of Europe. He visited almost every part of the world except China and Japan. His great energy was demonstrated again in Tasmania some years ago, when he walked through the roughest part of the West Coast from Waratah to the Huon. He walked also from Lake St. Clair to the West Coast, and the story is told of the discovery by the party of a lake somewhere in the west, Mr. Kermode making an unpleasant acquaintance with the lake by walking into it in the dark. In between his tours of different countries, Mr. Kermode returned to Mona Vale. He again went to England in 1910 and for the last time in 1924. He was a great photographer and for an amateur did most beautiful work. Upon his last visit to England he took over 1,000 photographs and on his return he came through Palestine, where he took some 600 photographs. He visited almost every country mentioned in Biblical History.
A little over 40 years ago, before going to Florida, Mr. Kermode married Miss Fawns, daughter of the Rev. J. Fawns, of Launceston and after his marriage continued his travels. Then he settled down at Mona Vale. Mrs. Kermode died in 1923. There were no children. Last year Mr. Kermode added an excellently appointed children's ward to the Campbell Town Hospital, entirely at his own expense, as a memorial to his late wife.
Among pastoralists Mr. Kermode was widely known as an enthusiastic breeder of high-class Shropshires, in which he interested himself many years ago, and took prizes at the different shows; but in more recent years he changed his fancy, and went in for Lincolns, which he has bred for the last nine years. He kept his Lincoln stud flock at a farm at Sheffield, in West Kentish and also owned the Dog's Head property at Lake Sorell, Interlaken. He was always a successful exhibitor at and keen supporter of the Campbell Town and Hobart shows, at which he was a prominent figure. As President of the Midland Agricultural Association he did all in his power for the advancement of the Campbell Town Show, and took an active part in advancing the reputation of Tasmanian wool and Tasmanian sheep. His speeches at the show luncheons were always forceful and optimism and faith in the resources of Tasmania were the keynotes of all his utterances.
Mr. Kermode was a prominent member of the Municipal Council of Ross. He joined it in 1894 and had been a member, also a justice of the peace ever since. He was a trustee of the Macquarie Water Trust also since its inception. As a councilor Mr. Kermode interested himself in the building of the Ross Town Hall in 1801, and was very enthusiastic over the hydro-electric power scheme for the Midlands, which is shortly to materialize. He took a great interest in the welfare of the municipality, and wrote a history of Ross on the occasion of its centenary in 1921. He took part in the building of the dam at Tooms Lake, at the head of the Macquarie River, Mr. Kermode was a prolific correspondent, and is said to have found time for writing, on an average, 40 letters a week.
The late Mr. Kermode's chief interest and greatest enthusiasm, however, was for church work. He was a lay reader in St. John's Church of England, Ross, for upwards of half a century and was superintendent of the Sunday school for a similar period up to the time of his return from England in 1924. At Ross every Sunday morning, after he had conducted the Sunday school, he assisted the rector in the service, and occasionally conducted the service himself. In the afternoon he conducted a Sunday school at Mona Vale, and in the evening he took service in the Mona Vale Church, built by his father. He was greatly interested also, in the little State school at Mona Vale, providing prizes and an annual treat for the children. He was a churchwarden at Ross, and was the lay representative of St. John's parish in Synod. He was a Tasmanian delegate to the recent Australian Church of England Convention in Sydney. His father was the prime mover in the building of the Church of England at Ross, a most picturesque freestone edifice. In the church there is a tablet erected to the memory of Mr. R.Q. Kermode on the occasion of the church jubilee in 1919. There is also a fine ornamental imported stone pulpit given by W.A. and Edith Kermode in 1885. Mr. R.C. Kermode was a staunch advocate of the evangelical principles of the Church. He was keenly interested in and a great supporter of missions, and he once remarked that if he had his time over again he would be a missionary instead of a pastoralist. He was President of the Church Missionary Society of Tasmania and was collector for the British and Foreign Bible Society right up till last year. He gave very liberally to missions and to charity and will be greatly missed. His death is a distinct loss to the rector of St. John's (Rev. F.A. Carr) and to all connected with the church, of which he was regarded as the backbone. His philanthropic spirit was one of his greatest characteristics and his charitable works were all done in a quiet, unobtrusive way, so that very few knew the extent of his generosity. Every year he supported the Church of England fair by gifts of half a dozen sheep and a quantity of other goods, apart from his purchases at the functions. To the minister, and to others who would appreciate them, he personally was in the habit of taking gifts of joints of meat, vegetables, etc., every week and the extent of his benevolence to the poor it would be difficult to estimate. His unfailing kindness was his greatest attribute and he set a very high standard which will be a splendid example for all time. He was a strict temperance advocate. His principles were high and he lived up to them. He had a fine sense of humor and was always full of life and energy. In Ross township and wherever he was known his loss will be keenly felt. His last gift to the Church was a large book of Common Prayer and eight years ago he gave an organ to St. Peter's Church, Sandy Bay. In the archives of the church at Ross is a record of the late Mr. Kermode's baptism on February 6, 1847.
Mr. Kermode was an ardent lover of flowers and his beautiful garden at Mona Vale is the admiration of all who see it. He regularly sent flowers to the Campbell Town Hospital and to the church.
His immediate surviving relatives are a niece, Mrs. E. Harrison, of Devonport and her son, and the Misses Gwen, Ethel and Edith Tinning, the three daughters of Mr. S.T. Tinning, solicitor, of Hobart.
ROBERT CRELLIN KERMODE
from Mercury Page 6 (Hobart) - 11th February 1927
Birth - 6th February 1847
Ross, Tasmania, Australia
Death - 10th February 1927
Tasmania, Australia
By the death of Mr. Robert Crellin Kermode, of Mona Vale, Ross, which took place at his residence at 5.30pm, 10th February 1927, Tasmania has lost a prominent pastoralist, an enthusiastic church and mission worker and a great philanthropist beloved by a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Kermode was a son of Robert Quayle and Martha Elizabeth Henrietta Mona Vale and was 80 years of age on Sunday 6th February 1927. A few months ago he had a stroke from which he was making a good recovery, but on his birthday, last Sunday, after he had delivered a speech, he had a second stroke and gradually sank. He was a much traveled man and Tasmania has benefited greatly from his experience and the energy he threw into his work in many directions for the welfare of his country and his fellowmen.
Mr. Kermode was born at Mona Vale, Ross, on February 6th, 1847. His grandfather (Mr. William Kermode) came to Tasmania in 1823 with his wife, and their three sons, Messrs. Robert Quayle Kermode (father of deceased), W. A. Kermode, and L. Q. Kermode, were all born in Tasmania. The original Mr. Kermode was granted a stretch of land embracing practically the whole of what is now Battery Point, Hobart, and subsequently Mrs. R.Q. Kermode gave a block of land for St. George's Church, Battery Point. The family, however, settled at Mona Vale, which was a grant by Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales, and entered upon pastoral pursuits, taking an active interest also in public life. Mr. William Kermode was one of the first members of the Legislative Council in Van Diemen's Land, being appointed by the British Government in 1842, and Mr. R.C. Kermode's father was also a member. He was also the first President of the Midland Agricultural Association in 1837. The presidency of this notable society has fallen to the lot of three generations of the Kermodes. The late Mr. R.C. Kermode was President for many years and acted in this capacity right to the last.
In 1868 Mr. Robert Quayle Kermode built the Mona Vale mansion, which is recognized as the finest country residence in Tasmania. He entertained the Duke of Edinburgh there in 1868, shortly after the building was completed. The Duke planted two trees there, one of which still lives and promises to become a noble oak. On the death of Mr. R.Q. Kermode the estate was divided among his three sons. Mr. R.C. Kermode received a third, including the Mona Vale cottage. Lewis was left another third on the Ballochmyle side and to William fell the Mona Vale homestead. This was entailed and went to his son Eric, who sold it to Sir Eustace Cameron, the present occupant.
Mr. R. C. Kermode received his early education at Horton College, commencing about 1858. He was there with Mr. W.H. Bennett, who is now in his 85th year and was the first boy to attend this College at its opening. Shortly afterwards Mr. Kermode and one of his brothers were taken by their father to England, and attended Wadham College, Oxford, where Robert finished his education and was a contemporary of the present Lord Oxford. Even in those early days Robert showed evidence of his unbounded energy by walking round the Isle of Wight and taking other walking tours in England. He took up cricket at Oxford and got his college blue. He was a fast round arm bowler and a good batsman. After his education in England he returned to Tasmania and took up pastoral pursuits at Mona Vale. His father imported Merinos from England and he took an interest in these for many years. Mr. R.C. Kermode was one of the first men to start golf in the Midlands and was a keen cricketer, at which game he excelled, his support being given to the Ross team. After a few years (about the year 1887) he went to Florida, where he joined his brother and took up orange growing. While in Florida he indulged his sporting proclivities in shooting and the hall at Mona Vale contains several glass cases of stuffed birds of brilliant plumage which he shot in America.
After leaving Florida he again went to England and then traveled extensively. In the course of his tours he walked through many of the countries of Europe. He visited almost every part of the world except China and Japan. His great energy was demonstrated again in Tasmania some years ago, when he walked through the roughest part of the West Coast from Waratah to the Huon. He walked also from Lake St. Clair to the West Coast, and the story is told of the discovery by the party of a lake somewhere in the west, Mr. Kermode making an unpleasant acquaintance with the lake by walking into it in the dark. In between his tours of different countries, Mr. Kermode returned to Mona Vale. He again went to England in 1910 and for the last time in 1924. He was a great photographer and for an amateur did most beautiful work. Upon his last visit to England he took over 1,000 photographs and on his return he came through Palestine, where he took some 600 photographs. He visited almost every country mentioned in Biblical History.
A little over 40 years ago, before going to Florida, Mr. Kermode married Miss Fawns, daughter of the Rev. J. Fawns, of Launceston and after his marriage continued his travels. Then he settled down at Mona Vale. Mrs. Kermode died in 1923. There were no children. Last year Mr. Kermode added an excellently appointed children's ward to the Campbell Town Hospital, entirely at his own expense, as a memorial to his late wife.
Among pastoralists Mr. Kermode was widely known as an enthusiastic breeder of high-class Shropshires, in which he interested himself many years ago, and took prizes at the different shows; but in more recent years he changed his fancy, and went in for Lincolns, which he has bred for the last nine years. He kept his Lincoln stud flock at a farm at Sheffield, in West Kentish and also owned the Dog's Head property at Lake Sorell, Interlaken. He was always a successful exhibitor at and keen supporter of the Campbell Town and Hobart shows, at which he was a prominent figure. As President of the Midland Agricultural Association he did all in his power for the advancement of the Campbell Town Show, and took an active part in advancing the reputation of Tasmanian wool and Tasmanian sheep. His speeches at the show luncheons were always forceful and optimism and faith in the resources of Tasmania were the keynotes of all his utterances.
Mr. Kermode was a prominent member of the Municipal Council of Ross. He joined it in 1894 and had been a member, also a justice of the peace ever since. He was a trustee of the Macquarie Water Trust also since its inception. As a councilor Mr. Kermode interested himself in the building of the Ross Town Hall in 1801, and was very enthusiastic over the hydro-electric power scheme for the Midlands, which is shortly to materialize. He took a great interest in the welfare of the municipality, and wrote a history of Ross on the occasion of its centenary in 1921. He took part in the building of the dam at Tooms Lake, at the head of the Macquarie River, Mr. Kermode was a prolific correspondent, and is said to have found time for writing, on an average, 40 letters a week.
The late Mr. Kermode's chief interest and greatest enthusiasm, however, was for church work. He was a lay reader in St. John's Church of England, Ross, for upwards of half a century and was superintendent of the Sunday school for a similar period up to the time of his return from England in 1924. At Ross every Sunday morning, after he had conducted the Sunday school, he assisted the rector in the service, and occasionally conducted the service himself. In the afternoon he conducted a Sunday school at Mona Vale, and in the evening he took service in the Mona Vale Church, built by his father. He was greatly interested also, in the little State school at Mona Vale, providing prizes and an annual treat for the children. He was a churchwarden at Ross, and was the lay representative of St. John's parish in Synod. He was a Tasmanian delegate to the recent Australian Church of England Convention in Sydney. His father was the prime mover in the building of the Church of England at Ross, a most picturesque freestone edifice. In the church there is a tablet erected to the memory of Mr. R.Q. Kermode on the occasion of the church jubilee in 1919. There is also a fine ornamental imported stone pulpit given by W.A. and Edith Kermode in 1885. Mr. R.C. Kermode was a staunch advocate of the evangelical principles of the Church. He was keenly interested in and a great supporter of missions, and he once remarked that if he had his time over again he would be a missionary instead of a pastoralist. He was President of the Church Missionary Society of Tasmania and was collector for the British and Foreign Bible Society right up till last year. He gave very liberally to missions and to charity and will be greatly missed. His death is a distinct loss to the rector of St. John's (Rev. F.A. Carr) and to all connected with the church, of which he was regarded as the backbone. His philanthropic spirit was one of his greatest characteristics and his charitable works were all done in a quiet, unobtrusive way, so that very few knew the extent of his generosity. Every year he supported the Church of England fair by gifts of half a dozen sheep and a quantity of other goods, apart from his purchases at the functions. To the minister, and to others who would appreciate them, he personally was in the habit of taking gifts of joints of meat, vegetables, etc., every week and the extent of his benevolence to the poor it would be difficult to estimate. His unfailing kindness was his greatest attribute and he set a very high standard which will be a splendid example for all time. He was a strict temperance advocate. His principles were high and he lived up to them. He had a fine sense of humor and was always full of life and energy. In Ross township and wherever he was known his loss will be keenly felt. His last gift to the Church was a large book of Common Prayer and eight years ago he gave an organ to St. Peter's Church, Sandy Bay. In the archives of the church at Ross is a record of the late Mr. Kermode's baptism on February 6, 1847.
Mr. Kermode was an ardent lover of flowers and his beautiful garden at Mona Vale is the admiration of all who see it. He regularly sent flowers to the Campbell Town Hospital and to the church.
His immediate surviving relatives are a niece, Mrs. E. Harrison, of Devonport and her son, and the Misses Gwen, Ethel and Edith Tinning, the three daughters of Mr. S.T. Tinning, solicitor, of Hobart.
Saturday 13th July 1935 Page 2 - Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania)
NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB
OBITUARY
ALFRED LAWRENCE GREEN
Birth - 1875
Launceston, Tasmania
Death - Friday 12th July 1935
Launceston, Tasmania
With tragic suddenness, Mr. Alfred Lawrence Green, a well-known Launceston solicitor and citizen, died at a private hospital early on Friday 12th July 1935.
The late Mr. Green was actively associated with many organizations in the city and his place will be very difficult to fill. Public men paid tributes to-day to his many charitable works and the keenness with which he carried out every project with which he was associated.
Born in 1875, the late Mr. Green was the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Green, of Launceston. He entered the Launceston Church Grammar School in 1890 and after leaving school studied for law and was admitted to the Bar on 6th August 1900, after having been articled to his father, who was also a solicitor. He later went into partnership with his father, the firm being known as Alfred Green and Co., and shortly after the death of his father, on 6th September 1912, his firm amalgamated with Ritchie, Parker and Co., and became known as Ritchie and Parker, Alfred Green and Co.
The late Mr. Green married Miss Maud Martin, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, of Melbourne, and his wife died on September 2, 1931. Mr. Green entered a private hospital in Launceston about a month ago to undergo an operation. He was progressing satisfactorily, and had hoped to leave the institution shortly, but he had a relapse early yesterday morning, and died suddenly.
The late Mr. Green was a Vice-President of the Northern Law Society. On behalf of the firm with which he was associated he handled legal business for the Launceston City Council and the Launceston Marine Board.
So was perhaps most widely known for the work he did for the Launceston Church Grammar School. His father was a member of the Board of Trustees for many years, and after his father's death Mr. Green was elected to the board, and for more than 20 years was Hon.Secretary. He had been the center of activities associated with the school for nearly a quarter of a century.
At the time of his death Mr. Green was a member of the Board of Directors of the Launceston Rotary Club and he was the Hon.Secretary of the club from 1931-34. Since the very early days of St. John's Church, a member of the Green family has been associated with it and the late Mr. Green, who was rector's warden at St. John's, for many years played a prominent part in the church's activities. He was a keen student of the church's early history. He was a trustee of the Church Missionary Society Depot in Launceston, and took a keen and active interest in that organization.
Always interested in scenic attractions and tourist work, Mr. Green was one of the two Launceston members on the State Tourist Advisory Board. He also had been chairman of the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association since its inception on October 5, 1933. He went to a great deal of trouble to prepare road maps, containing much interesting information, and his maps were often used by the Tourist Department. Just prior to his illness he was engaged on the preparation of several road maps, including a new one of the Hobart to Launceston road. He covered thousands of miles collecting information for his maps and took many interesting photographs, several of them being unique. He was a prominent member of the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association before it was taken over by the Government.
Mr. Green was a keen amateur photographer, and for several years was President of the now defunct Northern Tasmanian Camera Club. In recent years he used a cinematograph camera extensively, and had a fine collection of still and motion pictures.
Mr. Green was Vice-President of the Northern Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Association, and for some years was Hon.Secretary of the Launceston Tennis Club. He took a keen interest in that sport, and his private court was often placed at the disposal of the association for tournament matches. Out of respect to his memory "A" grade tennis matches which were to have been placed in Launceston to-morrow have been postponed. The late Mr. Green, who was 59 years of age, leaves two sons, Mr. Richard Martin Green and Mr. Alfred John Green, who are both solicitors in the office of Ritchie and Parker, Alfred Green and Co.
The funeral will be held at 11am to-morrow. The service at the grave side will be conducted by Rev. W. Greenwood.
NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB
OBITUARY
ALFRED LAWRENCE GREEN
Birth - 1875
Launceston, Tasmania
Death - Friday 12th July 1935
Launceston, Tasmania
With tragic suddenness, Mr. Alfred Lawrence Green, a well-known Launceston solicitor and citizen, died at a private hospital early on Friday 12th July 1935.
The late Mr. Green was actively associated with many organizations in the city and his place will be very difficult to fill. Public men paid tributes to-day to his many charitable works and the keenness with which he carried out every project with which he was associated.
Born in 1875, the late Mr. Green was the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Green, of Launceston. He entered the Launceston Church Grammar School in 1890 and after leaving school studied for law and was admitted to the Bar on 6th August 1900, after having been articled to his father, who was also a solicitor. He later went into partnership with his father, the firm being known as Alfred Green and Co., and shortly after the death of his father, on 6th September 1912, his firm amalgamated with Ritchie, Parker and Co., and became known as Ritchie and Parker, Alfred Green and Co.
The late Mr. Green married Miss Maud Martin, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, of Melbourne, and his wife died on September 2, 1931. Mr. Green entered a private hospital in Launceston about a month ago to undergo an operation. He was progressing satisfactorily, and had hoped to leave the institution shortly, but he had a relapse early yesterday morning, and died suddenly.
The late Mr. Green was a Vice-President of the Northern Law Society. On behalf of the firm with which he was associated he handled legal business for the Launceston City Council and the Launceston Marine Board.
So was perhaps most widely known for the work he did for the Launceston Church Grammar School. His father was a member of the Board of Trustees for many years, and after his father's death Mr. Green was elected to the board, and for more than 20 years was Hon.Secretary. He had been the center of activities associated with the school for nearly a quarter of a century.
At the time of his death Mr. Green was a member of the Board of Directors of the Launceston Rotary Club and he was the Hon.Secretary of the club from 1931-34. Since the very early days of St. John's Church, a member of the Green family has been associated with it and the late Mr. Green, who was rector's warden at St. John's, for many years played a prominent part in the church's activities. He was a keen student of the church's early history. He was a trustee of the Church Missionary Society Depot in Launceston, and took a keen and active interest in that organization.
Always interested in scenic attractions and tourist work, Mr. Green was one of the two Launceston members on the State Tourist Advisory Board. He also had been chairman of the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association since its inception on October 5, 1933. He went to a great deal of trouble to prepare road maps, containing much interesting information, and his maps were often used by the Tourist Department. Just prior to his illness he was engaged on the preparation of several road maps, including a new one of the Hobart to Launceston road. He covered thousands of miles collecting information for his maps and took many interesting photographs, several of them being unique. He was a prominent member of the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association before it was taken over by the Government.
Mr. Green was a keen amateur photographer, and for several years was President of the now defunct Northern Tasmanian Camera Club. In recent years he used a cinematograph camera extensively, and had a fine collection of still and motion pictures.
Mr. Green was Vice-President of the Northern Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Association, and for some years was Hon.Secretary of the Launceston Tennis Club. He took a keen interest in that sport, and his private court was often placed at the disposal of the association for tournament matches. Out of respect to his memory "A" grade tennis matches which were to have been placed in Launceston to-morrow have been postponed. The late Mr. Green, who was 59 years of age, leaves two sons, Mr. Richard Martin Green and Mr. Alfred John Green, who are both solicitors in the office of Ritchie and Parker, Alfred Green and Co.
The funeral will be held at 11am to-morrow. The service at the grave side will be conducted by Rev. W. Greenwood.
Tuesday 13th August 1940 Page 4 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
OBITUARY
TRIBUTE TO
MR. CHARLES F. MONDS
LARGE GATHERING AT FUNERAL
Although the funeral was private, there was a spontaneous tribute to the late Mr. C.F. Monds when his remains were interred at Carr Villa Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The cortege was lengthy and there was a large gathering, representative of numerous organizations and business firms in Launceston, at the graveside service. The service was conducted by Rev. A.R. Gardner (Paterson-street, Methodist).
Speaking at the graveside, Mr. Angus Mitchell, Rotary governor in Melbourne, said Mr. Monds had all the attributes of a perfect gentleman. He said Rotary in Australia had never produced a finer Rotarian than Charles Monds.
The chief mourners were Messrs. A.W. Monds (brother), T.B.A. Monds (nephew), G.E. Perrin, G. Hughes, F. Smithies and J. Edgerton.
Pallbearers were Messrs. A. Mitchell, J. Edgerton, T.G. Stancombe, F.B. Barber, G.J. McElwee, M.L.C., L.A. Cuff, M.L. Merry, V.C. Gridley, T. McDermott and T. Brooks.
Among the floral tributes were wreaths from the Launceston Chamber of Commerce, Tasmanian Chamber of Manufactures, the governor of 65th District of Rotary, president and members of Launceston Rotary Club, Hobart Rotary Club, Devonport Rotary Club, Launceston and Tamar District Boy Scouts Association, Chief Commissioner of Scouting, Boy Scouts Association of Tasmania, District Scouting Commissioner, 8th Launceston Scout Group, 1st Launceston Y.M.C.A. Scouts, Girl Guides of Tasmania, president and members of Launceston Guides Association, Guide camp house committee, Launceston Brownies, boys and girls of city of Launceston; board of directors of Y.M.C.A., Third Basin Youth Camp committee, staff and girls of Methodist Ladies College, girls of M.L.C. Junior Red Cross, Launceston Girls Home women's committee, students of Launceston Junior Technical College, Launceston Technical College council, Parents Association of Technical College, headmaster, staff and children of Hagley District School, Paterson-street Methodist Church, circuit officials, choir and organist, W.A.O.M. and Ladies Guild, Launceston City Mission breakfast and soup kitchens, Launceston Club, president and members of Launceston Golf Club, Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club, members of City Band, Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, Northern and Southern Tasmanian Bread Associations, the Pollyanna Club, council of Northern Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Association, employees of Monds and Affleck Pty. Ltd., Monds and Affleck Football Club.
The executive and manager of Launceston Bank for Savings, The Equity Trustees Co. of Tasmania Ltd., D. Ritchie and Sons, Wm. Holyman and Sons, G.M. Jackson Pty. Ltd., T. Norman Henty and Sons, directors and staff Mutual Fire and General Insurance Co. of Tasmania Ltd., Glasgow Engineering Co., directors of Gibson's Ltd., Humphreys Ltd., Savigny and Smith, directors and staff Tasmanian Wool Growers Agency Ltd., Allan Stewart Pty. Ltd., Reeman and Manning, Ritchie, Parker, Alfred Green and Co., Cruikshank, Creasey, Gow and Layh, with Hart and Room, F.W. Heritage and Co. Ltd. (Hobart and Launceston), Alexander Patent Racket Co. Ltd., H.T. Russell and Sons Pty. Ltd., and directors and management Australian head office Royal Insurance Company.
Funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. C.T. Finney.
Monday 22nd September 1941 Page 4 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
OBITUARY
MR. ERNEST WILLIAM GIBSON
PERTH, TASMANIA
The death occurred yesterday at his home, Native Point, Perth, of Mr. Ernest William Gibson, a well-known pastoralist. He was aged 69 years.
Mr. Gibson, who was born at Scone, Perth, was the only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. William Gibson, of Perth. He was educated at Launceston Church Grammar School. He assisted his father on his Perth property after leaving school and at an early age had a trip round the world, visiting Egypt, India and the U.S.A. When a young man he was well known for his fine horsemanship. He took part in ring events at shows in Tasmania add secured many trophies.
His property, The Point, is one of the best-kept pastoral estates in Tasmania. It is a northern show place. The trees which Mr. Gibson planted are a feature of the property. For many years he was interested in tree planting and the trees at the Point include representatives of many species. As a pastoralist his chief interest was in stud sheep breeding and he concentrated mainly on Merinos, with which he was very successful.
In later years Mr. Gibson was an enthusiastic photographer, frequently using a motion picture camera and he was an enthusiastic member of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club. His pictures won for him many awards at exhibitions and he held exhibitions of his own.
Mr. Gibson had three sisters - Mrs. C.R. Mackinnon, who died some time ago, and Miss L. Gibson and Miss E.S. Gibson.
Mr. Gibson married Marion Eleanor, second daughter of the late Mr. C.B. Stephens, K.C., of Sydney. There is one daughter, Mrs. K.M. Douglas, of Launceston, and two sons, Messrs. Ed- ward S. Gibson, Woodhall, Perth, and W. B. Gibson, of Scotson.
The funeral will take place privately this afternoon.
Monday 25th May 1953 Page 4 - Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania)
FUNERAL
MR. CHARLES ANTHONY HART
Many representatives of business and sporting interests attended the funeral at Carr Villa of Mr. Charles Anthony Hart, South Esk Rd., Trevallyn, who died at the age of 79.
Services at the funeral chapel and at the grave side were conducted by the Rev. V. R. Heazlewood.
Chief mourners were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hart (son and daughter-in-law), Mr. Ian Bonner (son-in-law). Mr. and Mrs. G. McDonald (nephew and niece), Mr. Jack McDonald (nephew), Mr. F.H. Hart (cousin), Mr. E. Stanley (nephew), and Peggy Bonner, Betty, Janette and Robert (grandchildren).
A member of the original firm of W. Hart and Sons, Mr. Hart remained with the firm after its purchase by D. and W. Chandler, Melbourne, and retired seven years ago because of ill-health.
Since his retirement he had lived at his home at Trevallyn. He had been in indifferent health for some years.
Years ago Mr. Hart was a prominent rifle and gun shot, and at the time of his death he was a vice- patron of the Tasmanian Gun Club.
For many years Mr. Hart was a keen yachtsman and power boat enthusiast and he was a vice-patron of the Tamar Yacht Club. He was also a keen motorist and competed in many contests organized in the early days of motoring by the Tasmanian Automobile Club.
He was the oldest member of the old Northern Tasmanian Camera Club and was connected in an official capacity with the Launceston Cage Bird Society.
Mr. Hart's wife died seven years ago and his only daughter, Mrs. N. Bonner, died shortly afterwards. He never really recovered from the shock of these two bereavements.
His son is Mr. J.A. Hart Gladman St., Launceston, There are four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were conducted by Finney and Sons.
| DATE JOINED | NAME | LOCATION | DATE CEASED |
| 24th July 1889 | Mr. W. Aikenhead | Death April 1902 | |
| 24th July 1889 | Dr. H.A. Room | ||
| 24th July 1889 | Mr. F. Styant-Browne | ||
| 24th July 1889 | Mr. J. Lay | ||
| 24th July 1889 | Mr. R.L. Parker | ||
| 24th July 1889 | Mr. J. Bonnor | ||
| 10th August 1889 | Captain Arthur, R.N. | Longford | Death July 1890 |
| 10th August 1889 | Mr. P.C. Maxwell | ||
| 10th August 1889 | Mr. Jno. Sykes | Latrobe | |
| 10th August 1889 | Mr. R. Kermode | Mona Vale | |
| 13th September 1889 | Mr. W. Gibson | Scone | |
| 13th September 1889 | Mr. H.G.J. Drew | Westbury | |
| 13th September 1889 | Mr. A. Bain | ||
| 8th November 1889 | Mr. Sydney Ritchie | ||
| 13th December 1889 | Mr. R.A. Dargaville | Latrobe | |
| 13th December 1889 | John Simpson | South Mount, Cameron | |
| 14th February 1890 | Rev. F.J. Nance | Launceston | |
| 14th February 1890 | Mr. Raymond E. Lane | Ulverstone | |
| 14th February 1890 | Mr. Herbert Button | Launceston | |
| 14th March 1890 | Mr. P.C. Weetman | ||
| 11th April 1890 | Mr. J.G.S. Fawns | ||
| 14th May 1890 | Rev. A.H. Champion | ||
| 14th May 1890 | Mr. J. M'Creery | Launceston | |
| 14th May 1890 | Mr. Robinson | Frankford | |
| 11th June 1890 | Mr. Arthur Johnson | ||
| 9th July 1890 | Mr. Walter Brickhill | ||
| 13th August 1890 | Mr. A.E. Goetz | ||
| 11th March 1891 | Mr. Arthur Green | ||
| 8th April 1891 | Mr. M. Hales | Launceston | |
| 8th April 1891 | Mr. J. Dickson | Launceston | |
| 8th April 1891 | Mr. G.A. Fulton | East Devonport | |
| 13th May 1891 | Mr. L. Green | Launceston | |
| 10th June 1891 | PATRON SIR ROBERT GEORGE CROOKSHANK HAMILTON |
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| 20th August 1891 | Mr. J. Stewart Grange | Launceston | |
| 20th August 1891 | Mr. W.H. Twelvetrees | Launceston | |
| 20th August 1891 | Mr. J. Sparrow | Launceston | Death 27th July 1912 |
| 18th November 1891 | Dr. Cole | Deloraine | |
| 20th January 1892 | Mr. W.L. Wells | ||
| 24th February 1892 | Mr. R. Kensey Horne | Devonport | |
| 24th February 1892 | Mr. E. Nickolls | Launceston | |
| 24th February 1892 | Mr. C. Nickolls | Launceston | |
| 20th April 1892 | Rev. J.G. White | Latrobe | |
| 20th April 1892 | Mr. F. Birchall | Launceston | |
| 20th July 1892 | Mr. E.R. Ash | Hobart | |
| 20th July 1892 | Mr. C.L. Hodgman | Hobart | |
| 20th July 1892 | Mr. Charles A. Hart | Launceston | |
| 21st June 1893 | Mr. E.M. Law | Death August 1909 | |
| 21st June 1893 | Mr. A.C. Solomon | ||
| 19th July 1893 | FIRST LADY MEMBER ??? | ||
| 15th August 1894 | Mr. Arthur Larner | ||
| 16th January 1895 | Mr. John Provis | Zeehan | |
| 16th January 1895 | Mr. R.E. Fletcher | Launceston | |
| 16th January 1895 | Mr. Harold Brownrigg | Launceston | |
| 17th July 1895 | Mr. C.B. Rowe | ||
| 15th January 1896 | Mr. H. Payne | ||
| 19th August 1896 | Mr. J.H. Lithgow | New Norfolk | |
| 19th August 1896 | Mr. L. Abra | Launceston | |
| 19th May 1897 | Mr. C. Haviland | ||
| 17th November 1897 | Mr. B. Monds | ||
| 17th November 1897 | Mr. C. Monds | ||
| 16th February 1898 | Mrs. Stuart | Ulverstone | |
| 17th June 1898 | Rev. J.T. Piercey | ||
| 17th June 1898 | Mr. J.E. Heritage | ||
| 17th June 1898 | Mr. A.C. Solomon | ||
| 17th June 1898 | Mr. L. Hodder | ||
| 17th June 1898 | Mr. F.E. Burbury | ||
| 20th July 1898 | Mr. H. Barrett | Launceston | |
| 20th July 1898 | Mr. W. Colhoun | Launceston | |
| 16th November 1898 | Mr. Arthur Steer | Latrobe | |
| 18th January 1899 | Mr. Prior | Launceston | |
| 15th February 1899 | Mr. St. John David | East Devonport | |
| 15th February 1899 | Mr. J.F. Powell | East Devonport | |
| 19th July 1899 | Mr. John Williams | Launceston | |
| 19th July 1899 | Dr. Maddox | Launceston | |
| 16th August 1899 | Mr. G. Arthur Gurney | ||
| 16th August 1899 | Mr. Leonard Gatenby | ||
| 15th November 1899 | Rev. W.J. Eddy | Launceston | |
| 22nd December 1899 | Mr. Robert Ingles | Launceston | |
| 20th July 1900 | Mr. E.R. Ash | Launceston | |
| 20th July 1900 | Mr. Albert Hill | Launceston | |
| 20th July 1900 | Mr. Arthur R. Gee | Launceston | |
| 20th March 1901 | Mr. Frank W. Browne | ||
| 21st June 1901 | Mr. J.C. Leupolt | East Devonport | |
| 21st June 1901 | Mr. W.L. Wells | Latrobe | |
| 17th July 1901 | Dr. H. Grattan Guinness | ||
| 21st August 1901 | Mr. M.U. Maddern | ||
| 20th September 1901 | Rev. J. Wellard | Deloraine | |
| 19th February 1902 | Mr. J.H. Orme | ||
| 16th July 1902 | Mr. G.H. Lithgow | ||
| 16th July 1902 | Mr. J.H. Russell | ||
| 20th August 1902 | Mr. Charles. F. Monds | ||
| 14th October 1902 | Mr. E.W. Gibson | Perth | |
| 19th February 1903 | Mr. J.H. Henry | Devonport | |
| 19th February 1903 | Mr. D.M. Annear | Launceston | |
| 20th May 1903 | Mr. F. Dean | ||
| 20th May 1903 | Mr. J.F. Haenke | ||
| 17th June 1903 | Mr. James Wright | Launceston | |
| 15th July 1903 | Mr. Rev. A.R. Osborn | ||
| 15th July 1903 | Mr. A Lawrence Green | ||
| 16th September 1903 | Mr. Clifford A. Blakely | ||
| 18th November 1903 | Mr. F.D. Barclay | ||
| 18th November 1903 | Dr. Skinner | ||
| 16th December 1903 | Mr. D.L. W--church | Cressy | |
| 20th July 1904 | Rev. C. Mason | Bracknell | |
| 18th January 1905 | Mr. C.B. Brady | ||
| 22nd June 1905 | Mr. F.W. Armytage | ||
| 20th September 1905 | Mr. S. King | ||
| 29th November 1905 | Mr. A.W. Monds | ||
| 29th November 1905 | Mr. A.G. Horner | ||
| 27th April 1906 | Mr. H. Court | ||
| 24th July 1907 | Mr. E. Clarke | Launceston | |
| 21st August 1907 | Mr. James Ferguson | Launceston | |
| 21st August 1907 | Mr. Holmes | Launceston | |
| 22nd July 1908 | Mr. A Lawrence Green | ||
| 19th August 1908 | Mr. C. Hills | ||
| 19th August 1908 | Mr. Oliver Dixon | ||
| 19th August 1908 | Mr. L. Griffiths | ||
| 19th August 1908 | Mr. C. Blakeley | ||
| 18th November 1908 | Mr. J.P. Winn | ||
| 16th June 1909 | Mr. G. Carson | ||
| 20th October 1909 | PATRON SIR HENRY BARRON |
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| 18th January 1911 | Mr. P. Prichard | ||
| 19th July 1911 | Mr. Gilbert Genders | ||
| 19th July 1911 | Mr. R. Williams | ||
| 19th July 1911 | Mr. G.L. Smith | ||
| 19th July 1911 | Mr. W. Reid | ||
| 19th July 1911 | Mr. C. Hills | ||
| 16th August 1911 | Mr. W.R. Deeble | ||
| 22nd November 1911 | Dr. Bertram Ingram | ||
| 17th July 1912 | Mr. I.R. Elliott | ||
| 17th July 1912 | Mr. H.J. King | ||
| 19th February 1913 | Mr. Ken Waterhouse | ||
| 16th April 1913 | Mr. F.J. Sullivan | ||
| 16th April 1913 | Mr. H.A. Mowatt | ||
| 16th April 1913 | Mr. F. Scott | ||
| 18th June 1913 | Mrs M. Fysh | ||
| 18th June 1913 | Mr. T.W. Haslam | ||
| 18th June 1913 | Master Thompson | ||
| 20th August 1913 | Mr. Williams | ||
| 20th August 1913 | Mr. Wales | ||
| 20th August 1913 | Mr. Harvey | ||
| 18th November 1914 | Mr. J.D. Millen | ||
| 21st April 1915 | Mr. Philip Fysh | ||
| 21st April 1915 | Mr. Gordon Fysh | ||
| 15th September 1915 | Mr. A.S. Forrest | ||
| 16th August 1916 | Mr. E.E. Seale | ||
| 12th June 1917 | Mr. L.T. Potter | ||
| 18th July 1917 | Mr. H.J. King | ||
| 18th July 1917 | Mr. N. West | ||
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| 21st March 1920 | Mr. Peat | ||
| 21st March 1920 | Mr. H. Graham | ||
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| 21st April 1920 | Mr. M.F. Nichols | Westbury | |
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| 28th July 1920 | Mr. H. McEachern | ||
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| 19th March 1930 | Mr. F. Newman | ||
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| 21st May 1930 | Mr. R. Jarman | ||
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| 18th January 1933 | Mr. E.P. Hart | ||
| 18th January 1933 | Mr. G. Beck |
HERBERT JOHN KING
Information from the State Library Tasmania
Birth 31st May 1892, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Death 18th February 1973, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Herbert John King, photographer and field naturalist, born in Hobart, third son of John King, cycle manufacturer. The family moved to Launceston in 1903, where from 1931 until his retirement in 1951 Herbert was employed in the family business which manufactured and imported bicycles and motorcycles.
Herbert with his wife Lucy Minna (nee Large) enjoyed exploring remote Tasmanian wilderness areas on motorcycles, King being a member of the first party to use motorcycles to reach Gustav Weindorfer's Waldheim chalet at Cradle Mountain. King joined the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, having taken up photography as a boy. Although an amateur, his photographs were technically innovative and experimental with color and he won many prizes and exhibited his photographs both in Australia and abroad.
During the years of World War II he made a series of color-movies on natural history for the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, where he was to be honorary photographer (1958 - 1962). His passion for Tasmania's natural history led him to membership of the Royal Society of Tasmania and to founding membership and presidency of the Launceston Field Naturalists Club.
His pioneering efforts in listing, collecting and photographing Tasmania's flora prompted Lord Talbot de Malahide to finance and publish in six parts The Endemic Flora of Tasmania (London, 1967 - 1978) Survived by his wife and two daughters, King died on 18th Feb 1973 at Launceston.
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AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY
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HERBERT JOHN KING
Birth 31st May 1892, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Death 18th February 1973, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Herbert John King, photographer and field naturalist, was born on 31st May 1892 in Hobart, third son of John King, cycle manufacturer, and his wife Susannah, née Robinson. In 1900 the Kings moved to Launceston where Herbert attended the Commercial College. Thereafter he was employed in the family business which manufactured and imported bicycles and motorcycles. He enjoyed riding motorbikes, both in competitive events and as a means of exploring Tasmania; in particular, he came to love the remote wilderness areas. His companion in these travels was his wife Lucy Minna, née Large, whom he had married at the registrar's office, Hobart, on 23rd December 1918. Like her husband, she was a devout Christadelphian. In 1922 King was a member of the first party to use motorcycles to reach Gustav Weindorfer's Waldheim resort at Cradle Mountain. From 1932 until his retirement in 1951 King managed the family firm, but, at heart, work simply gave him the resources to support his outside interests.
Having taken up photography as a boy, King joined the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club in 1912. That year he won awards for his published photographs. These were the first of his many pictorial black-and-white compositions to win prizes or to be exhibited in Australia and abroad. A self-taught amateur, technically innovative and painstaking, King experimented with a range of color processes (for slides and 16mm movies) and with specialized techniques, including panorama, infra-red, aerial and time-lapse photography. During the years of World War II he produced a series of color-movies on natural history for the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, where he was to be Honorary Photographer (1958 to 1962). In 1947 he helped to establish the Launceston Cine Society.
King's interest in Tasmania's natural history developed into a passion that came to dominate his photography and his life. He was a member (1942 to 1963) of the Royal Society of Tasmania, and a founding member (1949), president (1950 to 1964) and life member (1955) of the Launceston Field Naturalists Club. His photographs illustrated several books, in his lifetime and after it. King's pioneering efforts in listing, collecting and photographing Tasmania's flora prompted Lord Talbot de Malahide to finance and publish in six parts The Endemic Flora of Tasmania (London, 1967-78). Part IV (1973) was dedicated to King.
Widely known as 'HJ', King suffered as a youth from a stammer which he later overcame. He gave numerous illustrated lectures — some as community fund-raisers — largely on photography, Tasmanian landscapes and natural history. Of average build, with a fair complexion, an upright brush of hair, a long face and a rather serious expression, he was reserved by nature but held strong views, a combination which sometimes resulted in an abruptness of manner. Yet he was generous and patient when sharing his passions and expertise, especially with the young and the disabled. Survived by his wife and two daughters, King died on 18th February 1973 at Launceston and was cremated.