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<meta content="Esther Ann Mather was the daughter of Joseph Benson Mather who operated a drapery business in Liverpool Street, Tasmania, Australia. Esther married Charles Henry Robey, also of the Quaker Faith on the 23rd of July 1884.  A number of prominent Tasmanian Quaker families attended the wedding, including Ann Pollard Mather who was present at first Meeting for Discipline in Hobart in 1833.   Photograph titled  Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows Esther's grey Quaker style wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection. 
  Photograph titled Detail of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows detail of the back of Esther Robey's wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection).  Photograph titled Detail of buttons of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows a detailed close up image of the dress' buttons. Photograph titled Wedding of Charles Henry Robey and Esther Ann Mather: shows wedding party of the Robey Wedding (held by University of Tasmania Library, Special and Rare Materials Collection.  Photograph titled  Robey Wedding Photo Back: shows the handwritten notes indicating the identities of the wedding party. Source for Wedding Robey and Mather pdf text: Michael Bennett, Quaker Life in Tasmania: The First Hundred Years, University of Tasmania Library, 2007. " name="eprints.abstract" />
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    <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Quaker Collection, Weddings</span> (1884) <xhtml:em>Quaker Wedding Dress.</xhtml:em> University of Tasmania Library, Special &amp; Rare Material Collections. (Unpublished)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_957' );" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_957' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/1/wedding_dress.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_957"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/thumbnails/1/preview.png" border="0" class="ep_preview_image" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/1/wedding_dress.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Biographical Notes)</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />120Kb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a 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href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/6/wedding.jpg"><span class="ep_document_citation">Other (Wedding of Charles Henry Robey and Esther Ann Mather)</span></a><br />114Kb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_962' );" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_962' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/7/Robey_wedding_back.jpg"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/thumbnails/7/small.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_962"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/thumbnails/7/preview.png" border="0" class="ep_preview_image" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/931/7/Robey_wedding_back.jpg"><span class="ep_document_citation">Other (Robey Wedding photo back)</span></a><br />64Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/index.html">http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/index.html</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Esther Ann Mather was the daughter of Joseph Benson Mather who operated a drapery business in Liverpool Street, Tasmania, Australia. Esther married Charles Henry Robey, also of the Quaker Faith on the 23rd of July 1884.  A number of prominent Tasmanian Quaker families attended the wedding, including Ann Pollard Mather who was present at first Meeting for Discipline in Hobart in 1833.   Photograph titled  Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows Esther's grey Quaker style wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection. 
  Photograph titled Detail of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows detail of the back of Esther Robey's wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection).  Photograph titled Detail of buttons of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows a detailed close up image of the dress' buttons. Photograph titled Wedding of Charles Henry Robey and Esther Ann Mather: shows wedding party of the Robey Wedding (held by University of Tasmania Library, Special and Rare Materials Collection.  Photograph titled  Robey Wedding Photo Back: shows the handwritten notes indicating the identities of the wedding party. Source for Wedding Robey and Mather pdf text: Michael Bennett, Quaker Life in Tasmania: The First Hundred Years, University of Tasmania Library, 2007. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Other</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. Photographs of the wedding dress taken by Gillian Ward.</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Quaker, Wedding Dress, Hobart, Society of Friends, Esther Robey, Charles Henry Robey, Esther Ann Mather, Van Diemen's Land, Van Diemens Land, Tasmania</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/440200.html">440000 Philosophy and Religion &gt; 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/430100.html">430000 History and Archaeology &gt; 430100 Historical Studies</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/collections/quaker.html">Quaker Collection</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/collections/photograph.html">Photograph Collection</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">931</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">UTas Digital Archives Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">17 May 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">22 Jan 2008 16:53</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=931;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=931">item control page</a></p>
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