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Photograph titled Third Friends' Meeting House 1960+: It is located in Boa Vista Road, New Town, Tasmania (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Door latch and handle of the first Meeting House 1837-1880: This was so that Friends could enter for silent worship at any time, the lock was removed and this latch substituted (held by the Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection.) 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A cottage at 39 Murray Street which was bought by James Backhouse in 1837 with a loan from Meeting for Sufferings, London. The cost was 400 pounds including alterations (held by University of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Second Friends' Meeting House 1880-1860: In 1880 a stone Meeting House was built behind the old weatherboard house which can be seen under construction behind first Meeting House in the photograph (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Second Friends' Meeting House 1880-1860 (Modern View) (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Third Friends' Meeting House 1960+: It is located in Boa Vista Road, New Town, Tasmania (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Door latch and handle of the first Meeting House 1837-1880: This was so that Friends could enter for silent worship at any time, the lock was removed and this latch substituted (held by the Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection.) 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src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/thumbnails/9/small.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_915"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/thumbnails/9/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/9/friends_meeting_house_second.jpg"><span class="ep_document_citation">Other (Second Friends' Meeting House 1880-1960)</span></a><br />48Kb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_916' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/10/2nd_meeting_house.jpg" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_916' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/thumbnails/10/small.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_916"><table><tr><td><img alt="" 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href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/11/meetinghouse3.jpg"><span class="ep_document_citation">Other (Third Friends' Meeting House 1960+)</span></a><br />10Kb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_918' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/12/latch_m.JPG" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_918' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/thumbnails/12/small.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_918"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/thumbnails/12/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/915/12/latch_m.JPG"><span class="ep_document_citation">Other (Door latch & handle of the first Meeting House 1837-1880)</span></a><br />30Kb</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">Photograph titled First Friends' Meeting House: The first Quaker Meeting House in Hobart. A cottage at 39 Murray Street which was bought by James Backhouse in 1837 with a loan from Meeting for Sufferings, London. The cost was 400 pounds including alterations (held by University of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Second Friends' Meeting House 1880-1860: In 1880 a stone Meeting House was built behind the old weatherboard house which can be seen under construction behind first Meeting House in the photograph (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Second Friends' Meeting House 1880-1860 (Modern View) (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Third Friends' Meeting House 1960+: It is located in Boa Vista Road, New Town, Tasmania (held by Univeristy of Tasmania Libary, Special and Rare Collections). Photograph titled Door latch and handle of the first Meeting House 1837-1880: This was so that Friends could enter for silent worship at any time, the lock was removed and this latch substituted (held by the Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection.) Notes Source: Michael Bennett, Quaker Life in Tasmania: The First Hundred Years, University of Tasmania Library, 2007, p.29.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><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. </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Quaker, Meeting House, Hobart, Society of Friends, James Backhouse, Van Diemen's Land, Van Diemens Land, Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection, Hobart, 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 > 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/430100.html">430000 History and Archaeology > 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">915</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">16 May 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">22 Jan 2008 16:27</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=915;">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&eprintid=915">item control page</a></p> </td></tr></table> </div> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td> </tr> <tr> <td><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/footer_eprints.lbi" --> <table width="795" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" class="footer"> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au">UTAS home</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/">Library home</a> | <a href="/">ePrints home</a> | <a href="/contact.html">contact</a> | <a href="/information.html">about</a> | <a href="/view/">browse</a> | <a href="/perl/search/simple">search</a> | <a href="/perl/register">register</a> | <a href="/perl/users/home">user area</a> | <a href="/help/">help</a></div><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><p><img src="/images/eprints/footerline.gif" width="100%" height="4" /></p></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="68%" class="footer">Authorised by the University Librarian<br /> © University of Tasmania ABN 30 764 374 782<br /> <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/cricos/">CRICOS Provider Code 00586B</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/copyright/copyright_disclaimers.html">Copyright & Disclaimers</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/accessibility/index.html">Accessibility</a> | <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/feedback/">Site Feedback</a> </td> <td width="32%"><div align="right"> <p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><img src="http://www.utas.edu.au/shared/logos/unioftasstrip.gif" alt="University of Tasmania Home Page" width="260" height="16" border="0" align="right" /></a></p> <p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><br /> </a></p> </div></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><p> </p></td> <td><div align="right"><span class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.eprints.org/software/"><img src="/images/eprintslogo.gif" alt="ePrints logo" width="77" height="29" border="0" align="bottom" /></a></span></div></td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndLibraryItem --> <div align="center"></div></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>