Hobart [Town] Savings Bank

Quaker Collection, Walker - George Washington (1845) Hobart [Town] Savings Bank. University of Tasmania Special and Rare Materials Collections, Australia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

To encourage temperance and thrift George Washington Walker opened a savings facility in his store. From 1845 it traded as the Hobart Savings Bank. Over time the bank developed into the Savings Bank of Tasmania. J.B. Cotton's Hobart Town Savings Bank book is held in the University Library Special and Rare Materials collections.

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Keywords:	Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, religious history, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, J.B. Cotton, George Washington Walker, Hobart Savings Bank, Savings Bank of Tasmania, Hobart Town Savings Bank
Subjects:	440000 Philosophy and Religion > 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions 430000 History and Archaeology > 430100 Historical Studies
Collections:	Quaker Collection Photograph Collection
ID Code:	1493
Deposited By:	Gillian Ward
Deposited On:	20 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2008 16:39
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