18015 - 1816 Hobart Town: A juror, a boat race, supplying wheat & meat + 8th child
HOBART 1815
Rev. Knopwood’s Diary, Saturday 21st February 1815:
“The morning very hot. Mrs McCauley came from the farm. At 1, little Betty and self walkd to New Town to see the races - a match between Mr. Peters grey horse and Mr. Stynes bay mare, the best of two 3-mile heats for 200gs a side.”
16 August 1815 - Thomas Peters is selected as a juror
for the inquest into the death of J. O’Burne.
B13858427S3V2Series 3. Volume II. Complete work.pdf
The first recorded boat race in Van Diemen's Land
was between Mr Peter's boat and Mr Gordon's boat for 50 guineas.
Rev. Knopwood’s Diary, Monday 30th October 1815:
“The Lt. Govern sent for me. A full bench of magistrates sat this morn. At 3 I dind with the Govnr. There was a boat race between Mr. Peters boat and Mr Gordons, for 50gs., won by the latter boat - and a duel between Mr. La… and Mr. D. m…nd, the naval officer. They exchanged two shots; neither hurt.”
Austins Ferry and the Derwent River from Poimenna Reserve, Tasmania
By JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons
HOBART 1816
The Hobart Town Gazette was established in 1816 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land as The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter. In 1821 the name was changed to the Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser. In 1825 the title was split, with the government authorised publication remaining the Hobart Town Gazette, and the original editor launching the Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser . From 1882 it was known as the Hobart Gazette and from 1907 as the Tasmanian Government Gazette.
Via the use of Trove, I located many references to Thomas Peters in these early newspapers. They were digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers service which allows access to historic Australian newspapers. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library, Australia's State and Territory libraries and hundreds of cultural and research institutions around Australia. http://trove.nla.gov.au/general/about
19th May 1816 Mr Thomas Peters is paid 35 pounds for 70 bushels of Wheat.
https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/9/2/0/public/B13858427S3V2pages471-720.pdf
Mr Thomas Peters to supply 2500lbs. of fresh meat.
The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter
(Tas. : 1816 - 1821) Sat 22 Jun 1816 Page 1 TROVE
The records show that the Peters’ 8th child, Ann, was born 23 Aug 1816. She was baptised on 12th September 1816.
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…”at the Stables of Mr. Peters, Liverpool-street.”
The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas. : 1816 - 1821) Sat 2 Nov 1816 Page 1 TROVE - National Library of Australia
Research - Part B
29. RESEARCH Part B - A story of Thomas and Ann Peters.
30. RESEARCH Part B - Thomas Peters is transported for the term of his natural life
31. RESEARCH Part B - Mary Ann Peters accompanied her convict husband
32. RESEARCH Part B - 1803 Thomas, Mary Ann, & Elizabeth (2yrs) came to Port Phillip aboard the Calcutta
33. RESEARCH Part B - 1804 Peters family transferred to Van Diemen’s Land & Martha is born
34. RESEARCH Part B - 1805 Hobart Town: Mary Peters receives a Land Grant on New Town Rivulet
35. RESEARCH Part B - 1806 & 1807 The Peters have a farm with 4 cattle 2 sheep & a goat.
36. RESEARCH Part B - 1808 - 1812 Hobart Town: Martha dies, Thomas is pardoned, & 3 babies are born.
37. RESEARCH Part B - 1814 Hobart Town: Property deals, Horse races & a baby.
38. RESEARCH Part B - 1815 - 1816 Hobart Town: A juror, a boat race, supplying wheat & meat + 8th child
39. RESEARCH Part B - 1817 Hobart Town & York Plains: Thomas Peters receives a Land Grant
40. RESEARCH Part B - 1817 Hobart Town & Bagdad: the Duke of York & Baker’s farm
41. RESEARCH Part B - 1817 Hobart Town,York Plains, Bagdad & Tarrets’s farm
42. RESEARCH Part B - 1817 Hobart Town & Bagdad: Education, an executor, & stock moved from Herdsman’s Cove.
43. RESEARCH Part B - 1818 Hobart: A heavy cart and a ferry accident
44. RESEARCH Part B - 1818 Hobart: A court case, a house for sale. & Elizabeth marries George Armytage
45. RESEARCH Part B - 1818 Hobart: Stock on Birch’s land + Kickerterpoller & the Friendly Missions
46. RESEARCH Part B - 1819 Hobart: Rents to Supreme court & Mary Ann Peters (nee Hews) dies aged 39
47. RESEARCH Part B - 1819 - 1821 Hobart: Found guilty of ‘contumacious conduct in court’.
48. RESEARCH Part B - 1824 - 1829 Bagdad: Louisa marries John Hayes & Charlotte marries Francis Flexmore
49. RESEARCH Part B - 1830 Tasmania: The Black Line.
50. RESEARCH Part B - Nov 1930 Many Aborigines slip through the Black Line and the Peters house is raided.
51. RESEARCH Part B - 1830 Bagdad: As the Black Line advances settlers houses are attacked
52. RESEARCH Part B - 1830 Bagdad: Sophia Peters (16) and Ann Peters (14) are speared & Ann dies of her wounds.
53. RESEARCH Part B - 1830 - Following the Tasmania Wars the surviving traditional owners are rounded up
54. RESEARCH Part B - 1831 - 1839 Bagdad: Mary Ann Peters & Sophia Matilda Peters both got married,
55. RESEARCH Part B - 1839 Bagdad Thomas Peters dies
56. RESEARCH Part B - The 8 Children and 48 Grandchildren of Thomas & Mary Ann Peters
57. RESEARCH Part B - A Story of Thomas Peters and ‘the Brady Gang’
58. RESEARCH Part B - Where to next? Choices, choices, choices.