Walch's Tasmanian Almanac

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Walch's Tasmanian Almanac was an almanac produced in Hobart by J Walch and Sons from the 1850s until 1980. [1]

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It had a range of variant titles over the time that it was published, but was commonly known as Walch's Almanac. [2]

Also known as the "red book", [3] it included detailed information about Tasmania for the current year, and all regions and towns of the state. [4]

It is a valuable resource of historical information about Tasmania.

Extensive use of the information has been collated and indexed by and for genealogical societies. [5]

See also

Notes

  1. Walch's Tasmanian almanac for, J. Walch & Sons, 1870, retrieved 5 December 2016
  2. "Walch's Tasmanian Almanac". The Mercury . CLV (22, 257). Tasmania, Australia. 31 March 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 5 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Walch s "Red Book"". The Mercury . CLVII (22, 561). Tasmania. 23 March 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 5 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "AUSTRALIANA: GARNET WALCH". The Argus (30, 654). Melbourne. 25 November 1944. p. 7 (The Argus Week-end Magazine). Retrieved 5 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30372 – Walch's Tasmanian Almanac, 1863–1904 on Ancestry dot com

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