Walch's Tasmanian Almanac

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

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

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

It was a valuable resource of historical information about Tasmania.

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

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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, Australia. 23 March 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 5 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "AUSTRALIANA: GARNET WALCH". The Argus (Melbourne) (30,654). Victoria, Australia. 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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