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| | State Library of Tasmania - WL Crowther Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The W.L. Crowther Library is a rich collection of books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, photographs, works of art and museum objects, largely relating to Tasmania but encompassing many other subjects - whaling, the history of medicine, Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, book-collecting, and works printed in Pacific Island languages. |
 | | It was formed during the lifetime of Sir William Crowther, and presented by him to the State Library of Tasmania over a period from 1964 until his death in 1981. |
 | | William Edward Lodewyk Hamilton Crowther (1887-1981) was knighted in 1964 for his services to the community, in particular the presentation of his collection to the State Library. |
| www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au /heritage/crowther.htm (837 words) |
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