Stefan Petrow has identified Mechanics' Institutes at Franklin, Huon, Don, Waratah, Port Esperance, Ellesmere
(later Scottsdale), Emu Bay, Ringarooma and Queenstown.
The word 'mechanics' did not form part of the name of the Bellerive, Campbell
Town, Devon, Glenora, Green Ponds, Hamilton-on-Forth, Lefroy, Oatlands, Sorell,
Stanley and Wynyard institutes, but they had similar aims to mechanics'
institutes.
Related but short-lived societies included the Tasmanian Society
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Launceston, 1831), the Tasmanian Society
for the Acquisition of Useful Knowledge (Hobart Town, 1845), and the Mechanics'
School of Arts (Hobart Town, 1850).(1)
Two collections which have survived in part are those of the Bothwell Literary Society (founded 1834) and the Evandale Subscription Library (1847).
(1) The Companion to Tasmanian History (Hobart, Centre for
Tasmanian Historical Studies, 2005), p232.
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