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 {{:lyndhurst.jpg?300|}} The M-P family papers includes this photo, identified on the back as Lyndhurst, New Town Road, Hobart Town, Tasmania.((Provenance: J. Godden)) Lyndhurst was a popular name and nothing has yet been found about the homes in this photo, but does it hold a clue to why the children were sent to Hobart? Or was it where Matilda and her children stayed when they went to Tasmania in November 1863- April 1864?((TLM-P diary, November 1863-April 1864)) or where Matilda stayed when she returned to Hobart in February 1868, accompanying by a daughter and two sons as well as Maroon employee Mr Pearse and his wife.((//The Tasmanian Times//, 3 February 1868, p.2;  //The Mercury//, 3 February 1868, p.2.))\\
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-A further clue regarding the boys' education is the list of TLM-P's cheques. In March 1866 one cheque was to 'Townson Esq' for £8 for 'Boys tuition'. The same list indicates that simply getting one boy to Tasmania was expensive even before paying the school fees. One cheque is for £2.10 to pay 13 year old Morres' passage to Sydney and a further £8 'for Morres' expenses to Tasmania'. In November 1866, TLM-P wrote a cheque to Rev. R.D. Harris for £17.9.6 for Morres' tuition. A note of a cheque in March 1867 £30 indicates that it was for a quarter, making the annual school fee  £120. In addition, an additional £10.8.0 was 'residue to pay Morres' passage etc' with 8/- of this amount the commission to send money orders.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9))
+A further clue regarding the boys' education is the list of TLM-P's cheques. In March 1866 one cheque was to 'Townson Esq' for £8 for 'Boys tuition'. The same list indicates that simply getting one boy to Tasmania was expensive even before paying the school fees. One cheque is for £2.10 to pay 13 year old Morres' passage to Sydney and a further £8 'for Morres' expenses to Tasmania'. In November 1866, TLM-P wrote a cheque to Rev. R.D. Harris for £17.9.6 for Morres' tuition. A note of a cheque in March 1867 £30 indicates that it was for a quarter, making the annual school fee  £120. In addition, an additional £10.8.0 was 'residue to pay Morres' passage etc' with 8/- of this amount the commission to send money orders. It was not cheap to travel to Tasmania. In January 1868, three cheques were made out to Matilda regarding such expenses: £1 for expenses; £32 expenses for Hobarton; and £15 'passage ... Sydney' (steamship fares) to Hobart for Matilda, Rosie, Morres and Harvey'.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9))