James Backhouse Walker

James Backhouse Walker, FRGS (14 October 1841 – 4 November 1899) was an Australian solicitor and historian.

[2][3] He was employed as a junior clerk in his father’s Hobart Savings Bank and in 1872 took articles and was admitted as barrister, solicitor and proctor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in 1876.

He sought improved conditions for workers as secretary of the working men's club.

[2] He was the author of several brochures on the history of his native colony, taken chiefly from official sources: viz.

[2] His papers on the discovery, early settlement and Aboriginal inhabitants of Tasmania, published in 1902 became a standard authority.