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- 1872-1953. (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
11 items.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Thomas Jefferies was born and educated in England, emigrating to Brisbane after his marriage in 1871. His first professional appearance as a violinist in February 1872 marked the beginning of a distinguished involvement with music: the establishment of the Brisbane Musical Union, formation of a family quartet, conductor of the South Brisbane Harmonic Society. He also founded the Brisbane Musical Union Orchestra, was organist of St John's Cathedral, St. Mary's Kangaroo Point and All Saints Wickham Terrace. From 1876-1881 he was an importer of musical instruments in the firm Kaye, Paling & Jefferies. With James Brunton Stephens he published an Australian national anthem.
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Scope and content
Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and concert programmes relating to musical societies in Brisbane and Ipswich 1870's-1890's; notes on Brisbane Musical Union; family financial statements.
Photograph is of R.T. Jefferies's headstone and correspondence between Jefferies's great-grandson and Prof. Malcolm Gillies, University of Queensland, relates to provenance of scrapbook and gives details of family history.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
(1) Scrapbook; (2)-(8) loose pages from scrapbook; (9) photograph; (10)-(11) letters.
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Unrestricted access.
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Language of material
- English
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Name access points
- Brisbane Musical Union (Subject)
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Status
Migrated
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.