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- c1900 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 album : ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
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Biographical history
One of the University of Queensland's first and most significant benefactors, Dr James O'Neil Mayne and his younger sister, Mary Emelia Mayne, made the University's move to its current St Lucia site possible with donations amounting to sixty thousand pounds between 1927 and 1929. The money paved the way for the Brisbane City Council to resume 110 hectares of farming land at St Lucia for the University.
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Biographical history
Mary Emelia Mayne was born on 31 December 1858 in Brisbane, one of five children of Irish parents Patrick Mayne and Mary McIntosh. She and her brother James O'Neil Mayne inherited real estate giving them independent means; neither married. Both lived at Moorlands, the family home in Auchenflower. James and Mary were principal benefactors of the University of Queensland giving 693 acres of land at Moggill to the University of Queensland in 1923 and in 1926 paid for the resumption of land at St Lucia. Mary died on 12 August 1940. Both estates of James and Mary were to be applied in perpetuity for the university's medical school.
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Archival history
Previously described as Fryer Album A12.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
From the Mayne Bequest.
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Scope and content
Album of 83 sepia and coloured photographs of European scenery and artworks (mostly France), views of the city of New York, and views of North Queensland, including the Barron Falls. Some photographs have printed captions, and name of photographic studios. Photographs are various sizes. Photographic studios include Francis Ellis & W. Hayward London, Detroit Photographic Co., and G. Brogi.
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Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Spine damaged, boards fragile.
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Revised
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Revised, Linda Justo, 24-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.