Durundur Station letterbooks and account book; autograph album; personal papers of John McConnel and Arthur John McConnel; legal and financial documents; surveyors' plans and parish maps (relating to family holdings in Burnett area); press clippings; breeding records; correspondence, miscellaneous papers, poetry, artwork.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions. Some photographs contain nudity. Women should be cautious as this resource includes some aspects of traditional Men's Business.

The collection comprises two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary Montgomerie Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison; correspondence; and glass plate negatives. The bound volumes include: newspaper cuttings, extracts of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, reprints of articles, and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and images of and information about the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910. The correspondence is that received by Mary Montgomerie Bennett regarding her book, Christison of Lammermoor. The plates contain images of Lammermoor Homestead, Sir Robert Christison, and various identified Aboriginal Australian individuals of the Dalleburra Tribe, Mitchell District in North Queensland.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary M. Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison, The bound volumes include: newspaper cuttings, extracts of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, reprints of articles, and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910.

Includes: 'Reminiscences of H.P. Somerset'. (Typescript photocopy 87p.) ; Reprint of H.P. Somerset's letter to the editor and a 1972 proposed Wivenhoe Dam map ; Caboonbah Undenominational Church Golden Jubilee 1905-1955 - order of service (Photocopy 4p.) ; Letter to the editor, 16 Nov. 1935 - Courier Mail by H.P. Somerset. (Photocopy) ; Newspaper clippings (4 l.) ; Speech notes... Premier Hon. G.F.R. Nicklin MLA at the unveiling of a memorial plaque at Somerset Dam on Nov 15 1958. (Typescript & photocopy) ; Photograph of H.P. Somerset [identified on verso] (1 sepia 10 x 13cm plus 35mm negative).