Photographs, correspondence, diaries, journals, newspaper cuttings, personal papers relating to the Bell Family, Jimbour Station, various Bell Family properties, Jimbour House, and its occupants.

Correspondence relating to various members of the Bell family.

Photographs relating to the Bell Family and their activities and interests.

The Bell family initially settled in the Dalby area and were assoicate with several properties including Jimbour Station, Jimbour House, 'Westland' (managed by Colin Basil Peter Bell) and Rakeevan (given by John Ferguson to Joshua Thomas and Catherine Jane Bell (nee Ferguson).

Photocopies of extracts from letters written by Cuthbert Edward Peek while on the Queensland and British 1882 Transit Expedition, 29 Oct to 18 Dec 1882, 3 copies. [Cuthbert Edward Peek was a self-funded amateur astronomer who joined the official observers from the Royal Geographical Society that travelled to Jimbour Station and chose Jimbour House as the transit station to observe the transit of Venus; Jimbour House had been recently vacated].

Newspaper cuttings, some photocopied, relating to the Bell Family.

Photocopies of Letters Patent of Thomas Willis for ‘an improved detachable fencing standard?’, 1905. Photocopies of documents and advertisements about the ‘improved detachable fence standards’ ‘The Westland Dropper’, invented by Thomas T. Willis, c1905 to 192?

Photocopies of facsimiles of Jimbour land titles, Bell family wills, receipts and disbursements, 1906 to 1992.

Jimbour House: letter regarding sale of Jimbour House and adjoining lands to Messrs. Ryder and Thomas, 12 Jun 1912 ; poem by H. Y. Russell, ‘The re-instatement of Jimbour House’ (Official opening 21 Nov, 1925), 22 Nov 1925; newspaper cuttings and photocopies of newspaper cuttings, 1912 to 1979.

Westland Station, located near Longreach, was managed by Colin Basil Peter Bell. This map shows the portions that make up Westland Station around 1921. Map shows locations of bores, creeks, horse paddocks, sheep yards, dams, shearing sheds, huts, and the homestead. Scale not indicated.