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Jimbour House, 1959 to 2001

Photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles of Jimbour house, 1959 to 2001. Christmas card depicting Jimbour House, undated.

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Jimbour House, 1906 to 1992

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

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Challacombe and Suttons of Jimbour

Challacombes of Jimbour and Suttor family information. Includes copies of correspondence, biographical information on James Challacombe, William Challacombe and George Suttor. [These are reproductions of photocopies and typed letters, which received severe water damage]

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Map of 'Westland'

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.

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Rakeevan

Historical information about the house called 'Rakeevan', situated in Graceville, Brisbane. The house was originally built for Charles Hardie Buzzacott in 1888 and was called 'Verney'. John Ferguson bought the house in 1895 as a residence for his daughter Mary Ann Ferdinando Ferguson and her husband Alfred Henry Chambers, who named it 'Rakeevan'. When they moved, John Ferguson presented the house to his second daughter, Catherine Jane Ferguson and her husband Joshua Thomas Bell. The house, after more changes of ownership and usage is now an aged care facility with the original name of 'Verney' and is heritage listed.

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Peter Bell

Transcript copies of speeches by Peter Bell and newspaper cuttings relating to Peter Bell.

Bell, Colin Basil Peter, 1902-1976

Moffatt/Bell family vault at Ipswich Cemetery

Correspondence, photographs, notes, newspaper cuttings, relating to the Moffatt/Bell family vault at Ipswich Cemetery (burial site for Thomas Bell (ca. 1798-1872), Mary Isabella Moffatt (nee Bell) (1826-1866), John Alexander Bell (ca. 1829-1901), Ipswich Racecourse, and ‘Maryville’, the first home of Joshua Peter and Margaret Bell.

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Correspondence regarding various Bell estates

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to various Bell estates: Solicitor’s schedule of fees for CBP Bell (Colin Basil Peter Bell (1867-1934) estate, 1958. -- Newspaper cutting on death of Colin Basil Peter Bell and the loss of a great sportsman, The Bulletin, undated. -- Newspaper cutting for rates notice listing Joshua Peter Bell with photocopy of property subdivision map, c1977. -- Solicitor’s memo of fees ‘re Mrs Bell’, 3 Apr 1935. -- Correspondence relating to S.F. Bell estate (Sybil Francis Bell (nee Needham), 1946 to 1948. -- Correspondence relating to M.C.A. Bell estate (Marmaduke Charles Alexander Bell (d. 1942). -- Correspondence between Peter Bell (Colin Basil Peter Bell, 1902-1976) and Francis Needham Bell (‘Bing’), 1933 to 1964.

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"Sunny Memories" Album of Catherine Janes Jones (nee Ferguson)

Blue cloth bound album, “Sunny Memories” on top left-hand corner of cover, initials "K. J." at bottom right-hand corner of cover. Catherine Jane Ferguson married Charles Syndey Jones (1861-1896) on 28 Oct 1889 in Melbourne. They had three daughters: Ella Maud (born 9 Mar 1891), Enid Frances Sydney (born 31 May 1892) and Kate Elaine Sydney (born 27 Apr 1895, also known as Katie, Kit or Kitty). After the death of Sydney Jones, Catherine married Joshua Thomas Bell.

This album contains 194 photographs dated 1897 to around 1901. There are twenty pages. Photographs have been pasted to the inside and back covers of the album. First five pages have captions with dates (1897 to 1901) and initials [of photographer?]. There are photographs of the family, children, Mount Morgan, 'Kenmore' (residence of John Ferguson, in Rockhampton), Rockhampton botanical gardens, 'Killin' (now called Yungaba, residence built by John Ferguson for Catherine Janes Ferguson and her husband, solicitor, Charles Sydney Jones), the Grandstand at the Rockhampton race course.

From page five, the last captioned page, photogaphs are taken when Catherine and her children travelled to Lenzie, Scotland, and include photographs from the trip there, activities while overseas, and what appears to be photographs from the trip back to Australia.

The Sunny Memories album was produced by Percy Lund & Co. and allowed photographs or photographic scraps to be inserted into the album. It was produced from 1898.

Bell, Catherine Jane, 1867-1943

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