‘Recollections of the Darling Downs – 45 years ago’ by FRA Rickards, 3 typed copies of a letter from FRA Rickards to JT Bell, with cover note, 2 Nov 1909. Joshua Thomas Bell asked that F.R.A. Rickards write to him with his recollections of the Darlings Downs. The letter, only just over a foolscap page of typescript, from Rickards mentions various towns, farming stations, and people of the area. There are three typescript copies of the letter with the a typescript page attached to each explaining how Rickards wrote to Bell.

‘Codrington Crawshay’, with note on first page ‘In the possession of the Hon. J. T. Bell. Circ. 1980-9’, typescript, 3 pages, 2 copies, and copy of first page, undated [Extract from ‘The Northern Miner’, Mon 25 Apr 1910]

Notes from Alexander Johnston. Typescript and carbon copy, 4 leaves, with note on first page ‘In the possession of the Hon. J. T. Bell. Circ. 1908-9’, undated. One typescript copy, 3 leaves, undated. Johnston recalls his time on the Darling Downs where he arrived in 1842, his time in Canning Downs, hostilities with Aboriginal Australians including at Soldiers' Flat and Laidley, Jimbour, Dalby, and people such as Ludwig Leichhardt, Henry Dennis, and Warraba.

Information, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, articles and copies of photographs relating to horse racing and Show trophies won by Joshua Thomas Bell from 1865 to 1909

Letter to Joshua Thomas Bell with resume for Richard Welford by ED [Edward Decimus] Harries, 3 copies, 12 Sep 1908

Letter to Joshua Thomas Bell with resume for Richard Welford by ED [Edward Decimus] Harries, 3 copies, 12 Sep 1908

Letters written by Sarah Carlin from South Australia, primarily to members of her family in England, including her father William Brooke, her step(?)-mother Dinah Brooke and her brother William Brooke

Photocopies of letters from the Bell family, 1880 to 1907 [provided by Anita O’Connor, descendant of Sarah Bell (nee Alexander) and son, John Alexander Bell]

Typescript poem 'The victory : Murwillumbah ... Sept 15th 1907-8'. Unpublished. Most likely written by George Essex Evans. Found in the book A new star atlas for the library, school, and the observatory in twelve circular maps by Richard A. Proctor. The book was donated by the family of George Essex Evans. The poem is accompanied by newspaper cuttings from the period 1922-1929, mostly relating to astronomy that were also inserted into Proctor's book.

Letter, handwritten, dated 1907 Sept 3, Brisbane, to Mr. Sampson. Chelmsford’s letter congratulates Sampson on a concert, 1 leaf, 21 cm. Accompanying handwritten letter, 1 leaf, 18cm pasted onto 23 cm leaf, by [T.G.?] Newton requesting a photograph of Sampson for his excellency (Chelmsford) to take with him when he leaves Queensland, dated May 10