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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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Jimbour coach

Jimbour coach newspaper cutting and information from the Cobb & Co museum regarding the Jimbour coach.

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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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Jimbour race horses

Peeps into Dalby’s Glorious Racing Past: 1859-1959, Dalby Benefit Race Club, ca. 1959. Newspaper cutting on Queensland Thoroughbreds from The Queenslander, 6 Feb 1936.

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Patent for fencing at the Westland property

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?

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'Notes of the recollections of James Fernival'

Handwritten notes of the recollections of James Fernival about Jimbour, Henry Dennis, Warabah, and various properties on the Darling Downs, 8 leaves, undated. Attached to handwritten notes is a newspaper cutting from The Queenslander, 7 Jan 1899, of a letter to the editor, ‘Jimbour History’ by Charles Dun, dated 27 Dec. Typescript copy of the handwritten notes of the 'Recollections of James Fernival' with handwritten note on first page ‘circ. 1908-9 in the possession of the late Hon. J.T. Bell’ , 6 leaves.

Fernival's recollections include: Henry Dennis, Thomas Bell, Jimbour Station, Ludwig Leichhardt, Joe King, Joshua Peter Bell, the various stations in the Darling Downs area and who owned them, Charles Coxen, Warraba ("W.H. Warraba", died in 1893), Bungaree, Billy Crow, George Goggs, and others.

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Access copy to 'Notes of the recollections of James Fernival'

Handwritten notes of the recollections of James Fernival about Jimbour, Henry Dennis, Warabah, and various properties on the Darling Downs, 8 leaves, undated. Attached to handwritten notes is a newspaper cutting from The Queenslander, 7 Jan 1899, of a letter to the editor, ‘Jimbour History’ by Charles Dun, dated 27 Dec. Typescript copy of the handwritten notes of the 'Recollections of James Fernival' with handwritten note on first page ‘circ. 1908-9 in the possession of the late Hon. J.T. Bell’ , 6 leaves.

Fernival's recollections include: Henry Dennis, Thomas Bell, Jimbour Station, Ludwig Leichhardt, Joe King, Joshua Peter Bell, the various stations in the Darling Downs area and who owned them, Charles Coxen, Warraba ("W.H. Warraba", died in 1893), Bungaree, Billy Crow, George Goggs, and others.

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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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Moffatt family

Photocopy of correct typescript ‘Moffatt Memories’ compiled by Ruth V Leslie and read on the 11 Oct 1962 at Newstead House, Brisbane. Her granfather was Samuel Moffatt who lived at Cumkillenbah Homestead on the Darling Downs. There are some brief notes on the Aboriginal Australians who lived there. Family history for Thomas de Lacy Moffatt from the Darling Downs Pioneer Index; Thomas de lacy Moffatt married Mary Isabella MacDonald (nee Bell), widowed daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bell. Photocopies of death notices for Mary Isabella Moffatt (nee Bell) (1826-1866). Indenture dated 6 Oct 1893 re transfer of estate which included Thomas de Lacy Moffatt. Photocopy of marriage certificate of Thomas De Lacy Moffatt and Mary Isabella MacDonald (nee Bell), 17 Apr 1850 and copy of particulars recorded in register of NSW. Photocopied pages 2-4 of Digger – Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889.

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General information about various Bell family members, 1909 to 1989.

Menu for Farewell dinner to Lord Chelmsford by the members of The Queensland Club, 25 May 1909. -- Dance card programme, Government house, Fri Jul 30 (cover only). -- Letter to Hilary from Francis Needham Bell, 20 Jun 1989. -- Valuation of contents of Jimbour House, 1 May 1912. -- Letter from Joshua Thomas Bell to daughter Margot Margaret Maxwell Bell (1908-1929), 20 Apr 1910. -- Funeral program for Hon. JT Bell, 11 Mar 1911. -- Photocopy of a letter from Lady Margaret Miller Bell to her nephew Gerald Kellet Moffatt (1862-1894) who lived with her as orphaned children at Nealestown?. -- Newspaper cutting about the Irish Exhibition at the Cobb & Co Museum with includes a photograph of Sir Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1771), The Chronicle, undated. -- The Jimbour Coach : A part of our history, Queensland Museum request for more information. -- Copy of a letter to Sally – illegible in parts, 9 May 1949.

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