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William Kellett and the Bell family

Photocopies, newspaper cuttings, correspondence relating to William Kellett (who worked for Bell & Sons of Jimbour until 1881 when Sir Joshua Peter Bell died). Copy of Mr Edward Kellett (father of William Kellett) deceased notice in Queensland Times, 17 July 1881. Typed tombstone inscription for Edward kellett with typescript of deceased notice in Queensland Times, 17 July 1881. Correspondence to Mr CD & Mrs AM Taylor from Cr Peter Matic relating to naming of Pocket Park, Kellett Street, 17 Nov 2009 to "William Kellett Park".
Two photocopied pages from an unknown publication recounting William Kellett’s association with the Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1881) and the Bell properites, including Buaraba.

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Bell (Town)

Correspondence between Dorothy McPhee and Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell (1907-1997) [son of Joshua Thomas Bell] regarding information for the booklet The Bell connection, 1986. The booklet: The Bell & District Progress Association Inc. (2006). The Bell connection : compiled for the Bell centenary, Peranga, Peranga Post. Newspaper cutting ‘Town celebrates centenary in style’, The Chronicle, 9 Oct 2006.

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Cuthbert Edward Peek at Jimbour House for transit of Venus

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].

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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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Correspondence, from Jinne Maxell

Letters from Jinne Maxwell, also known as Jane Maxwell, (nurse to the children of Joshua and Margaret Bell) to Colin, Joey, Willie, Ossie and Maida, 4 letters, 1893 to 1919

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Correspondence, to Colin Basil Peter Bell, 1881 to 1933

Letters to Colin Basil Peter Bell (on death of brother Joey (Joshua Thomas Bell)), legal battle, Ossie Bell (Oswald Marmaduke Dorsey Bell), 38 letters, 1881 to 1933 [very fragile]. Order of Service for commemoration of the life of The Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell, 19 Mar 1911. Address to his Excellency Major-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, 19 May 1903

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Correspondence, incoming to Colin Basil Peter Bell

Letters to Colin Basil Peter Bell from men who had worked at Westland, during their World War I service, 13 letters, 1915 to 1918. Correspondents include: Bob Thompson Cowlishaw and Harold E. Lawrence. Photocopies maps and newspaper cuttings related to World War I battle sites accompany the letters.

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