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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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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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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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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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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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