Photocopies of newspaper cuttings regarding the Bell Memorial Committee, the Bell Memorial Fund and fate of the Bell library from Jimbour House, 1912 to 1922

Jimbour House: letter regarding sale of Jimbour House and adjoining lands to Messrs. Ryder and Thomas, 12 Jun 1912 ; poem by H. Y. Russell, ‘The re-instatement of Jimbour House’ (Official opening 21 Nov, 1925), 22 Nov 1925; newspaper cuttings and photocopies of newspaper cuttings, 1912 to 1979.

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

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]

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.

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.

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?

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].

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.

Articles, newspaper cuttings and notes about Jimbour and its' water tower.