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.

Publications collected by or featuring a person from the Bell family.

1. The Australian Pastoralist, Vol. 16 , No. 7, March 10, 1924. Features a story about the early days on the Darling Downs.
2. The Field : the country gentleman's newspaper Vol. CXLVII, no. 3823, Thursday, Apirl 1, 1926. Cover and story inside regarding the The University Boat Race in which J.B. Bell [J.P. Bell?] was one of the rowers.
3. Dr Bradfield’s scheme for watering inland Queensland [reprint from Longreach Leader, 31 Dec 1938]
4. Reproduction print of Goulds 'Graucalus mentalis'.
5. Reproduction print of Goulds 'Eurystomus Australia'.
6. Reproduction of the 1891 Agreement between the Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia (NSW) and the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia (NSW); with additional information at the bottom of the agreement; on the reverse a collage of copies of b&w photographs of shearers and advertisements from the era.

Letter from letter to Mrs R. C. Jameson [Mrs Rowand Chalmer Jameson] (Sybil Margaret Grace Bell, daughter of Colin Basil Peter and Theodora Sybil Francis Bell) regarding gravestone inscription for her mother, 14 Nov 1947; The death of Donald Thistlethwayte [husband of Mary Alexander Moffatt], 20 Sep 1933; Part of a Funeral Order of Service, undated; Handwritten copy of lyrics to “Mandalay”, undated.

Correspondence from Charles Needham to Francis Needham Bell. Charles Needham, a public accountant, was Francis Bell's uncle.

Correspondence regarding the estate of Marmaduke Charles Alexander Bell, son of Marmaduke Bell and Agnes Emily Sipper St. Leger (nee Burckhardt). MCA Bell died in 1942.

Transcript of memoir of Francis Needham Bell. -- Four exercise books containing a written history of Francis Needham Bell. -- Letters from Ken Little to Francis Bell, most from Bendon, Barcaldine. -- Newspaper cuttings, article on rowing by Francis Bell. -- ‘Plea of a Pipe’ by CBP Bell. -- Note from Colin CBP Bell to son Francis on his appointment to Portland Downs on finishing school, 5 Dec 1927. -- Note re Francis, 17 Dec 1926.

Dance card details: Wednesday, 18 July 1934 Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 20 July 1934, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 9 November 1934, Longreach First Annual Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall, tangled. -- Thursday, 18 July 1935, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 8 November 1935, Longreach Second Annual Diggers' Ball, tangled, Crest of Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia on cover. -- Friday, 1 May 1936, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 3 July 1936, Bachelors' Ball, 1936, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Wednesday, 22 July 1936, Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Thursday, 23 July 1936, Caledonian Association Longreach Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 24 July 1936 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 13 November 1936, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall, tangled. -- Thursday, 29 April 1937, Bachelors' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, tangled, List of Barcaldine Bachelors on last page. -- Friday, 30 April 1937, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Annual Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine,tangled. -- Thursday, 22 July 1937,Caledonian Association, Longreach, Annual Ball, no pencil. --Friday, 23 July 1937 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 23 July 1937, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 20 August 1937, Matrons' & Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, tangled. -- Friday, 12 November 1937, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall, tangled. -- Thursday, 21 July 1938, Caledonian Association, Longreach, Twenty-first Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 11 November 1938, Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall, Longreach, no pencil. -- 1939, Matrons' Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 21 July 1939, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Thursday, 18 April 1940, Barcaldine and District Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Friday, 19 April 1940, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Share Hall, Barcaldine, tangled. -- Friday, 24 May 1940 Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball, tangled. -- Friday, 12 July 1940, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, tangled. -- Wednesday, 23 April 1941, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Shire Hall, Barcaldine tangled, Friday, 18 July 1941, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, half of booklet missing, Friday, 17 May 1946, Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball, tangled. -- Tuesday, 22 July 1958, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball, undated, tangled.

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.

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.

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.

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.