Photocopies and thermal paper copies of land titles associated with Jimbour and letter from 2002.

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.

Photocopies of wills, extracts of wills, and estate details. Includes: Letters and material relating to the Organ at St Paul’s Ipswich, 2009. -- Photocopy of letters from Herbert Kelly, Anita O’Connors father [great great grand daughter of John Alexander Bell], 4 Mar 1985. -- Photocopy of probate of will of Frances Georgina Bell, 1911. -- Photocopy of probate of will of Edmund Alexander Charles Harford Kelly, 1981. -- Photocopy of written will of Frances Georgina Bell, 1911. -- Photocopy of will of Florence Lilian Irene Maggs, 14 Sep 1985. -- Photocopy of extract of death certificate of Florence Lilian Irene Maggs, 16 Nov 1992. -- Photocopy of indenture between AJ Melbourne Maggs and Margaret Macarthur-Onslow, 6 Aug 1996. -- Photocopy of extract of death certificate of Elsie Maude Bell, 21 Feb 1962. -- Photocopy of will of Elsie Maude Bell, 6 Apr 1955. -- Photocopy of will of John Hubert Thomas Robert Kelly, 7 Jun 1988. -- Photocopy of will of Georgina Emma Alexander Badham, 17 Feb 1943. -- Photocopy of extract of will of Frances Sarah Alexander Kelly, 11 Jun 1947. -- Photocopy of probate engrossment of Frances Sarah Alexander Kelly, 1 Aug 1940. -- Photocopy of letter from Loretta Alice Moffatt denouncing interest in her share of land in Dalby and bequeathing it to Margaret Macarthur-Onslow, 17 Nov 1988. -- Photocopy of indenture between A.J. Melbourne Maggs and Margaret Macarthur-Onslow re land in Dalby, 6 Aug 1996. -- Photocopy of legal document re land in Dalby, interested parties being John Hubert Kelly and Margaret Alice Macarthur-Onslow, 13 May 1983. -- Photocopy of will of Dame Margaret Miller Bell, 16 Jan 1914. -- Photocopy of extracts from Hayward/Webb index [births] relating to Bell family. -- Photocopy from Queensland Pioneer Index, 1829-1889 relating to Dorsey. -- Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Lady Bell, 1912 to 1914. -- Photocopies of will of Dame Margaret Miller Bell, 5 Aug 1914. -- Photocopy of account of the life of Margaret Bell after the death of Joshua Bell. -- Letter to Mrs J Phillips from Brisbane Grammar relating to Bell family attendance at that school.

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.

Photocopies of letters from the Bell family, 1880 to 1907 [provided by Anita O’Connor, descendant of Sarah Bell (nee Alexander) and son, John Alexander Bell]

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

Photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles of Jimbour house, 1959 to 2001. Christmas card depicting Jimbour House, undated.

Photocopies of facsimiles of Jimbour land titles, Bell family wills, receipts and disbursements, 1906 to 1992.

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]

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.