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Correspondence, Reports, Diaries

Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the club constructed as well as field trip notes (mostly from trips at Mt Barney). Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. Three folders contain content relating to clubs which shared members with the UQBWC: the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (now the University of Queensland Mountain Club), the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club.

Box 1

Folder 1
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing. Fourteen letters from 23 Mar 1959 to 18 Jun 1968. Photograph from Orientation Week, 1977.

Folder 2
Annual reports from 1950-1965 (missing 1957, 1958, and 1964).

Folder 3
President's report for 1958, 1964, 1966, 1966-67, 1968. Secretary's report for 1965-65. Outings officer's report for 1967. Most are handwritten.

Folder 4
Correspondence, field reports, Mt Barney hut documents, 1953-1970.
Mt Barney hut documents include: Report on the first building trip to Mt Barney to build the hut, 22 to 28 May 1954; 'UQBWC Policy on Huts etc. 1954'; rough drawing of hut elevation and floor plan; Report on hut construction, 12 to 14 Jun 1954; Report on Mt Barney Hut, 21 to 22 May 1955; letter to the secretary of the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club updating them on the progress of the Mt. Barney hut, 5 Sep 1955; list of construction requirements; Letters between the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the UQBWC regarding the slow progress of construction, 25 Feb 1957, 3 Apr 1957; Progress report by D.S. Dunstan, 14 Apr 1957; Report on building trips to Sharney Shed, May 1958; report on aluminum for the Barney hut, 9 to 10 Aug 1958; letter from the club to the Youth Hostels Association of Queensland regarding repairs to the Hut, 3 Oct 1967; 'A list of Bora Grounds in South-East Queensland' compiled for the Directors of the Bornong Project by Elizabeth N. Marks, 14 Sep 1970

Folder 5
Newsletters for Nov 1983, Feb 1985, Mar 1985, Jun 1985.
Four one-page newsletters reporting on club activities and giving notice of upcoming trips, meetings and other events. Two newsletters are typescript and two are photocopies of handwritten newsletters. The three newsletters from Feb 1985-Jun 1985 are numbered 1 to 3.

Folder 6
Mail-outs sent to members, Feb 1983, Apr 1983, Aug 1984, Nov 1984.
Four mail-outs, typescript, sent to club members.

Folder 7
Documents, correspondence and newsletter relating to the UQBWC. Handwritten and typed.
Document titled ‘Constitution of the UQBWC’, Undated.
Document stating rules and etiquette of the UQBWC. Undated.
Five pieces of correspondence reflecting on the early walks of the club. Dated 2000 to 2008. Typed and handwritten.
Field notes from bushwalks in Mt Barney National Park, 1950-1959. Field notes include: Mt Barney, 29 May to 4 Jun 1950 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt Barney, 1951 (by G. Broadbent); The ascent of Vidler’s Chimney, 23 Oct 1954 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt May to Mt Ballow, 8 to 10 Apr 1955; Report on Mt Barney Hut by J.R. McLeod, 20 to 21 August 1955; Mt Barney, 1 to 4 May (by John Carter). Undated but likely 1958 or 1959. Christmas Creek, Easter holidays 1959; Mt Barney 27 to 28 Sep 1959.
Newsletter titled ‘First term circular’ from 1964.

Folder 8
Newsletters, member list and other documents relating to the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (UQRCC). Now known as the University of Queensland Mountain Club (UQMC). Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘Chockstone’ from Mar 1976, Jun 1976 and Oct 1976.
Membership list from 1976.
Two documents relating to field trips taken by the club. Dated 1985.
Correspondence dated Nov 2014.

Folder 9
Documents, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and field notes diaries relating to the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club (BBWC).
Pamphlet titled ‘Who was what? And when?’ Printed in 1998. Lists the foundation members, honorary life members, committee members and committee positions for the first fifty years of the BBWC (1948-1998).
Five documents relating to the BBWC’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 1998. Typed and handwritten.
Four newspapers cuttings relating to Herbert Miller and Bert Salmon from 1954 to 1980.
Handwritten account of the Nimbin Rocks fatality in Sep 1956. Signed by Michael John Woodrow, Sep 1956. Includes two photograph negatives on one piece of film. One of the negatives is severely decayed.
Typed seven-page document titled ‘Carborundum – Mt Tibrogargan. A Reminiscence of the first ascent, 5th August 1956, some 50 years on’. Undated, but approximately 2006.
Field notes diary. Dated 1951 to 1954. The name N. Lamb is written on the front cover of the diary.
Field notes diary. Dated 1955 to 1956.

Folder 10
Newsletters, correspondence and documents relating to the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club (BRRC).
Newsletter from Nov 1965-Jun 1966. Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘The realised ultimate reality publication (RURP)’ from Mar 1970 (first four pages missing) and another month, undated. Typed.
Fifty-five-page document titled ‘Rock climbing in S.E. Queensland – a brief history’. Introduction signed N.Lamb, Mar 1967. Describes climbing routes in south-east Queensland with corresponding photocopies of hand drawn diagrams. Typed.
Five pieces of handwritten correspondence amongst members of the club. Dated 1966 to 1997.

Item 1
Outings and activities diary, 1994

Item 2
Outings and activities diary, 1995

Parcel 2
Map of Mt Barney from June 1948. Hand drawn map with handwritten annotations and handwritten remarks overleaf. Titled ‘rough sketch of route up the main peak of Mount Barney. By way of the saddle, from the Logan River, west of John Hardgraves home’. Drawn by J. Stephenson (1948), information compiled by C. Bell (1940). Handwritten remarks overleaf dated 1950.

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University of Queensland Bushwalking Club

University of Queensland Bushwalking Club Records

  • UQFL397
  • Collection
  • 1950-2014

Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the Club constructed as well as field trip notes (mostly from trips at Mt Barney). Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. Three folders contain content relating to clubs which shared members with the UQBWC: the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club, the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club. There is a photograph album of activities of the club from the 1950s, comprising 147 black and white photographs, some yellowing with age, and 4 colour photographs. Most photographs have been pasted onto the pages, with captions.

University of Queensland Bushwalking Club

Notes for a Ph.D. thesis.

  • F407
  • File
  • 1970

Research material and notes for a Ph.D. thesis, An analysis of Brisbane society in the 1890's by Ronald Lynton Lawson. The thesis was submitted to the History Department of the University of Queensland in 1970. The thesis analyses the society of Brisbane in 1891 and 1901. In 1967 Lawson used a structured interview technique, with a 112 questions on many aspects of life, surveying people who were children or adolescents in the city of Brisbane in 1891 and 1901. Over a period of three months Lawson interview 75 people aged 79 years and over. Questions included: when did parents arrive in Australia; the sort of dwellings they lived in; if they had servants; family roles; employment; newspapers read; diet; where was the grocery shopping done; vehicles; education; religion. This file includes the questionnaires, notes and photographs.

Lawson, Ronald Lynton

University of Queensland Bushwalking Club Photographs

Commercially produced scrapbook photograph album, by Regal, 25 x 30 x 3 cm, 'Photographs' embossed on cover, with 25 grey two hole punched paper pages, and 8 cream two hole punched pages. Written on the cover "University of Queensland Bushwalking Club". Comprises 147 black and white photographs, some yellowing with age, and 4 colour photographs. Most photographs have been pasted onto the pages, with captions. Few photographs have dates. Captions from album are in single inverted commas; other titles are provided by the processing archivist. Photograph numbers have been assigned by the processing archivist, as have the page numbers. There are some photographs that have a title for the event and this is in italics, grouped by image numbers. There are eight loose photographs, inserted at the end of the album.

  1. Group of people at a social event, possibly farewell party, 20 x 23 cm, 1954. [Inside cover].
  2. 'At farwell party for Jon Stephenson, 1954 (Steve conveys "thanks" for [indecipherable])', 20 x 23 cm, 1954. [Page 1].
  3. '"Steamers" - Emu Ck.', 15 x 19 cm, [undated]. [Page 2].
  4. 'S.E. Ridge of Mt Bowen - Minchinbrook Id.', 20 x 21 cm [undated]. [Page 3].
  5. 'Mt Diamantina - Hinchinbrook Id.', 16 x 17 cm, [undated]. [Page 4.].
  6. 'Running Ck Falls - Lamington', 20.5 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 5].
  7. 'Springbrook hath charms', 15.5 x 21 cm, [undated]. [Page 6].
  8. 'Wilson's Peak - Main Range', 16.5 x 19 cm, [undated]. [Page 8].
  9. 'Lamington Falls - Waterfall Ck.', 16 x 16 cm, [undated]. [Page 9].
  10. 'Barbecue [sic] at Walton's Bridge, 1954', 14 x 17 cm, 1954. [Page 10].
  11. 'Camp at Springbrook', 15.5 x 20.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 11].
  12. 'Climbing party - Mt Tibrognargon (after ascent of E. Face)', 11 x 15 cm, [undated]. [Page 12].
  13. 'Exhausted walkers after "Rim Trip" 1951, 14.5 x 19 cm, 1951. [Page 13].
  14. 'Mt Greville', 10 x 15 cm, [undated]. [Page 14].
  15. 'Mt Alford', 10 x 15 cm, [undated]. [Page 14].
  16. 'Part of Mt Bowen - Hinchinbrook Id.', 16 x 17 cm, [undated]. [Page 15].
  17. 'Mts Roberts & Superbus from Panorama Pt - Mt Aspleneum [sic, correct spelling is Asplenium]', 14 x 18.5 cm, [undated], pencil annotation pointing out Lizard Lookout. [Page 16].
  18. '"Steamers" Ridge front Panorama Pt.', 14.5 x 18.5 cm, [undated], yellowing. [Page 17].
  19. 'Mt Barney from the West', 13 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 18].
  20. 'Mt Greville', 13 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 18].
  21. 'East Face of "The Thumb" Mt Bowen', 10.5 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 19].
  22. ‘Sth End of Ramsay Bay from Nina Pk Hinchinbrook Id.’, 11 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 19].
  23. ‘Southern side of the “The Thumb” Mt Bowen’, 10 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 20].
  24. ‘N.W. Side of “The Thumb”’, 10 x 10.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 20].
  25. ‘”Steamers” from Emu Ck.’, 9.5 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 21].
  26. ‘N.E. Ridge of Mt Bowen – Hinchinbrook Id.’, 11 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 21].
  27. ‘Crossing Running Ck’, 10 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 22].
  28. ‘Dunwich’, 7.5 x 10 cm, [undated]. [Page 22].
  29. ‘Dunwich “Beach”’, 7 x 7.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 22].
  30. ‘”Pinnacle” – Steamers Group’, 11 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 23].
  31. ‘The “Bow” of Steamers’, 10.5 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 23].
  32. ‘Mt Warning from Uki’, 14 x 17.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 24].
  33. ‘Mt Ballow & Midget Peak from Mt Barney’, 15 x 16 cm, [undated]. [Page 25].
  34. ‘”Hole in the Wall” – Mt Castle’, 14 x 14.5, [undated]. [Page 26].
  35. ‘Mt Maroon from Barney’, 10 x 14.5, [undated]. [Page 27].

Cedar Ck Trip 1950 – images 36 to 38:

  1. ‘Party on Mt Lawson’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 27].
  2. ‘Another party on Mt Lawson’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 27].
  3. ‘Waterfall below Cedar Ck Falls’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 27].

First Club through walk from Villenuve to Esk 1950 – images 39 to 51.

  1. ‘Crowds line the streets of Villenuve as we depart for the vast unknown (Party: Natasha Potanin, Margaret Barrowman, Shirley McKenny, David Steward, John Comino)’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 28]
  2. ‘Climbing Mt Archer, we stop to admire the view – or was it complete exhaustion’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 28]
  3. ‘On top of At Archer – Pain, and Natasha is modest’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 28]
  4. ‘We camp by a puddle beneath a stinging tree’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 28]
  5. ‘They are almost as hard to go down as up!’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  6. ‘Hypnotised into inactivity by the spectre of a storm?’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  7. ‘Somerset Lake, patches of rainforest – and us’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  8. ‘Gol bless the pioneers who leaves huts where it rains’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  9. ‘Somerset Lake’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  10. ‘Somerset Dam, a rucksack, and Natasha’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 29]
  11. ‘It leaks!’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 30]
  12. ‘Long shadows over Esk as we surmount our last hill – actually it is dawn next morning’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 30]
  13. ‘The slums and shanty section of Esk’, 6 x 9 cm, 1950. [Page 30]

Rock climbing on Mt Gilles – images 52 to 54.

  1. ‘Stephenson makes it look easy’, 8.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 31]
  2. ‘Broadbent can S-T-R-E-T-C-H?’, 8.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 31]
  3. ‘But Comino simply defies gravity and walks in space’, 8.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 31]

Rock climbing practice at Kangaroo Point (can be so absorbing – especially for those watching – images 55 to 58

  1. Climber on rock face and one person with rope at the top, 10.5 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 32]

  2. Onlookers at the top of Kangaroo Point, 10.5 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 32]

  3. Climber using rope, with onlookers, 10.5 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 32]

  4. Onlooker, kneeling to see over edge, 10.5 x 8 cm, [undated]. [Page 32]

  5. ‘Barbecue at Eaton’s Crossing 1955’, 11.5 x 15 cm, 1955. [Page 33].

  6. ‘Working party on Barney Hut’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 34].

  7. ‘Mts Ernest & Lindesay from East Peak, Mt Barney’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 34].

  8. ‘On way to Federation Peak – Tasmania’, 18 x 24 cm, [undated]. [Page 35].

  9. ‘Waterfall on Tributary of Burnett Creek’, 11 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 36].

  10. ‘Mt Ballow from below’, 8 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 36].

  11. ‘Mt Moon from Ballow’, 8 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 36].

  12. ‘Mt Barney from Ballow’, 8 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 36].

  13. ‘North Peak’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 37].

  14. ‘After Barney on Burnett Ck’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 37].

  15. ‘The fate of the chocolate biscuit owner’, 12.5 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 37].

  16. ‘Wilsons Pk from Mt Ballow’, 8.5 x 10 cm, [undated]. [Page 38].

  17. ‘From Mt Throakban. Tweed River’, 8.5 x 10 cm, [undated]. [Page 38].

  18. ‘Mt Barney from Palen Ck’, 6 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 38].

  19. ‘From Mt Bithongabel – Mt Durigan’, 8.5 x 10 cm, [undated]. [Page 38].

  20. ‘Yarrbilbong Falls – Lamington’, 10.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 39].

  21. ‘Coomera Falls’, 10.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 39].

  22. ‘Mt Warning from Throakban’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 39].

  23. ‘Mt Warning from Kalinya Lookout’, 7.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 40].

  24. ‘Springbrook, Mt Cougal from Cominan Lt.’, 9 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 40].

  25. ‘Coomera Falls’, 14 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 41].

  26. ‘Mt Warnng – border track’, 8 x 10.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 41].

  27. ‘Mt Warning from Upper [Karumbyn] Ck’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 41].

  28. ‘”The Sisters” from Mt Warning’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 42].

  29. ‘Easter trip 1955’, 12 x 8 cm, 1955. [Page 42].

  30. ‘Double Peak from West’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 42].

  31. ‘Mt Cordeaux’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 42].

  32. ‘Main Ro from Near Mt Castle’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 43].

  33. ‘Mt Castle from near “Hole in Wall”’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 43].

  34. ‘Mt Castle from Upper Laidley Ck Road’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 44].

  35. ‘Mt Castle from “Hole in Wall”’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 44].

  36. ‘South from Castle Razorback’, 8.5 x 14 cm, [undated]. [Page 45].

  37. ‘Mts Crookneck & Beerwah’, 6.5 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 45].

  38. ‘Early morning from Crookneck’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 45].

  39. ‘Organ Pipes on Beerwah’, 8.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 45].

  40. ‘Beerwah from Crookneck’, 8.5 x 6.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 46].

  41. ‘Arch Ck – from Carnarvon’, 8 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 46].

  42. ‘Carnarvon plateau from Ingelara Hmstd’, 5.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 46].

  43. ‘It won’t roll! – 1st pyramid Wyberba’, 6 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 46].

  44. ‘2nd Pyramid – Wyberba’, 5.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 46].

  45. ‘Carnarvon from Ogres Thumb’, 6.5 x 24 cm (comprised of 2 photographs 6 x 12 cm), [undated]. [Page 47].

  46. ‘Aboriginal art in Cathedral Cave – Carnarvon Gorge’, 6 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 47].

  47. ‘Looking along Carnarvon Plateau past Arch Ck & Devils Signpost’, 6 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 47].

  48. ‘Mt Normah – Wyberba (BBW)’, 5.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 48].

  49. ‘Tasmania – I think’, colour, 9 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 48].

  50. ‘Rod Timmins on Mt Greville daywalk’, 9 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 49].

  51. ‘”Cheeze!”’, 13 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 49].

  52. ‘Piccabeen Gorge on Mt Greville – Marilyn Markwell’, 9 x 13 cm, [undated]. [Page 50].

Inserted (cream) pages

  1. ‘Mt Lindsay from the foothills of Mt Barney’, 8 x 12 cm, [undated]. [Page 51].
  2. ‘Mt Barney from Yellow Pinch’, 8 x 11 cm, [undated]. [Page 51].
  3. ‘Mt Barney from J. Hardgraves’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 51].
  4. ‘Mt Barney from Yellow Pinch’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 51].
  5. ‘Northern aspect of Mt. Barney’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 51].
  6. ‘Eagle’s Ridge from Yellow Pinch’ 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 52].
  7. ‘Mt. Lindsay from Yellow Pinch’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 52].
  8. ‘Leaning Peak from Isolated Peak’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 52].
  9. ‘Lower Portals’, 6.5 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 52].
  10. ‘The Main Range and Flinders Peak from Mt. Mermaid’, 8 x 12 cm, [undated]. [Page 52].

Typical country of the trip – images 117 to 121

  1. ‘The party camped here 6 days. Note snow’, 8.5 x 6 cm, 1950. [Page 53].

  2. ‘Amonolith on the edge of the plateau, falling sheerly several thousand feet into the valley, with the shadow of the peak on it’, 8.5 x 6 cm, 1950. [Page 53].

  3. ‘Four members of the party with typical weather’, 8.5 x 6 cm, 1950. [Page 53].

  4. M.U.M.C. Federation Peak Jan 1950 … Patsy Watson, M.U.M.C.), 8.5 x 6 cm, 1950. [Page 53].
    121 ‘ Typical country of the trip’, 6 x 8.5 cm, 1950. [Page 53].

  5. ‘The peak from the camp on the plateau, 1500 feet below’, 8.5 x 6 cm, 1950. [Page 53].

  6. ‘Springbrook from the Pinnacle’, 7.5 x 19 cm (2 photographs), [undated]. [Page 54].

  7. ‘View from Lyrebird Ridge [crossed out and replaced by] Bilborough’s Lookt, Springbrook’, 16.5 x 21. 5 cm, [undated]. [Page 55].

  8. ‘Mt. Castle’, 15.5 x 21.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 56].

  9. ‘Mts. Ernest and Lindesay from Mt. Barney’, 15 x 20 cm, [undated]. [Page 57].

  10. ‘The Mast, easternmost of The Steamers’, 16.5 x 12 cm, [undated]. [Page 58].

  11. ‘Leaning Peak (Mt. Barney)’, 17.5 x 12 cm, [undated]. [Page 58].

  12. ‘Wilsons Peak from the North’, 12 x 16.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 59].

  13. ‘Mt. Aspleneum’, 12 x 16.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 59].

  14. ‘Mts. Huntley, Double Top & Spicer’s Pk’, 6.5 x 14 cm (2 photographs), [undated]. [Page 60].

  15. ‘Bon Accord Falls – Montville’, 9 x 6 cm, [undated]. [Page 60].

  16. ‘ Camp in Rain Forrest’, 5.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 60].

  17. ‘Boojirala Falls – Springbrook’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 60].

  18. ‘Intrepid explorers at the beginning of the Rim Trip. Set out from Boonah on Nov. 22nd 1951’, 11.5 x 16 cm, 1951. Standing: Power Chief, Ken Morwood, Ian McLeod & Johnno Comino (behind camera). Sitting: The Big Chief (Jon Stephenson), Geoff Broadbent, Geoff Goadby, Pam Watkins & Margaret Wilson. Absentia: Bob MacLennan. [Page 61].

  19. ‘Camp Site. Rim Trip – Nov. 1951’, 11.5 x 16 cm, 1951. [Page 62].

  20. ‘Mts Moon & Greville from Cordeaux’, 6.5 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 63].

  21. ‘Purlingbrook falls – Springbrook’, 6.5 x 9 cm, [undated]. [Page 63].

  22. ‘Mt. Mitchell from Cordeaux’, 9 x 6.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 63].

  23. ‘From the top of Springbrook’, 9 x 6.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 63].

Binna-Burra to Mt. Barney. Journal undertaken by D. Stewart, A. Rossen, N. Thompson - images 141 to 143

  1. ‘Norm Thompson, Alf Rosser & Dave Stewar’, 9 x 6.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 64].
  2. ‘The Coomera a few miles past Binna Burra’, 8.5 x 5.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 64].
  3. ‘Early morning view of Mt. Warning from Throakban’, 5.5 x 8.5 cm, [undated]. [Page 64].

Loose photographs, with captions on reverse, inserted at end of album:
• ‘Mt Geryon from the Labyrinth. Du Cane Range – Cradle/Clair N.P.’, 19 x 25 cm, [undated].
• ‘Triumph! The top of E Peak Mt Barney – D. Stewart’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated].
• ‘Early morning clouds spread high above Warning as we looked across from Throakban – D. Stewart’, 6 x 9 cm, [undated].
• ‘Noel Eberhardt. Cougals 1970’, 21.5 x 16.5 cm, 1970.
• ‘President Noel Eberhardt. Unsuccessful Couglas trip, Feb 70’, 21.5 x 16.5 cm, 1970.
• ‘Expo. Uni. 1970. Bushwalking Display, Left to Right, Dave Bayliss, John Siemon, Bob Dyne (man in white), Janeen Samuel (club matriarch), eoff Brownlie, and Margo Goodman’, colour, 9 x 13 cm, 1970.
• ‘Orientation Week 1977. Emily Sutherland & Dave Sheely behind books’, colour, 9 x 9 cm, 1977.
• ‘Orientation Week 1977. Dave Sheehy behind book’, colour, 9 x 9 cm, 1977.

University of Queensland Bushwalking Club

The tour of His Excellency the Governor through Northern & Western Queensland, 1908

Handmade photograph album with gold embossed title on cover The tour of His Excellency the Governor through Northern & Western Queensland, 1908. Cover has the top left-hand cover torn away thus first words of the inscription on the inside cover is missing: [To Colin] Bell from Ralph Verney in remembrance of a very pleasant tour. Ralph Verney was aide-de-camp to the Governor. The Governor, Frederick John Napier Thesiger, (Lord Chelmsford) accompanied by the Minister for Lands, Joshua Thomas Bell, left Brisbane on June 13 on a tour in Northern and North-western Queensland. Photographs:

  1. A change of horses
  2. Constable Dick
  3. Irvinebank
  4. Inspector Malone
  5. The native cooks at Forest Home
  6. Forest Home
  7. An Aboriginal
  8. Forest Home
  9. His Excellency’s Goat Escort at Georgetown
  10. His Excellency’s Goat escort at Georgetown
  11. Main St, Georgetown
  12. The luggage, Mr Mooney and Mr Smith
  13. Floraville Post Office
  14. Warandingo
  15. The start from Inverleigh Station
  16. Our hotel at Burketown
  17. Burketown water supply
  18. Burketown bore
  19. Gregory Downs Hotel
  20. Rocklands
  21. A Bore at Rocklands
  22. Gate in Boundary fence between Queensland and Northern Territory
  23. Boundary fence between Queensland and Northern Territory
  24. Colin Bell on the left, His Excellency, and Inspector McGrath on the right
  25. A midday meal
  26. Our Camp
  27. The Australian Gum Trees
  28. Roughing it
  29. A midday halt
  30. Colin Bell (1867-1934) on the trip with the Governor, and his brother Joshua Thomas Bell who was Minister for Lands and The Speaker
  31. Packing up in the morning
  32. On the road [in horse drawn carriage]
  33. Coming out of the Leichhardt river [in horse drawn carriage]
  34. The Leichhardt River
  35. The bath at Rocklands
  36. Harnessing up
  37. On the road
  38. The luggage buggy on the road
  39. Starting for the days journey
  40. Putting in the horses
  41. Native Trackers
  42. Native Trackers
  43. Colin Bell and Fogarty bringing the horses out

Verney, Ralph

Bell Family Photographs

This file has 120 items of photographic material that was previously housed loosely in the collection. Most are black and white phototgraphs. The list of photographic material:

  1. View of Jimbour head station from creek, 1869
  2. Real photo postcard of the log cabin Isisford, ca. 1884
  3. With my brother in law Dr Lorrimer Dods taken at Fenton? Sunday 3rd’, 1928?, [Lorrimer Dods knighted for world child welfare] and Colin Basil Peter Bell, [United Graziers president]
  4. Jimbour [garden]. From post-it note (now removed): garden being created, ca. 1890.
  5. J. P. Bell [Joshua Peter Bell]. From post-it note (now removed): J. P. Bell, knighted 1881, died 1881
  6. [Unknown place, undated]
  7. [Men in stockyards, at Westland?], most of caption on missing corner, undated
  8. Colin B. P. Bell [Colin Basil Peter Bell] Taken March 4 1898 on wedding trip. [He married Theodora Sybil Frances Needham of Canning Downs]. Photographic studio: Freeman & Col, Ltd, 318 George Street, Sydney. Platinotype.
  9. Take great care of this photo [initials indecipherable], The late Sir Joshua Peter Bell. Return photo to Mr Colin B. P. Bell "Westland" Longreach, [undated].
  10. Jimbour about 1890. Left to right, back row: J. T. Bell [ Joshua Thomas Bell], Miss Galletly, Mrs Buckland Taylor with Isabell (baby), Isabell Moffatt, Lady Bell, Colin Bell, Maida Bell. Sitting: Emma Armytage. On ground: A. P. MacDonald, Willie [William Alexander] Bell, [Baten Tale?], 1890
  11. ‘Gambetta’ [by] ‘Lord of the Hills [from] ‘Greyskin’. From post-it note (now removed): taken at Jimbour, ca. 1896
  12. Outside Jimbour house, [Aboriginal man with horse and foal], undated
  13. Mr & Mrs C B P Bell [Colin and Sybil] Longreach show, first prize pair. From post-it note (now removed): for best pair of buggy horses, ‘Westland’ bred horses, ‘Lydia’ and ‘Foam’, ca. 1920
  14. Mr & Mrs Colin Bell at Longreach Show - date unknown. From post-it note (now discarded): Mr & Mrs C B P Bell (Colin and Sybil) at Longreach show, best four-in-hand, Westland Station horses, ca. 1920
  15. Coach from Jimbour house. From post-it note (now discarded): now in Cobb & Co Museum in Toowoomba, known as ‘The Yellow Buggy’, undated. Photograph from the Courier-Mail.
    15a. Coach. Most likely ‘The Yello Buggy’. Undated.
  16. Jimbour. From post-it note (now discarded): Jimbour house ca. 1880
  17. Colin Basil Peter Bell, 1889
  18. Real photo postcard. Joshua [Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell (1907-1997) son of Joshua Thomas Bell (1863-1911)] at the children’s picnic on his first birthday, 3 Feb 1908, Dalby
  19. Xmas 1932: [Colin Basil Peter Bell (1867-1934), manager of Westland]. Tennis at ‘Westland’, Longreach, 1932: Back Row L-R 1. [unknown], 2. Jock Inglis (manager, Welshot), 3. Colin Basil Peter Bell (manager, Westland), 4. Holmes, 5. Alec Ramsay (manager, Tocal), 6. Francis Needham Bell (son of Colin and Sybil); Row 2: Theodora Sybil Frances Needham Bell (wife), 2. Josephine Thora Bell (daughter of Colin and Sybil) 3. Mrs Alex Ramsay, 4. Lynette Bell (daughter of Colin and Sybil); Front – 1. Dick Barnes of ‘Rivoli Downs’ 2. Arthur Taylor (nephew of Banjo Patterson) 3. Hugh Patterson (son of Banjo Patterson) 4. Les Hayward (Jackeroo), 1932
  20. Photograph of [Colin Basil] Peter Bell, receiving award, [C.B.E. in 1968?], 1968?. Photograph from Queensland Country Life Photo.
  21. [Photograph of [Colin Basil] Peter Bell’s retirement dinner, 1971] 12 x 16 cm. Photograph from Queensland Country Life Photo.
  22. [Photograph of Peter Bell's retirement dinner, 1971], 8 x 13 cm. Photograph from Queensland Country Life Photo.
  23. Photograph of Peter Bell's retirement dinner, 1971, 8 x 13 cm.
  24. Peter C.B.E. [On cover]. New Year card with a photo of [Colin Basil] Peter Bell, Apr 1976.
  25. Wedding photograph of Sibyl Bell (nee Needham), 12 Mar 1989.
  26. Photograph of Colin [Basil Peter] Bell, undated.
  27. Photograph of Sybil Bell, undated.
  28. Group photograph, includes Sybil and Thora, undated.
  29. Carte-de-visite photograph of Joshua Thomas Bell, 1880. Photograph by: Mathewson Artist Photographer Brisbane.
  30. Carte-de-visite photograph of Lady Bell, 1880.
  31. Carte-de-visite photograph of Colin Basil Peter Bell, 1886. Photograph by: R.H. Lord, Cambridge.
  32. Carte-de-visite photograph of Oswald Marmaduke D'Orsey Bell, 1880. Photograph by: Mathewson Artist Photographer Brisbane.
  33. Carte-de-visite photograph of Warraba. Caption on the back of the photograph: "Warraba" with my father when he was a boy in Jimbour, originally he [rode?] on to Jimbour from N.S. Wales ... Warraba was well known in Brisbane in 1880, he stayed there while my [people?] were there at Gov. House. C. B. P. Bell.
  34. Longreach Show: C.B.P. Bell & - Allden president and secretary of C. & N. Graziers Assn.
  35. Colin Basil Peter Bell (1867-1934), undated, [DISCARDED: active mould]
  36. Unidentified photograph of men in sporting attire, undated. [In very poor condition]
  37. Bell family at Jimbour, 7 Apr 2002.
  38. Moffatt and Bell families sandstone vault, obelisk style monument with fencing surrounding the site at the Ipswich cemetary, 2003? The sandstone vault honors Thomas de Lacy Moffatt, Colonial Treasurer of Queensland who died in 1864.
  39. Close up of the Moffatt and Bell families sandstone vault at Ipswich cemetary with plaque for Gerald Kellett Moffat (1862-1894) and Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (ca. 1857-1894) , Nov 2003.
  40. Close up of the Moffatt and Bell Families vault with the plaque at the base for John Alexander Bell (ca. 1829-1901), Nov 2003.
  41. Fragment of a stone plaque for the Moffatt family vault 1864.
  42. Photograph of Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (1857-1894
  43. Photograph of Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (1857-1894) [son of Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (1824-1864) and Mary Isbella Moffatt (previously MacDonald, nee Bell (1826-1866)] mounted on card.
  44. Photograph of Gerald Kellett Moffat (1862-1894) [son of Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (1824-1864) and Mary Isbella Moffatt (previously MacDonald, nee Bell (1826-1866)]
  45. 'Mother on Valery Longreach', 'Sibyl Frances Bell at Longreach Show Chapion HackTaken about 1926 born 4 Feb 1877 m. 1898 Mr C.B.P. Bell', ca. 1926, mounted on card, edges damaged.
  46. Photo photo postcard with handwritten note: 'The Morgan Parliamentary Party before the General Election 1904. I wish you a Happy New Year JTB. Graceville 11-12-04.'; addressed to Hon. [indecipherable] Ferguson, London.
  47. Carte-de-visite photograph of Joshua Thomas Bell, with handwritten annotation 'JTB 1880). Photographer is Albert Lomer of Queen Street, Brisbane.
  48. Real photo postcard with annotation on reverse 'J.T. Bell speaking at opening of Dalby-Tara railway'. Very faded.
  49. Photograph of Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell (1909-1997) with note on version 'J.P.F. Bell son of Joshua Thomas (Bell) eldest son of Sir Joshua Peter and Lady Bell', mounted on card and missing sections of the photograph.
  50. Real photo postcard of Joshua Thomas Bell and Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell, with annotation on reverse 'JTB & JPFB on board Q.C.S. Otter'.
  51. Photograph of ACM Alden and CBP Bell (Colin Basil Peter Bell (1902-1977)), Cattle committee meeting, Townsville, 1954.
  52. Photograph of Jimbour Station, mounted on card.
  53. Photograph of Lady Bell (wife of Sir Joshua Peter Bell) and children: from left Oswald Marmaduke D’Orsey Bell (Ossie) (1871-1942), Colin Basil Peter Bell (Colin or Collie) (1867-1934), Maida Isabella Sarah Bell (1872-1942), Lady Bell (Margaret Miller Bell) (1849-1914), Joshua Thomas Bell (Joey) (1863-1911), and William Alexander D’Orsey Bell (1865-1940) taken at Lindin, 1889 [broken in half but still connected]. Photographer: Tho. Fall, Portman Square.
  54. Photograph of five men at Arrilalah Races. Eric Duflies [?], George Coar, Dad (CPB Bell), Bobbie Miller, C J Allicht. Undated.
  55. Black and white photograph of a couple, unidentified.
  56. Black and white group photograph, unidentified.
  57. First stage of the Public Offices, viewed from corner of Queen and William Streets, North Quay, Paul L Poulsen, Photographer, 7 Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1889.
  58. The main street in Tanga - Tanganyika Territory [previously inserted in Joshua Peter Ferguson Album].
  59. Negative of ship at dock, [previously inserted in Joshua Peter Ferguson Album].
  60. Real photo postcard. [previously inserted in Joshua Peter Ferguson Album].
  61. 'New Public Offices, Brisbane', mounted on card. Reverse side of card has information for Post and Telegraph Department, Queensland.
  62. Rakeevan, 1912.
  63. Jinny Maxwell Dads nurse. Maxwell was nurse to the Bell children], oval picture, mounted on card, undated.
  64. Margot Margaret Maxwell Bell, undated.
  65. My cousin Margot Bell aged 19, ca. 1927.
  66. Peter Bell holding Colin Bell at Watreley [?], Southport.
  67. Bell family relatives at Jimbour, Sunday 7 April 2002

[68 to 103.] [36 colour photographs from the opening of the Cellar Door at Jimbour House, April 2002].
[104 to 121. ] [18 colour 35mm negatives from the opening of the Cellar Door at Jimbour House, April 2002].

Bell Family Photographs, oversize

Photographs, mounted on card:

  1. Ayrshire Downs station, Winton, 1898.
  2. Kynuna Station Homestead with Edmund Jorvett?, McCall McCowan and Colin Basil Peter Bell, ca. 1894.
  3. Jimbour house, ca. 1880.
  4. [Joshua Peter Bell], caption: returned to C. Bell Westland Longreach Queensland Australia.
  5. Taken at Lindin 1889. [Lady Bell (wife of Sir Joshua Peter Bell) and children: from left Oswald Marmaduke D’Orsey Bell (Ossie) (1871-1942), Colin Basil Peter Bell (Colin or Collie) (1867-1934), Maida Isabella Sarah Bell (1872-1942), Lady Bell (Margaret Miller Bell) (1849-1914) Joshua Thomas Bell Bell (Joey) (1863-1911) and William Alexander D’Orsey Bell (1865-1940], 1889
  6. Jimbour church and water tower, 12 metres high (first in Queensland), undated
  7. Welcome plaque to General Sir William R Birdwood signed Colin B P Bell, chairman Longreach, ca. 1932?
  8. The passing of Joshua Thomas Bell, March 11, 1911.
  9. The passing of Joshua Thomas Bell – the laying to rest, March 11, 1911.
  10. The passing of Joshua Thomas Bell, March 11, 1911.
  11. Jimbour station, Darling Downs, Queensland in 1877. Mounted on dark brown card.
  12. Jimbour station, Darling Downs, Queensland in 1877. Mounted on card, bottom left-hand corner of photograph missing.
  13. Jimbour store in 1877. Mounted on card.
  14. Jimbour homestead in 1877, Joey & Willie with Jinney.
  15. Old Jimbour house, 1877. Mounted on card.
  16. Jimbour about 1875, Possibly Maida and her brother Oswald M D Bell. Mounted on card.
  17. Jimbour. Queensland. Reckitt and Mills Photographers. Mounted on card. Undated.
  18. [Joshua Peter Bell]. Oval shaped photograph. Undated.
  19. The passing of Joshua Thomas Bell, March 11, 1911. Poulsen Studios Brisbane. Mounted on card. Undated.
  20. [First stage of the Public Offices, viewed from corner of Queen and William Streets, North Quay], Paul L Poulsen, Photographer, 7 Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1889.
  21. [First stage of the Public Offices, viewed from corner of William and Elizabeth Streets, North Quay], Paul L Poulsen, Photographer, 7 Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1889.
  22. Duke of Manchester [William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester], Jimbour, undated.
  23. The river - Petrie's Bight and wharves, G.P. Wright Photo, Brisbane. Album photograph, on paper mounted on card with printed captions, by George Parkinson Wright. ca. 1874-1879.
  24. Victoria Bridge, from William Street, G.P. Wright Photo, Brisbane. Album photograph, on paper mounted on card with printed captions, by George Parkinson Wright. ca. 1874-1879.
  25. '"Rakeevan" - Graceville - converted into Red Cross Convalescent Home during first World War', adhered fully to card, on reverse 'K.E. Kent 195 Laurel Avenue, Graceville'.
  26. 'Graceville Railway Station 1905. Miss Kelly station mistress on left working hand signal - This photograph was taken looking towards Chelma - Verney Road ran straight through the railway gates which were hand operated - Later this station building was transferred onto the opposite platform - and the overbridge also moved - The lamps were kerosene', adhered fully to card, on reverse 'K.E. Kent 195 Laurel Avenue, Graceville'.

Women's Information and Support Association Records

  • F3894
  • File
  • 1981-1996

Includes records, ephemera, newspaper cuttings and other items relating to the Women's Information and Support Association (WISA) between 1981 and 2022.

Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from May 1981 to March 1982 (during which time WISA was named Women's group).
Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from February 1984 to February 1986 (excludes April 1984). WISA did not meet in the month of January in1984, 1985 and 1986.
Handwritten meeting minutes from April 2000.

Flyer for events organised by WISA in August to December 1985.
Ephemera, handwritten documents and newspaper cuttings relating to WISA's tenth anniversary celebration held on 9 October 1993 in Maroochydore.
Ephemera, handwritten and typed documents and photocopied newspaper cuttings relating to a dinner organised by WISA on 12 October 1996 in Buderim. Maroochy Barambah was a guest speaker at this dinner.

Thirteen pages of photocopied newspaper cuttings about WISA and other topics relating to females (1935 to 1990).

An undated typed document titled 'Women in the workforce'. The name Sue Murray is written at the bottom of the document.
Typed document inviting women of the Sunshine Coast to a WISA meeting on 29 May 1993.
A printed portion of an email from Joan Welsh, to Joan Welsh, with the subject 'Welcome to Jackie Huggins' dated 3 March 2022. Appears to be the start of a speech given at a forum retrospectively celebrating WISA at which Jackie Huggins was a guest speaker.

Women's Information and Support Association

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