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How the Fitzroy was found: extracts of a journal, 1853

  • F8
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  • 1853

Typescript of extracts taken from original journal.
Extracts from a journal by Charles Archer, recounting the discovery of the Fitzroy River. Subtitled: 'Memoranda taken on a journey to the Dawson and some of its tributaries, April 1853.'

Archer, Charles, 1813-1862

Papers, 1858-1988

  • F3352
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  • 1858-1988.

Photocopies of items from a scrapbook: photographs, letters, birth certificates, newspaper clippings, notes for a family history.
Also photocopies of typescript transcripts and handwritten letters from Mrs. H.G. (Annie Margaret) Wheeler (nee Laurie) to Rockhampton newspapers 'The Morning Bulletin' and 'The Capricornian', 19 Jun 1917-15 Nov 1917 (10 items). Bulk of material 1886-1920.

Laurie family

Diaries, 1860, 1867

  • F137
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  • 1860 and 1867.

2 pocket diaries, one for 1860 and one for 1867.

Boydell, M. P.

Diary, 1861

  • F140
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  • 1861

Diary written by Mrs. Katherine Browne describing a trip from Tartha Station on the Moonie River to Ipswich. Started 6 March 1861; concludes 21 March 1861.

Browne, Katherine

Recollections of a rambling life, 1897

  • F9
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  • 1897

Autobiography of Queensland pioneer and pastoralist Thomas Archer.
First published in 1897 in Yokohama, Japan by the 'Japan Gazette' for private circulation.
This transcript was copied by hand by William James Gall (1867-1938); it concludes as Archer departs for California.

Archer, Thomas, 1823-1905

Biographical notes,

  • F896
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  • [19--]?

Handwitten biographical notes sent to A.J. McConnel on William Butler by his son Roy Butler. Accompanied by note (1 l.) by A.B. White.

Butler, Roy

Diary, 1903-1907

  • F134
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  • 1903-1907.

Diary kept by Arthur J. Browne, Booral, Queensland, 1903-1907. Son of James Arthur Browne; written as a schoolboy.

Browne, Arthur J.

Papers related to the Browne family, 1915-1972

  • F139
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  • 1915-72.

Letters, newspaper cuttings, 2 photographs, and articles written for the 'Women's Weekly', re: the Browne family of Durham Downs Station near Roma, other pioneering Queensland families, and the author's life on 'Gresford', Kumbarilla, near Dalby.

Browne, Joyce

Diary, 1931

  • F136
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  • 1931

Diary 1931.
Written in Woods' Australian Diary for 1931.
Accompanied by an obituary of her husband, James Arthur Browne, dated 23 July 1931.

Browne, Jessie

Letters, 1931-1932 : Brisbane, to Arthur J. McConnel.

  • F815
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  • 1931-1932.

Three letters to Arthur J. McConnel, 1931 Dec 23 and 1932 Jan 5 and subsequent undated, re his contributing recollections of early days on Cressbrook, Durundur and Dugandan Stations.

McKinnon, Thomas Firmin Mackay Jessie, 1878-1953

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