The collection comprises two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary Montgomerie Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison; correspondence; and glass plate negatives. The bound volumes include: newspaper cuttings, extracts of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, reprints of articles, and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and images of and information about the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910. The correspondence is that received by Mary Montgomerie Bennett regarding her book, Christison of Lammermoor. The plates contain images of Lammermoor Homestead, Sir Robert Christison, and various identified Aboriginal Australian individuals of the Dalleburra Tribe, Mitchell District in North Queensland.

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