Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1839?-1928? (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
2 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Montgomerie Christison was born on 8 July 1881 in London. She was the eldest daughter of Mr Robert Christison (1837-1915), explorer, pioneer and owner of Lammermoor, North Queensland, and his wife Mary Christison (nee Godsall), photographer. She married Charles Douglas Bennett in 1914. She was the compiler of Christison of Lammermoor and author of various works on the Yirandali people.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the University by Mrs M M Bennett, 1929.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary M. Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison, 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 the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
As imposed by the creator.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Parcel 2 and 3
Note
Previously housed in Box 1
Note
This collection may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions, some of which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Christison, Robert, 1837-1915 (Subject)
- Christison, Mary (Subject)
- Lammermoor Station (Qld.) (Subject)
- University of Queensland School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (Subject)
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 28-May-2021. Converted from PDF finding aid, Amanda Main, 30-Aug-2019.