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- 1892-1915 (Creation)
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1 parcel
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Montgomerie Christison was born on 8 July 1881 in London. She was the eldest daughter of Robert Christison (1837-1915), an explorer, pioneer and owner of Lammermoor in North Queensland, and his wife Mary Christison (née Godsall), a photographer. Mary married Charles Douglas Bennett in 1914. She was the compiler of Christison of Lammermoor and author of various works on the Yirandali people.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Photographer. Married Robert Christison of Lammermoor, North Queensland in 1880. She was his second wife. They had a son and two daughters, the elder of whom was Mary Montgomerie (Mimi) Bennett.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the University by Mrs M M Bennett, 1929.
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Scope and content
21 glass plate negatives, 12 x 17 cm, created by Mary Christison and compiled by Mary Christison's daughter, Mary Montgomerie Bennett. The plates contain images of Lammermoor Homestead; three portraits of Robert Christison at ages 20, 40 and 75; and various identified Aboriginal Australian individuals of the Dalleburra Tribe, Mitchell District in North Queensland. Some of the plates contain photographs of photographs.
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Item numbers assigned by archivist.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except for restricted access to the glass plate negatives in Item 8 and Item 21 due to preservation purposes. Application for access to restricted material may be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- No linguistic content
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Item 8 and Item 21 are damaged.
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Existence and location of copies
Many prints or copies of the glass plate negatives can be found in Series A Item 1, 'Records collected by Mrs Bennett & presented to Queensland University : Vol. 1'.
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Parcel 1
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Previously housed in Box 2 Packets 1 and 2
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Accompanying notes compiled by Mrs Bennett are in Parcel 2.
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Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 20-Nov-2024.
Revised, Linda Justo, 27-Sep-2023.
Revised, Linda Justo, 28-May-2021.
Converted from PDF findig aid, Amanda Main, 30-Aug-2019.