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- 1898 (Creation)
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1 glass plate negative : black and white ; 12 x 17 cm.
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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.
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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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Side profile of an Aboriginal Australian boy. The handwritten notes accompanying a print of the negative in Series A Item 1 identifies him as 'Charley, a Dalleburra boy, aged about 16'.
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Unrestricted access.
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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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A tipped-in print or copy of this negative can be found in Series A Item 1, 'Records collected by Mrs Bennett & presented to Queensland University Vol. 1', page 67. A copy of the same image is also held at the British Museum.
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Parcel 1 Item 13
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Created, Kymberley Doyle, 21-Nov-2024.