Item Item 6 - 'Robert Christison in 1857'

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UQFL202-Series C-Item 6

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'Robert Christison in 1857'

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  • 1896 (Creation)

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1 glass plate negative : black and white ; 12 x 17 cm.

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Name of creator

(1881-1961)

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.

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(1840-1922)

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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A photograph of a full-length photographic portrait of Robert Chistison, posing in jockey attire, taken in 1857 in Melbourne around the time he rode the mare Alice Hawthorne and steeplechaser Camel.

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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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The original photograph featured in this negative can be found in Series A Item 1, 'Records collected by Mrs Bennett & presented to Queensland University Vol. 1', page 128.

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Parcel 1 Item 6

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Created, Kymberley Doyle, 20-Nov-2024.

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  • Parcel: UQFL202 Parcel 1