Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1854-1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Peter Fitzallan MacDonald, generally known as P.F., was born on 4 September 1830 at Campbelltown, NSW and educated at King’s School, Parramatta. He moved to the Canoona goldfields in Queensland in 1857 and took part in a number of pastoral explorations in the area. In 1860, he settled down at Yaamba Station, near Rockhampton to develop his various lease holdings. In 1861, he was involved in the armed reprisals against Aboriginal people in retaliation for the Cullin-la-ringo massacre, a pivotal moment in the Frontier wars in Queensland. Macdonald had sold Cullinlaringo to Horatio Wills, who was killed in the massacre, the year previously.
Macdonald was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Blackall in 1873. He held the seat until 1878 when criticism of to his long-running lawsuit against the Crown (the Great Northern Run Case 1869-1880) led him to decide not to recontest.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1854-1918
Collection alternatively titled as: Peter Fitzallan MacDonald Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Pastoral records of ‘Yaamba’, near Rockhampton. Letterbooks, diaries, correspondence, financial records, and fragments of manuscript notes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except access to Boxes 1 to 4 is restricted due to fragile condition of the documents. Application for access to restricted material can be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
This collection may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions, some of which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Macdonald, Peter Fitzallan, 1830-1919 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 01-Mar-2023.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.