Shirley Lahey collection

Photographs, some studio portraits, of David Lahey and his wife Jane Jemima (nee Walmsley).

David Lahey was born in 1858 in County Westmeath, Ireland to Francis and Alicia Lahey. He and his parents, along with 10 siblings, arrived in Australia in 1862. David married Victorian-born Jane Walmsley in 1881 in Brisbane.

They had twelve children, one of whom did not survive infancy. Their surviving children were: Frances 'Vida', Percival Ethelbert, Bertram Taylor, Romeo Watkins, Oswald, Eric 'Huck' Reginald, Noel Alaric, Gladys 'Esme', John 'Jack' Rowland Alwyn, Mavis Alicia Elizabeth, and Jayne Aveline Juliette.

Photographs, some studio portraits, of David and Jane Lahey's family, including: Romeo, John 'Jack', Vida, Noel, Esma & husband Alexander Clerke, Mavis & husband George Denholm. Also David Lahey's sister Frances Annie Lahey who married Isaiah Fergusson.

Photographs, some studio portraits of Eric Reginald 'Huck' Lahey (1890-1955) son of David Lahey, and his wife Alice 'Vera' Affleck (1894-1981). They had one child: Shirley Lahey, who never married.

Folder of original photographs, principally relating to Eric 'Huck' Lahey and his family, including many images of early motor cycles and motor vehicles for which Eric had a passion. He was a member of the Queensland Motor Cycle Club. Also included are images of family events, picnics and holidays, timber mills.

Folder of original photographs, principally relating to Eric 'Huck' Lahey and his family, including photographic postcards from friends and family members, sporting teams, mill workers, and social events.

Photographs, some studio portraits of Evangaline 'Eva' Lahey (1855-1926), sister to David Lahey who married William Henry Harrison (1860-1947). They had four children: Olive Lahey, Leslie Ward, Ruby Evangaline Nicklin and Stanley Youngman.

Photographs, some studio portraits of John Wesley Lahey (1850-1937), his wife Evelyn Clipsham (1880-1932), and their family. Their children were: John Clipsham Francis, Kelvin Clipsham Carvel OBE, Catherine Alice Enid (later Edwards), Paul Clipsham and Margaret Irene (later Turnock).

Photographs, some studio portraits of Jane Lahey, sister to David Lahey, who married Reuben Nicklin, with her family.

Reuben Nicklin (1841-1890), and wife Jane (Lahey) Nicklin, were the paternal grandparents of future Premier of Queensland Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin. Both died when RMS Quetta [ship] foundered off Thursday Island in February 1890. Jane Nicklin was the daughter of Francis Lahey, her brothers formed Lahey's Canungra Sawmill. The Nicklin family home "Hatherton" became the Queen Alexandra Home for Children, in Coorparoo. Their children were: George Francis Nicklin, Alice Elizabeth (Nicklin) Horsley and William Lahey Nicklin. Alice Elizabeth was one of the few female survivors.

Photographs, some studio portraits relating to Isaiah Lahey (1853-1926), his 1st wife Emma Godfrey (1859-1903?), 2nd wife Edith Everett (1868-1957) and their family.

Their children were: Herbert Archibald Lahey, Amy Ida Maud (Lahey) Mitchell, Reany Eva Allen Lahey, Harold Victor Beaumont Lahey, Ralph Randolph Lahey, Daisey Ella Lahey, Talbot Claude Lahey, Sylvia Edith Winnifred Lahey, Isa Jean Frances Lahey, Hector Godfrey Lahey, Thelma Nancy Lahey, Bernice Katherine Lahey and Trevor Everett Isaiah Lahey. 

Studio portraits relating to Thomas George Lahey (1856-1942), brother to David Lahey. Thomas married Margaret Brown in 1896. Their children were: Francis John Maxwell, Thomas George Gordon, Margaret Alicia Pearl, Cyrus Lincoln, James Vernon Stothard and Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey.

Photographs, some studio portraits, and one glass plate negative relating to the Affleck and Lade Families. Folder of photographs relating to the Affleck family. Alice 'Vera' Affleck married  Eric 'Huck' Reginald on 5 December 1919. They had one child: Shirley Mae Affleck.

Photographs include:
Vera and Eric Lahey and Shirley Lahey (Maud Voller Lade, Ken Affleck, the son of W. James and Maud Affleck née Lade

Photographs - slides and a Daguerreotype portrait, relating to the Walmsley family. William Taylor Walmsley (1824-1863) was the father of Jane Jemima Lahey (1860-1940), his father was also William Taylor Walmsley.

Loose photographs relating the Lahey brother's visit to Fiji in the 1920s to secure timber concessions, and arrange for the purchase of a vessel, 'Louis Theriault' for the transport of timber to their mill in Corinda.

Loose photographs, some studio portraits relating to the Lahey family (mostly unidentified), including a photograph of John Lahey at a wedding in 1897 or 1898.

Miscellaneous photographs and negatives relating to the Lahey brothers, mills and millworkers, sporting teams, sailing vessels, also a portrait of Alfred Towner and a group photograph (copy) of the Tamborine Shire Council, 1907. Some are duplicates of prints held in other series.

Photographs and negatives relating to the extended Lahey family, chiefly of family events - weddings, holidays and birthday celebrations.

Photographs of various houses relating to the Lahey family, including:

Sidney House, Toowong; Wonga Wallen (Canungra and St Lucia); Bellissima Guest House, Canugra; Beechwood, Highgate Hill; Leighton House, Canungra (later Binna Burra); and Greylands, Dennis Street, Indooroopilly; Donaldson Street, Taringa Parade, etc.

Copies of photographs (2 Albums of copy prints) relating to the Lahey family and their timber businesses. Many of the images have been captioned in detail by Shirley Lahey and are duplicates of original photographs held within other series in this collection.

Pages of photographs removed from a copy of the book 'The Laheys: pioneer settlers and sawmillers' by Shirley Lahey in 2003.

Folder of over-sized group portraits relating to the Lahey family, including the wedding of Ralph Lahey and Dinah Moore in 1915; 4 generations: Elizabeth Dale nee Winn [Wynn?] (later Costello) with Jane Jemima Lahey (nee Walmsley), with her daughter and grandchild, taken at Corinda; Medal presentation at Government House, Brisbane, 1913 with recipents seat in the front row: Noel Robertson, C. Collins, R.J. Wilcocks and Eric 'Huck' Lahey. The medals were awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society of Queensland, for bravery in connection with a drowning fatality at Southport in 1912.

Folder of over-sized group portraits relating to the Lahey family, including:

• Studio portrait of John Clipsham Francis (4 ys), Kelvin Clipsham Carvel (2 ys) and Catherine Alice Enid Lahey (2 months), 1910 
• Unidentified group, 1898
• George Francis  Frank' Reuben Nicklin, KCMG, MM (1895-1978) (in uniform) with his parents George and Edith Nicklin, with his brother Frederick and sister Edna, December 1916
• Group portrait titled: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and National A & I Association Council, Annual Show, 1920, with 2 copy prints
• Golden wedding celebration and family group, taken at Jack Lahey's home in Corinda. Identified are: on wall Oswald and Ada Lahey, back row: Mrs Jack Lahey, Mrs Romeo Lahey, Mrs Perc Lahey; Miss Mavis, Vida & Jayne Lahey; Mrs Bert Lahey, Mrs Eric Lahey and Alex Clerk; middle row: Mr Jack Lahey, Romeo Lahey with daughter Ann, Perc Lahey, David and his wife Jane Lahey, Bert, Eric and Esme (Mrs Clerke); front row: David and Alison / Ivan and Richard / Garth, Evan, Noel, Patricia / Shirley / Alicia. (2 versions)
• Lahey family group prior to 1914 in front of their home 'Wonga Wallen' Corinda. Identified are: Percival extreme left; back row: Noel 'Pat', Jayne, Bert, & Jack; middle row: Mavis, Eric 'Huck', Vida, Oswald, Esme, Romeo; front row: Jane Lahey (nee Walmsley), Elizabeth Dale nee Wiin (later Costello)  and David Lahey. (2 copies, with  3 postcard  sized reproductions)
• Wedding of Ralph Lahey and Dinah Moore in 1915; 8. Four generations: Elizabeth Dale nee Wiin (later Costello) with Jane Jemima Lahey (nee Walmsley), with her daughter and grandchild, taken at Corinda  
• Medal presentation at Government House, Brisbane, 1913 with recipients seated in the front row: Noel Robertson, C. Collins, R.J. Wilcocks and Eric 'Huck' Lahey. The medals were awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society of Queensland, for bravery in connection with a drowning fatality at Southport in 1912
• Group portrait of ? National Mutual Staff, c1930. Identified are: back row: Arthur Walters, unknown, Ray Sheil, Colin Walker, unknown, Herc. Sinnamon, [three unknown], Colin Gordin, unknown, Eric Henry, Col. Desborough, Sam Dyke, unknown; front row: [two unknown] Lorna Bleakly, [two unknown]  Brigadier Stodart, W.J. Affleck, [unknown] Vic Morley, Myra Morrison, John Beeston, Tom Moonie, unknown, Nip. Thorpe, unknown, Frank Durbridge

Small photo album with photographs relating to the 'Art of Knitting', held in 1991.

Photograph album belonging to Esmé Lahey, dating to 1905 (photographs of Esmé and her siblings and parents, 'Greylands' house, timber mills, Canungra, sketches of Esmé and her siblings); photographs relating to John Lahey and his family (including a large photograph of the three Lahey children: John, Kelvin and Catherine on 23 August 1910)

Framed photograph of Vida Lahey, painting.

Photograph album relating to the Laheys' timber business at Canungra (Canungra Creek, sawmill employees, logging tram, tramway tunnel, a low level bridge over the Coomera River, loading skids at Laheys' Creek, electric logging plant).

Loose photographs which include:

• Golden wedding anniversary of David Lahey and Jane Jemima Lahey née Walmsley, 11 June 1931 at the house of Jack Lahey in Corinda (the names of the people are described on the back of the photograph)
• Frank Nicklin, his parents and siblings (1916)
• Photographs of the Lahey family just before or early in World War One on the steps of their house 'Wonga Walla' in Corinda (everyone in the photograph is listed on a note filed with the photograph)
• Photographs of the four generations of the Walmsley family, including: Jane Jemima Lahey née Walmsley and her mother, Mrs Walmsley Studio photograph of Vida, Noel and Romeo Lahey taken during World War One (the men are wearing army uniforms)
• Alex and Esmé, 6 January 1919 (Esmé was the daughter of David Lahey and Jane Jemima Lahey, née Walmsley)
• Romeo, Vida and Noel Lahey in London between early August 1916 and early June 1917
• Photographs of Vida, Noel and Romeo Lahey taken during World War One (Australian War Memorial)

Folder of papers relating to the early settlement of Canungra, Lahey's Timber Mill, Tambourine history and Bellissima House. It includes a manuscript by David Lahey, photographic postcards, tourist brochures, newspaper clippings, photocopied images, correspondence.

Folder of papers relating to Corinda, the Lahey's Sawmill and Sherwood Arboretum. They include memorandum of association of Brisbane Timbers Limited, 1910; newspaper articles; Nosworthy family tree; a manuscript titled 'Memories of Lahey's Corinda Sawmill' by Shirley Lahey; original correspondence relating to Brisbane Timbers Limited of Corinda; newsletters - History Watch, The Village Pump; and the conservation of the Sherwood Arboretum.

Folder of papers relating to the Lahey family's association with Canungra, the sawmill and logging tramway, which was in operation from 1884. The Lahey brothers built a private tramway from the mill to the Coomera Valley to harvest stands of hoop pine, and constructed a tunnel through the range to accommodate the locomotive. It ceased operation and the line was dug up in 1935. The papers include a number of manuscripts by Romeo and Shirley Lahey, newsletters, invitations, correspondence and photographs.

Folder of papers relating to the Lahey family's association with Corinda, Sherwood Arboretum, timber tramways, and a timber mill in Townsville. Also included are several articles on the Lahey brothers and the history of the Queensland timber industry.

Folder of papers relating to the Lahey family's timber businesses - profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and reports. Also included are several manuscripts by David Lahey and others, relating to the sawmilling industry, reports on proposed roads, Running Creek ; Inspection of Band Mills at Sydney & Newcastle ; Renard Road Train ; Notes on a trip through some of the timber districts of the South East; A. Shirt report on Cableways ; and reports on the purchase of timber from A. Drynan at Upper Running Creek.

Laheys' timber business minute book (meeting minutes of board meetings, etc.) 1926-1952

Letterbook relating to the Lahey family timber business (1899)

Lahey Ltd. letterbook 1908-1920

Statistics of operations at Canungra Mill (1915)

Brisbane Timbers Limited meeting minutes (1910-1926)

Certificate registering the trade mark of 'F. Lahey and Sons, arrowroot manufacturers, of Pimpama Queensland'

Folder of papers relating to David Lahey (1858-1942) his father Francis (-1878) draft and typescript family history; as well as military papers relating to his sons Noel Alarick and John Randolph Lahey who served during the First World War. Included is a commemorative medallion in the shape of a saw, presented to David Lahey by his employees for his retirement.

Folder of papers relating to Eric 'Huck' Lahey and his wife Vera Affleck, parents of Shirley Lahey. Included are manuscripts on the family history, photographs, postcards, two copies of the 'Speedway News' 1929, newspaper clippings and certificates relating to Eric Lahey's participation with the Queensland Motor Cycle Club.

Folder of papers relating to Esmé, Mavis and Jayne and Vida Lahey, which include a manuscript titled 'The four daughters of David and Jane Lahey' for a talk given by Shirley Lahey in 1998; a family tree, newspaper clippings, correspondence and copies of several humorous illustrations of a Mr G.D. Rankin in military uniform.

Folder of papers relating to Isaiah Lahey (1853-1926), his first wife Emma Godfrey; his 13 children: Herbert, Amy, Reany, Harold, Ralph, Daisy, Talbot, Sylvia, Isa, Hector, Thelma, Bernice and Trevor, and grandchildren. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs etc.

Folder of papers relating to James William Lahey (1852-1924) his wife Amelia Matilda Wiley (1859-1938), and their children: Ida, Evangeline, Jackson, James, Lillia and May. Included are photographs, correspondence, a family tree and newspaper clippings.

Folder of papers relating to Jane Lahey, her husband Reuben Nicklin and their children: George Francis, Alice Elizabeth Horsley and William Lahey. Jane and Reuben Nicklin with their daughter Alice were aboard RMS Quetta when it sunk in 1890, Alice was one of only 2 females to survive. Their grandson, Sir George Francis Reuben (Frank) Nicklin KCMG MM was to serve as Premier of Queensland, from 1957-1968.

The papers include newspaper clippings, booklets, several manuscripts, significant original correspondence, including a letter from Reuben Nicklin to his son George, from onboard RMS Quetta, written two days before the ship foundered.

Folder of papers relating to John Wesley Lahey, his wife Evelyn Clipsham, and their children: John, Kelvin Lahey OBE, Catherine (Lahey) Edwards, Paul and Margaret (Lahey) Turnock. Included are newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

Folder of papers relating to Judge May Darlington Lahey, daughter of James William and Amelia Lahey. May studied law at USC Los Angeles, later becoming the first women to be appointed a Los Angeles municipal judge. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, and scholastic reports.

Folder of papers relating to Oswald Lahey, brother of David Lahey, and his wife Ada Charles. Oswald Lahey was severely injured as a young man working in a timber mill and retrained as a missionary, spending most of his adult life in India, where he me his wife Ada, ministering and educating sufferers of leprosy in Orissa. Included are several tributes to Oswald, correspondence and biographical notes.

Folder of papers relating to Richard Alford Lahey and his father Percival Ethelbert Lahey. They include newspaper clippings, biographical notes, correspondence and several photographs.

Folder of papers relating to Romeo Watkins Lahey MBE ME, son of David Lahey, soldier, engineer, businessman, civil servant and conservationist. Included are several manuscripts:  'A lifetime commitment to the environment Romeo Watkins Lahey' ; 'A pioneer conservationist Romeo Watkins Lahey' both by Shirley Lahey; Lahey family history written by Romeo; and newspaper clippings.

Folder of papers relating to Thomas George Lahey, brother of David Lahey, his wife Margaret Brown and their children: Francis John Maxwell Lahey, Thomas George Gordon Lahey, Margaret Alicia Pearl Lahey, Cyrus Lincoln Lahey, James Vernon Stothard Lahey and Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey DFC.

Included are: newspaper clippings, correspondence, biographical notes, several manuscripts: one being a report of a trip to the USA by Thomas Lahey in 1913, another of John Thompson Brown, and papers relating to the service of Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey DFC with the RAAF during the Second World War, including photocopied letters from Lawrie while POW of the Germans.

Folder of papers relating to Isaiah Ferguson, his wife Anne Lahey, and their 15 children. Included are photographs, a family tree, biographical notes and correspondence.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about members of the Lahey family, most particularly Vida Lahey, Judge May Lahey (the book belonged to Mabel Lahey and it is signed 'Mabel Lahey, Moreton Bay High School 1929')

Folder containing copies of birth, death and marriage certificates and copies of wills and estate documents relating to the extended Lahey family.

Folder of miscellaneous notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the extended Lahey family.

Folder of loose pages of research notes and family history, likely to have been collated by Shirley Lahey and her later work 'The Laheys : pioneer settlers and sawmillers' published in 2003.

Folder of papers relating to the Affleck family. Included are newspaper clippings, photographs, items relating to 'Aberfoyle' the Affleck home in Warwick, family trees and correspondence. Also included are two oversized copies of illustrated addresses presented to W.J. Affleck housed in Box 29036 O/S

Folder of papers relating to the Charles and Bray families, which includes correspondence, several manuscripts and a family tree.

Folder of papers relating to the Delpratt family of Tambourine, which includes correspondence and a history written by 'Aunt Nell' iin 1946.

Folder of papers relating to the Lade family who established a vineyard on the Kedron Brook at Mitchelton, called Durrenden. Included are newspaper clippings on the vineyard, and Glen Retreat mandarins, copies of land titles, and correspondence.

Folder of papers relating to the Muntze family and the production of macadamias in Hawaii and Queensland. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence and journal articles.

Folder of papers relating to William Thomas 'Bill' Priest, born in Shetland in 1900 died Brisbane 1993, a merchant seaman, later professional fisherman, who had settled in New Zealand but after his wife's death found employment with Percy Tripcony and fished the northern coast of Queensland. Included are copies of his memoirs, eulogies, sympathy cards, notebooks and correspondence.

Folder of papers relating to families connected to the Laheys. They include: the Boyd, Costello / Winn, Feez, Kidd, Strong, Thalon and Walmsely families.

Folder of papers relating to the Irish family history of the Lahey clan. Included are greeting cards, correspondence, family trees collated by Shirley Lahey.

Papers, maps and other material relating the history of Ireland connected to the Lahey family.

Papers relating to the vessel 'Louis Therialt' which was acquired by the Lahey brothers to ship timber from the Fiji islands to their mill in Corinda. Included are photographs, correspondence and research notes on its history.

Papers relating to research into the service of John Rowland Alwyn Lahey, Noel Alaric Lahey and Romeo Watkins Lahey, along with newspaper clippings and an exhibition catalogue 'Through women's eyes. Australian women artists and war 1914-1994', as well as list of all enlistments for the First World War with the name of Lahey.

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his son John.

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his son John.

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his son John.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey.

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his daughter Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong]

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his son John.

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his children Alicia and William.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his children Alicia and William

Letter from Francis Lahey, Pimpama to his daughter Jane [Nicklin] with typed transcript.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her sister Jane Nicklin, Brisbane.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong]  from her sister Jane Nicklin, Langlands, Brisbane.

Letter to David Lahey from his brothers John and Thomas Lahey

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her sister Jane Nicklin, Coorparoo, Brisbane. [photocopy]

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her sister Jane Nicklin, 'Hatherton', Coorparoo, Brisbane.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her mother Alicia Lahey [written on mourning paper]

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her sister Eva, Methodist Parsonage, Ipswich.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother David Lahey, Yeronga. [photocopy]

Letter to Willie [?] from his cousin James Allen 'Langie' Lahey #111, while serving with the 5th Queensland Contingent, South Africa.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to Allan & Halpin, Solicitors from John Lahey regarding the estate of the late Charles Doherty, his grand uncle.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane regarding the estate of the late Charles Doherty.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane regarding the estate of the late Charles Doherty, and requesting documents.

Letter to Alicia Jane Lahey [Strong] from her brother John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to David Lahey from his brother John, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to David Lahey, Canungra from his brother John Lahey [letterhead Lahey Bros. & Nicklin]

Letter to David Lahey from his brother John, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to David Lahey, Canungra from his brother John Lahey [letterhead Lahey Bros. & Nicklin]

Letter to David Lahey from his brother John, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Draft reply from one dated 7 September 1908 

Letter from David Lahey, Tramway Camp [Canunga?] [letterbook copy] with handwritten draft.

Letter from Jane Lahey, Sidney House, Toowong, to her uncle [? Lahey]

Letter from David Lahey, to his brother John Lahey

Letter to David Lahey, Canungra from his brother John Lahey [letterhead Lahey Bros. & Nicklin]

Letter to David Lahey, Canungra from his brother John Lahey, Brisbane

Letter from David Lahey to [unidentified] regarding his return to Canungra.

Letter from John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane, to his brother David

Letter from David Lahey, Sidney House, Toowong, to Mr Ross, of Davis & Fehorn [?], Sydney regarding tramway construction.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to his brothers / Laheys Ltd regarding shares to Mr Ross, of Davis & Fehorn.

Letter from Laheys Ltd (brothers) to David Lahey, Canunga, regarding shares to Mr Ross.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to his brothers / Laheys Ltd regarding conduct of business outside of the company.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to Mr Ross, of Davis & Frehorn [?], Sydney regarding shares in Lahey's Ltd.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to his son Romeo with congratulations on his success. [photocopy]

Memorandum for Mr W.H. Widham [?] from John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane regarding the completion of their order.

Memorandum for Canungra Mill, from John Lahey, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Letter to John Lahey, from solicitors in Ireland acting for the estate of the late Charles Doherty, and the dispersal of his legacy.

Letter from David Lahey (Lahey's Ltd), to [unidentified] regarding a proposed boom across the [Brisbane?] River.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to his brothers / Laheys Ltd  regarding several small farm mills for sale.

Letter from John Lahey, Clayfield, to his brother David Lahey regarding business opportunities for him and his sons.

Letter from John Lahey, to his brother David Lahey, Canungra regarding business opportunities.

Letter from David Lahey, Canungra, to his brothers / Laheys Ltd.

Letter from David Lahey, Woolloongabba, to Mr Ross, of Davis & Frehorn [?], Sydney regarding the establishment of a mill near Brisbane.

Letter from John Lahey, to his brother David Lahey, Canungra regarding his intention to visit potential timber sources.

Letter from David Lahey, Greylands, Indooroopilly, to Mr Hudson, Nerang regarding the supply of timber.

Letter from David Lahey, Greylands, Indooroopilly, to Mr Thornton [?] Blackbutt, regarding the supply of timber.

Letter from David Lahey, Greylands, Indooroopilly, to Edward Thompson, Murgon, regarding the supply of timber.

[Copy of letter] sent by David Lahey, to George Henderson, Sydney regarding employment for one of his sons.

Letter by David Lahey, to Berlin Machine Works, Sydney regarding employment for one of his sons. [2 pages very fragile]

Letter from David Lahey, Indooroopilly, to Laheys Ltd (brothers) regarding a site for sale, suitable for a mill on the Morningside site of Coorparoo Station.

Letter from David Lahey, Greylands, Indooroopilly, to George Henderson, Sydney, regarding employment for one of his sons.

Letter from David Lahey, Greylands, Indooroopilly, to George Henderson, Sydney, regarding Langdon and Langdon's horitzontal mill.

Fragment of letter [page 4] from David Lahey regarding the partnership of the Lahey Brothers.

Typed copy of a letter from John Lahey, Woolloongabba, to Alice & Halpin, Solicitors, Cavan, Ireland regarding the dispersal of the estate of the late Charles Doherty.