Bell Family papers

This series consists of three permits issued to Gertrude Bell while in the Middle East, England and Scotland; allowing her to visit Egyptian monuments; identity documents issued by the Police during her stay in London; and a permit allowing travel within a military zone.

1. A permit issued to Gertrude Bell in 1911 allowing her to access certain Egyptian monuments, by Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte.

2. Permit book issued to Gertrude Bell on the 5 September 1916 allowing her to travel within the "special military area," to Inverness Fortress on the 28 September 1916

3. A certificate issued to Gertrude Bell under the National Registration Act of 1915.

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Three ration books issed by the Ministry of Food, Food Office of Westminster to Gertrude Bell, Enid Bell and Mary Bell. During the First World War, Gertrude Bell and her daughters resided in England for several years, during which time her sons Bertram and Victor served with the Royal Air Force.

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Three folders of letters which discuss various matters pertaining to running a pastoral station, such as agricultural machinery, problems with flies, droughts, etc.

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Letters mainly addressed to Mrs Gertrude Augusta Bell of Coochin Coochin station, from a variety of correspondents including her daughter Una and her nephew Peter. A few other letters are addressed to her daughters.

[Item 6]

Letters of condolence on the occasion of Gertrude Augusta Bell's death in 1946. The letters are addressed to Gertrude's daughters Enid, Una and Aileen at Coochin Coochin Station.

[Item 7]

A letter written to Enid Bell from by W. J. Morrison of the International Bookshop, inquiring if she would be interested in having her book "Legends of the Coochin Coochin" republished. The letter provides a list of publishing houses which Morrison believes may be interested in publishing the book.

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Accounts relating to the history of Coochin Coochin Station and the Bell Family.

• An account of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's visit to Coochin
• Photocopy of the above
• History tracing the fortunes of the owners of Jimbour from 1840 to 1953
• Part of Enid Bell's compilation of the history of Coochin Coochin Station
• Report on a lecture by Enid Bell on the history of her home, Coochin Coochin Station

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Contracts, 1904-1915: Contracts, with accompanying correspondence, for the cattle sold at the Coochin Coochin Station

Certificates, 1905: Certificate of registration of dairy for the Coochin Coochin estate at Boonah under the Dairy Produce Act of 1904

Financial records, 1909-1910: Financial records for the sale of cattle from 1909 to 1910

Specifications, Undated: Specifications for fences at Coochin Coochin estate

Permits, 1905: Permit allowing Ernest Bell to transport his cattle to the Brisbane Showgrounds.

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Diary entries written by James Norton, father of Gertrude Bell, describing his work at Elswick Homestead, near Parramatta, NSW.

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Pamphlet issued in connection with the sale of Coochin Stud Herefords, at Boonah Show Grounds on Friday 24th October 1924.

'John and Gregory Blaxland, by J.K.S. Houison. A paper read before the Royal Australian Historical Society, 29 Oct 1935.

'Bell's Line of Road: The North Grose Route' by H.A. MacLeod Morgan, printed in 1956.

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