Party: C.O. Garbutt Diaries
Summary
Items: one box. Shelf Location: 3R. Diaries of Charles Overend Garbutt, 1897, 1899, 1903, three volumes. Cover prospecting and mining activity in Atherton Tableland and hinterland and pastoral life, the latter regarding Balcooma (1897), Tirrabella (1899) and Mascotte (1903) Stations. The Garbutt family moved to Townsville in 1907 and established a chain of butcher shops and became prominent in local business and social circles. Bound photocopies of diaries also held. DELAMOTHE.