The Mayne Inheritance (19 page)

The Cox murder: Archives Office, New South Wales, 9/6345 Supreme Court, Brisbane, Regina vs William Fyfe. 1848. Cedar Cutting: AO, NSW. 4/1099.2 Colonial Secretary Misc., Special Bundles.

For immigration and the early years of Patrick Mayne and Mary McIntosh see AO, NSW, Bounty Index 28–42, rolls 1336 and 1343, Assisted Immigration Archives. For Kangaroo Point in C19th I have drawn on Brisbane History Group Papers No 6, ‘‘People, Places and Pageantry'' 1987 and W. Ross Johnston,
Brisbane—The First Thirty Years
(Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1988). For a history of the slaughterhouse I read John Greig Smith's ‘‘The Foundation of Kangaroo Point'' in ‘‘People, Places and Pageantry'';
Moreton Bay Courier,
various issues April 1848–October 1849; Queensland State Archives, CPS. Bench of Magistrates 1846. All land transactions were searched in NSW and Qld
Government Gazettes;
Qld Lands Office Register of Land Sales; QSA, Land Transfers, and the Immigration Register of Land Orders. For petty crime I consulted QSA, files and
MBC,
various issues. For Hotel Licenses see QSA, CPS Moreton Bay Record of Recognisances 1848–. Information on the McGrath and Pacey families came from a 1994 interview with a descendant, Mrs Kay Bothwell.

Much of Patrick's life was traced through advertisements, public notices and court cases reported in the
MBC;
Queensland State Library, Colonial Secretary's Letters; and QSA, Brisbane General Hospital file 1852; SCT/P7 Eccles.298, 1865, Mayne Estate accounts; QSA/TRE 15 Rosevale Station. The Thomas Dowse property sale was noted in Johnston,
Brisbane—The First Thirty Years,
p.123. Material on Dara is from N.J. Byrne,
Robert Dunne: Archbishop of Brisbane 1830–1917
(St Lucia: UQP, 1991), p.71 and the Roman Catholic Brisbane Archdiocesan Archives.

For petitions and charitable funds see QSL, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1853–1854 and
MBC,
various issues. For Jacob Schelling's death see
MBC,
10.2.1858. Western Creek is now the Milton drain. The waterhole was in the vicinity of Lang Park. QSA hold Patrick's will, SCT/P7 Eccles. 298, 1865 and the Darragh divorce papers, QSA, SCT/CH 6, No.85. Demolition of Dara is described in T.P. Boland,
James Duhig
(St Lucia: UQP, 1986), p.37. Material on the first town Council came from Brisbane Council Archives and G. Greenwood and J. Laverty,
Brisbane 1859–1959. A History of Local Government
(Brisbane City Council, 1959).

John Cameron's reminiscences are at the Oxley Memorial Library. The Queen Street fire was reported in the
Brisbane Courier
12.4.1846.

W.R.O. Hill's anecdote is in his
45 Year's Experience in North Queensland 1861–1905
(Brisbane: H Pole & Co., 1907). For Bishop Quinn's immigration scheme see
Australian Dictionary of Biography,
1851–1890, vol.5, H.J. Gibbney, ‘‘James Quinn''; and QSA, Assisted Immigration files. Information on Father Dunne is drawn from Byrne,
Robert Dunne.
I obtained material on Rosanna Mayne at a 1993 interview with the late Sr Jean Marie at All Hallows' Convent, and drew on Sr Mary Xaverious,
Beyond Our Dreams
(Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961) and Byrne,
Robert Dunne.
The second Queen Street fire was reported in the
BC,
2.12.1864.

For the Qld Steam Navigation Co., see Denis Cryle,
The Press in Colonial Queensland
(St Lucia: UQP, 1989) and
MBC,
various issues. Extra background material on Archbishop Dunne comes from his Letter Book held in microfilm at the QSL. Reference to the Cox murder is in Henry Stuart Russell,
The Genesis of Queensland
(NSW: Turner and Henderson, 1888), p.395 and J.J. Knight,
In the Early Days
(Brisbane: Sapsford and Co., 1895), pp.237–244. The Irish anecdote about horses at a murderer's funeral came from Mr Ed Mulroy, grandson of a witness at the funeral. It is also noted by Gwen Harwood,
Blessed City
(Angus & Robertson, 1990), p.210. A 1993 interview with the late Mrs Thelma McConnell revealed that news of hereditary insanity in the Mayne family was given to the McConnells by Dr Lilian Cooper. For Mary Mayne's difficulties with her husband's debt, see QSA., Queensland Supreme Court, Equity Jurisdiction 4.11.1868 and Z55, SCT, Eccles.289. Also
QGG.,
Nov.1869, Dec.1879. Bishop Quinn's debts are noted by Byrne, p.64.

The Mooney family information provided by Mr Barry Alexander in 1994 is held at RCBAA. Mary Mayne's life is compiled from family documents held at QSA;
Shaw's Brisbane Directory and Squatters' Guide, 1876;
OML, S.W. Jack's Cutting Book No 11;
BC,
Shipping Lists 29.3.1878. For Rosanna's life I have drawn on N.J. Byrne, Sr Mary Xaverious, Sr Jean Marie, and the All Hallows' Convent Archivist. (See Sources Ch.6). For the boys' education I drew on the Estate accounts; Brisbane Grammar School Archives; RCBAA, St Killian's School file; and records at the University of Sydney. Isaac's legal training: QSA, SCT/CK11 and CK 12. The Markwell family information came from QSL, Grave Inscriptions and
BC,
15.10.1868. It should be noted that Patrick Mayne was in Brisbane when Fyfe was executed and did not witness it as stated by H.S. Russell.

For Isaac's involvement with Mrs Kelly's will see QSA, Z155, Eccles. I learned of the
Walrus
rumours from Mrs Libby Wager of Kenmore. The
Walrus'
history is in Ronald Parsons,
Paddle Steamers of Australasia
(Lobethal, South Australia: R. Parsons, 1973). James qualified MRCS., LRCP., London University, 1890. For his association with Brisbane General Hospital see QSA.Hos 1, BGH. Minutes. M'ship of various societies is noted in
Pugh's Almanac,
1891–1903. For the family's travel to Europe refer AO.NSW, Outward Bound X489,490, 1903. Information on homosexual activity in Brisbane came from Dr Clive Moore, ‘‘The Abominable Crime: First Steps Towards a Social History of Male Homosexuals in Colonial Queensland, 1859–1900'' in
Gay Perspectives II,
ed. Robert Aldrich (Sydney: University of Sydney, 1993). Florence Davidson's diary came from her granddaughter, Mrs Jill Bruxner.

The Tatsuzo Tobita papers are at QSA, Jus/N.180. 1904. The death was reported in
BC,
10.6.1904. For James' handling of Isaac's illness see AO.NSW, R5/5885 Register of Patients and Admissions Book, Casebook No.6, and R5/5881 Register of Discharges, Removals and Deaths. For the death of Carl Markwell, see QSA, Jus/N 58, 1905. Rosanna's deed of assignment is held with Isaac's estate papers, QSA, Z1701, 294, 1905.

I was told of the Moggill residents' regard for James and Mary Emelia by Mrs Libby Wager. Material on Dr E.S. Jackson came from N. Parker and J. Pearn, eds,
Ernest Sandford Jackson,
(The Australian Medical Asscn (Qld Branch) and the Dept Child Health, University of Queensland, 1987), with particular reference to the chapters by Dr Clarence Leggett and Dr Geoffrey Kenny. For James' interest in rowing see
Pugh's Almanac,
various years. For his association with Dr Fred Whitehouse I drew on the University of Queensland Archives, S130, 56800/70250/01 Memorials Mayne, 1969. William's will is held at QSA, SCT, Eccles.699, 1921. James Mayne's relations with Archbishop Duhig are noted in Boland,
Duhig,
especially p.233. Additional material came from an interview with Mr Norman Jolly son of the former Mayor of Brisbane, William Jolly. For details of the Maynes' major gifts of land, refer UQ Archives, and M. Thomis,
A Place of Light & Learning
(St Lucia: UQP, 1985). The article on the Brisbane Arcade is published in
A & B Journal of Queensland,
7.11.1923; 7.2.1924.

The debates over the sites are covered in Thomis,
A Place of Light & Learning.
The gift of the site is recorded in W.A. Jolly,
The Inauguration of Greater Brisbane
(held OML); various issues of the
BC
and
Brisbane Telegraph,
October 1926; Harrison Bryan, ‘‘The University of Queensland 1910–1960, an Essay Towards a History'' (held UQFL). For Dr Whitehouse's comments see UQFL,
Galmahra,
April 1927. Archbishop Duhig's effort to build the Holy Name Cathedral is covered in Boland's
Duhig.
With reference to the Archbishop's financial difficulties, Boland notes (p.243) that he approached the Works Minister, Mr Sizer, with a plan to supply masses of Benedict stone for the University buildings. For James' refusal to accept the care of Rosanna, refer RCBAA, James Mayne to James Duhig, 4.1.1930. The schedule of Rosanna's land was provided by the Srs of Mercy, Brisbane Congregational Archives. James' letters to the Haysoms are held UQFL. Dr Morgan Windsor provided the anecdote of his father's association with James Mayne.