Summary

The Bell Family were a well-known pastoral family which owned and operated the Lornesleigh and Mt McConnell station on the Burdekin Basin in the late 19th and into the 20th centuries. The eldest of the sons, Richard Bell married John Henry Clark's eldest daughter, Jane Florence Adele Clark. When John Henry Clark died Jane inherited Lornesleigh Station. Richard and Jane had three daughters and five sons, one of which was Jack Bell (see below).

This Archive includes a letterbook belonging to John Henry Clark (1893-1896), a Glendon Station account book, and a Work Diary (1919) of T. Bell, Mt McConnell.

Below is a funeral notice for "Jack" Bell which identifies many of the Bell Family Members

FUNERAL NOTICE

BELL.-The Relatives and Friends of Mr and Mrs R. L. C. Bell (Cranbourne), Mr and Mrs Cam Williams and Family (Yungaburra), Mrs F. M. L. Coleman and Family, the Messrs William, Thomas, and George Bell (Mt McConnell) and Miss Maud Bell (Mt McConnell) are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved Brother and their Uncle, Mr John Richard George (Jack) Bell (Mt McConnell), which will leave St. Columba's Church at 2 p.m. This Day Friday, March 31, 1950. Also the Friends of Mrs M. Bell and Family (Cardigan), Mr and Mrs T. J. Bell and Family (Melbourne), and Mr and Mrs M. Bell and Family (Melbourne), are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved Nephew and Cousin, Herbert Hall (Clarke Bros.) Undertaker.