Lionel Gilbert papers and photographs relating to David Scott Mitchell and Margaret Scott Quigley, 1986-1987

MLMSS 9918

fonds

1986-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

1002184

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
6 photographs - coloured

Dr Lionel Arthur Gilbert (1924-2015) was an Armidale author, historian and naturalist. Dr Gilbert wrote many books, including The Last Word: Two Centuries of Australian Epitaphs (2005) and History Around Us (1974).

David Scott Mitchell (1836-1907), academic and book collector, was the only son of Dr James Mitchell, a physician, and Augusta Maria Frederick Scott, a member of a well-connected family with properties in the Hunter River region.

His younger sister Margaret Scott Mitchell (d. 1886) married William Bell Quigley in 1870, Dr James Mitchell's former coachman. William Quigley was accidentally killed on Tuesday 19th March, 1879 and was buried on his property at Lake Macquarie. Margaret Quigley was killed in the 1886 fire that destroyed her Booragul home.

David Scott Mitchell died of pernicious anaemia on 24 July 1907, and was buried in the Church of England section at Rookwood Cemetery. In 1987, David Scott Mitchell’s tombstone at Rookwood was restored by stonemason Con Sondermeyer.

References:
Library correspondence file
Obituraries Australia, http://oa.anu.edu.au (accessed 23 March 2017)
Dictionary of Sydney, http://dictionaryofsydney.org, (accessed 21 March 2017)
Lake Macquarie History Project (online), https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=3754, (accessed 21 March 2017).

Notes, photographs and newscuttings concerning the restoration of David Scott Mitchell’s tombstone and the story of his sister Margaret Scott Quigley. Includes:

Six photographs of Con Sondermeyer with the monument and Mitchell Grave in Rookwood before and after its restoration, 18 May 1986-9 April 1987, annotated with explanatory notes by Dr. Lionel Gilbert. Includes photocopy of article 'David Scott Mitchell and stony silence' by Lionel Gilbert published in 'Biblionews', September 1986, page 67.

Photograph of the William Bell Quigley and Margaret Scott Quigley's tombstone at the gravesite in Booragul, a newsclipping of an article from the Newcastle Herald, 1987, about the death of Margaret Scott Quigley, and notes by Dr. Lionel Gilbert.

Copyright restrictions may apply: In copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Copyright holder:: Dr Lionel Gilbert
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