Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Gertrude Bell is affectionaly known as ‘Granny’ by the current resident Bells. She is Tim Bell’s great grandmother and her candid and extensive diaries have given an insight into life at Coochin in those early days.
Before taking the name Bell, she was Gertrude Norton and lived in a large and affluent home at Darling Point in Sydney. She was just 18 when she met James at a garden party in Sydney. He was in town on business and for 10 days he romanced the much younger Gertrude. On his final day in Sydney the then 35-year-old proposed to Gertrude. She accepted.
Between 1875 and 1882 Gertrude and James lived at Camboon, the family cattle property in central Queensland. Gertrude initially found the remote location difficult to take; she had been an eager and willing participant of the Sydney social scene prior to marrying.
While living at Camboon,