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Agatha Christie visited soon after the Prince.
According to Tim Bell, Agatha Christie met his great aunt and uncle, Una and Bert, who were down at Sydney. Agatha’s husband, Archibald Christie, was interested in flying and Bert Bell started talking about planes.
Una, the eldest sister started talking with Agatha Christie, who admitted she was getting a little bored. Una asked ‘Would she like to come and see a cattle property up in Queensland?’ and so Agatha went and spent a week at Coochin without her husband; he went up afterwards.
According to Gertrude Bell’s diaries, Agatha Christie loved being at Coochin. They put a concert on the Saturday night at the Mt Alford School of Arts. Agatha was part and parcel of the performance, she sang at the concert, wrote skits, and helped make costumes and decorate the hall.
In the tradition of notable guests planting a