robert_m-p

Robert Sterling Murray-Prior

The family has numerous photos of Robert M-P.1)
Robert Sterling M-P. Robert M-P is far right. It appears to be a press photo of an important legal event.
This photo of Robert M-P is undated though is believed to be taken at his or his sisters' home in Hunters Hill. Reading in his garden.

A postcard from Bob (Robert) to Stella (Estella) who was staying in Brisbane with his step-sister Lizzie Jardine. He says it was the 'Army & Navy team' who beat Victoria. He is the middle man in the back row.

Alderman of Hunters Hill Council, Robert M-P on extreme right. Robert M-P with his grandson Geoffrey in the 1940s.
This photo illustrated the article by Isobel Hannah, 'The Royal Descent of the first Postmaster General of Queensland'2):

Estella Augusta (Stella) Murray-Prior nee Herring

This photo was labelled Mum by Stella's daughter.3): Undated photos of Stella (Estella). As she was born in 1883, and from her clothes, they are c. 1903. This is a group photo of girls wearing the same type of hat, presumably with fellow students and teachers of the school Stella attended. 4)
Estella on her wedding day.5)


1)
Provenance of all the following: J. Godden, either copies or originals.
2)
Queensland Geographical Journal, 41:LV, p.13.
3)
courtesy Fiona and emma Cullen-Ward
4)
Provenance Fiona Cullen-Ward
5)
Provenance Jeanie Gatt
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