In July 1990 a Fraser-McBean reunion was held in Caboolture. It was organised by a 3rd cousin, Bryan Frazer. Bryan generously published his extensive family tree research in a booklet made available at the reunion. (My copy is well thumbed and much treasured!)

 At the time of writing his book Bryan had been able to record 610 descendants of  our Scottish ancestors, Alexander (Snr) Fraser and Margaret Fraser (nee McBean).

The historic details that Bryan provided confirmed that the story of the FraSers that was told in the page from The Binda Connection, was indeed the story of our FraZer family. In his wonderful book Bryan explained how ‘the Frazers up around Charleville’ came to spell their surname with a “Z”!

Bryan Frazer is a great grandson of William Frazer and Marion Frazer (nee Nicholson). I am the great granddaughter of Alexander Frazer and Agnes Jane Frazer (nee Stewart). 

William and Alexander were two of the nine children born to Alexander (Jnr) Frazer and Martha Frazer (nee Marks).

In January 1989, in preparation for the reunion, Bryan wrote to members of my family introducing himself, and asking for assistance in supplying dates and details related to the descendants of our great-grandfather, Alexander Frazer (1870 -1937). I was very excited by his project, and I happily supplied information and copies of old photos. 

 Bryan’s book answered many of my questions. The experience of the reunion gifted me with a greatly expanded understanding of “the Charleville Frazers” whom my great aunts only ever referred very vaguely to. 

The event also made me keenly aware that the history of our branch of this family group, (who were “Wyandra Frazers”), appeared to be unrecorded. By pointing out that nobody else could do so, I successfully prevailed upon my mother to write a short history of the “Werona” property for me. I continued on with my efforts to collate as much family history information as I could.