list of manuscripts held in the capricornia cq - Library

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MS No. Title Description Notes 

A1/1 Birkbeck papers 1698-1906; photocopies 

A2/2-17 Macdonald family papers 1887-1962 

A3/18-49 1 Qld Dept Lands R'ton records 1865-1959 

A48/50 1 Bowen Basin Educational 

Programme 

newspaper clippings 

A49/50 2 Harrison Family Newspaper clippings re: 

Rev. Duncan Harrsion 

A4/50 3 Some events in the history copy of Frank Golding's 

of Mt Morgan 

typescript 

A57/50 4 The pots from Aiborn Manuscript - unpublished 

novel of Peter James 

A11/50 5 Comments re: Rocky Point QCC comments on EIS 

sand mining 

report 1978 

A19/50 6 Authority to prospect no. geological report by BJ 

52c Capella 

Pegrem 1975 

A28/50 7 Authority to prospect no. 

57c Rolledton 

report by Thiess Bros 1975 

A61/50 8 Rainfall observations at 

Calliope 

1923-1973 

A8/50 9 Mt Larcom & District 1975-1978; mostly 

mining protest group photocopies 

A9/50 10 Biographical dictionary papers by D Carment for 

entries 

William Knox D'Arcy & 

Alexander Chisolm 

A10/50 11 Beef industry papers Far North Regional Forum 

& Prices Justificaiton 

Tribunal, 1979 

A63/51 Authority to prospect 89c geological report for BHP 

near Capella 

1976 

A54/52 Blackwater Social Survey photocopy from Duaringa Restricted access - 

1976 

Shire Council 

see descriptive list for 

details 

A56/53-58 Qld Select Committee on one set of submissions, 

Education 

mostly typescripts







A13/59 Newspaper clippings 1914- re: electoral matters, 

1963 

WWII rationing, WWI 

servicemen from the local 

area 

A32/60-65 Australian National Power records 1926-48 (based at 

Alcohol Co. 

Sarina) 

A15/66-81 Rockhampton Fire Brigade records 1894-1933 

A34/82-88 Congregational Church, 

Rockhampton 

A35/90-93 Qld Locomotive 

Enginemen, Firemen and 

Cleaners' Association 

X9/94-95 Beef industry in the Fitzroy 

region 

records 1861-1977 Restricted access - 


details 

records 1886-1921 

papers gathered by Lorna 

McDonald for her PhD 

A31/96-103 Fitzroy Regional Council for records 1974-77 

Social Development 

A33/104-105 National Trust of Qld, R'ton records 1973-76 

branch 

A36/106-108 Biloela consumer 

residential survey 1979; 

behaviour 

survey responses 

A40/109 R'ton Amateur Angling 

Club 

records 1949-59 

A58/110-127, 

129-136 

Shannon family papers 1857-1973 

X10/128 Shannon family papers 1877-1986 

A55/137-166 R'ton Girls Grammar records 1892-1971 Restricted access - 

School 


details 

A46/167 Aust Instit Agric Science, 

R'ton branch 

records 1978-1981 

A17/168 Comments re: 

QCC comments on EIS 

Farnborough Resort EIA report 1978 

A5/169 1 Mt Morgan & District various records, 

Historical Society 

newspaper cuttings 1973- 

1986 

U1/170 Reg Birch collection variety of items 

(photographs, newspapers 

etc) 

A7/171 1 Rockhampton History 

Committee 

records 1975-1980 

A14/171 2 Judith Wright letter Aug 9, 1979, photocopy, Restricted access - 

closed until 2029 


details







A6/172 1 History of Rotary in Mt 

Morgan 1956-70 

Frank Golding's manuscript 

A26/172 2 Caravan Parks & Assoc of 

Qld, Central Qld division 

records 1977-78 

A25/172 3 History of Adam & 

Elizabeth McCartney 

family history 

A24/172 4 West R'ton Community 

Development Association 

records 1971-1976 

A23/172 5 CQ Consumers' Association April 1978 survey re: meat 

Survey 

products 

A21/172 6 Memoir on Gen. Douglas typescript of interview with 

MacArthur 

Francis Forde 

A43/172 7 Letter to Wilfred Dumbrell Offer of employment & 

terms of service 

A27/172 8 Rockhampton Productivity working group report on 

Group 

parts pooling 

A62/172 9-10 Sarina Methodist Church photocopies; church 

committee minutes 1909- 

24 

A37/172 11 Diary of William Conn 1888; typed transcription 

Williams 

of the original 

A38/172 12 Role of surveyors in the photocopy of Lorna 

early history of CQ McDonald's paper 

A22/172 13 Cultural revolution 1978 & views of author, ER 

American Invasion Robertson 

A45/172 14 Poems and plays author Andrew Lonsdale Restricted access - 


details 

A39/172 15 Cawarral history 1870-74; typescripts of 

transcribed documents 

A29/172 16 Fire behaviour in the 1963 Preliminary draft 

brigalow lands of the 

Fitzroy Basin 

report by AG McArthur 

A30/172 17 Gladstone District 

re: license applications 

Broadcasting Pty Ltd Biloela and Yeppoon 

A16/172 18 Comments re: 1978 materials collected from a 

Iwasaki project EIS range of sources by CIAE 

library 

A41/172 19 Fifty years of married life family history of Maurice 

1929-79 

and Gladys South 

W12/172 20 Methodist and Uniting activities of the churches 

Churches, North R'ton 1945-87 

A18/173 1 Wide Bay Burnett 

Conservation Council 

re:national parks proposals 

A20/173 2 Rockhampton Church of Saint George's, Saint 

England homes 

Mary's, Saint Pauls







A44/173/3 Papers & notes on the Wills 

massacre of 1861 

research notes, prelim 

article, tapes and slides of 

A47/173 4 Purchase of Dunrobin Park 

David Carment 

papers: original typed or 

Station 

handwritten documents 

B7/173 5 From Hornet Bank to Cullin- paper by Gordon Reid on 

la-Ringo 

the massacres 

B9/173 6 Wills family documents 9 documents from 1860- 

1881 

B10/173 7 Henry Arthur Kellow 1881- manuscript by Lorna 

1935 

McDonald 

B12/173 8 History of Barcaldine 

Hospital 

from Dr EA Cook, 1981 

C12/173 9 Correspondence to Norman 4 letters, 1901-1904 

F White 

B14/173 10 Letter from JWD Milne to June 26, 1866; photograph 

his father 

of original letter 

C4/173 11 Henry Arthur Kellow 1882- Lorna McDonald's 

1935 

manuscript 

B15/173 12 Trnsfer of land no. c672 Statutory declaration July 

from Charles Melbourne to 

Margaret Ruff 

10 1899 

C9/173 13 Louis Dunn pension claim photocopy; October 1910 

C10/173 14 Letter from Lowes Dibdin photocopy; 1863 - to Mr & 

Mrs Thoma Colman Dibdin 

A64/174-177 Papers of J.W. Wilson 1876-1975 

typescripts/photocopies:va 

X21/178-179 Records Baptist Churches 

C.Q. 1916-75 

rious correspondence 

Meeting minutes, 

membership rolls, 

miscellaneous papers 

X23/180 Papers of the Luck Family 1940-1975 Newspaper 

clippings,trade 

A12/181 Rockhampton and District 

catalogues,portrait. 

1949- Photocopies - 

Historical Society Papers. material on Rockhampton 

A59/182-184 Commission of Enquiry 1975: Typescript- report 

into Youth Problems in 

QLD 

and recommendations. 

A60/185-187 Queensland Commission of 1973: Typescript- Inc. 

Enquiry into the Status of 

Women. 

report/recommendations 

Restricted access - 


details







A42/188 [Papers], 1826-1921 of Manuscript, some 

Nott,William Ingles,1882- photocopies of 

1965 

correspondence/other. 

A50/189 Papers/correspondence Manuscript:Correspondenc 

Stirrat family 

e;legal 

papers;photos;cuttings;ma 

p. 

A53/190-209 Royal Commission-State 1954-56 Typescripts; 

Coal Mine, CollinsvilleQLD) maps /diagrams 

A51/210-214 Central Supreme Court 

Library, Rockhampton 

A52/215-217 Central Supreme Court 

Library, Rockhampton 

B1/218 History of Capricornia 

Institute of Advanced 

Education 

B2/219 1 Colin Archer: a 

memoir.[James Archer] 

B3/220 Diaries and writings/ Mick 

Stonebridge 

B4/221 Mt Morgan Municipal 

Council Meetings 

B5/222 History of Golden Willow/ 

Golden Flower Sapphires 

B6/223 Raglan Cemetery. Register 

of deaths. 

B11/224-237 Methodist Church of 

Australiasia 

B13/238 Papers of Henry Arthur 

Kellow, 1881-1935 

C1/239-246 Rockhampton Trades and 

Labour Council 

C3/247 Rton: a history of city and 

district/first draft 

1897-1938 Cuttings from 

Courier Mail reporting 

court hearings 

190?-71 Maanuscripts of 

Catalogues/Subject Index 

1965-78 Manuscript by 

Lynne Cain 

1940 Typescript: Includes 

additional copy/brochure 

1948-78 Manuscript: gem 

miner of Rubyvale, CQ. 

1907-17 Cuttings from 

Morning Bulletin [ 

compiled G. Westacott] 

1952-61 

Manuscript/Photocopies 

compiled by H. Clifton/Parr 

1901-81 Manuscript/ from 

Raglan Cemetary Trust 

1859-1975 Records 

[manuscript], printing 

blocks. 

1925-26 Manuscript. Four 

published works, records. 

1970-80 

Correspondence/Minutes- 

Manuscript/Typescript 

Typescript by Lorna 

McDonald 1979-80? 



details 



details







C5/248 Rton: a history of city and 1980-81? Typescript: final 

district/final draft 

draft before University of 

Qld editing 

C2/249-250 Minutes of Duaringa Shire 1881-1934 Photocopy of 

Council 

manuscript 

C8/251 Manual of Industrial Typescript 1965? - Memo 

Procedure/Mt Morgan Ltd to staff: Includes index. 

C6/252-253 Records of A .Pearson [firm 

of plumbers] 

1926-53 

Manuscript/Typescript - 

C7/254 Records of Westwood 

purchase books etc. 

1902-76 Mostly 

Cemetery Trust 

Manuscript; various 

records. 

D3/255 1 Papers of Mt Morgan and 1909-1983 Itemised list of 

District Hist. Soc. 

contents. Mostly 

manuscript. 

D2/255 2 Papers of the Bradley 1913-75 Some 

Family 

Photocopies.Contains 

Ledger and letters. 

D5/255 3 Correspondence to Mary 1917-45 Manuscript: Four 

letters to soldiers 

WW1/WW2 

C14/255 4 Mt Morgan Town Council 1917-26 Cuttings from 

Meetings 

Morning Bulletin 

H4/255 5-10 Mt Morgan and District 1987. Photocopies:topics 

Historical Society 

relate to Mt Morgan 

J22/255 11 The New Argus: Mt Morgan 

State High School 

1988-Manuscript. School 

Newspaper Ed.1-9 

G23/255 12 Mt Morgan Rotary Club 1974-75 Photocopies - 

Report of activitiesof club 

J18/255 13 Papers of Mt Morgan and 1987 compiled by F.L. 


Golding.[ manuscript] 

D1/256-257 National Trust of 

1955-81 Manuscript: 

Queensland [Rton] records papers 

correspondence. 

R15/257 National Trust of 

Texts on 

Queensland [Rton] Plumbing/domestic 

engineering: various 

dates. 

C17/258 Papers of Mt Morgan and 1899-81 Photocopies/ 


Carbon copies 

C16/259 Birbeck Family 1777-1884 Photocopies 

papers/correspondence







D9/260-262 Labour Day Celebrations 1909-76 Records and 

Committee 

papers [manuscript] 

D11/263 1 Burial Records of Calliope 

Shire Cemetery 

1885-1982 [Manuscript] 

C13/263 2 Correspondence to N.F 

.White 

1901,1908. [Manuscript] 

D12/263 3 Certificates relating to 

Simon Baggow 

1902-14 Photocopies 

D14/263 4 Correspondence relating to File from Post-master 

Yeppoon Post Office 

building 

General's Dept 1923-81 

D6/264 Records of Leichhardt 1925-73 manuscript 

Rowing Club 

[accomp. by 7 photos] 

D16/265 Records of Glenmore 1949-75 financial 

Presbyterian Ladies Guild records,notes,minutes,publ 

ications. 

E1/266 Papers of Robert William 1935-54 Correspondence 

Evans 

and contracts . 

D15/267-579, 

637-650 

Papers of Mt Morgan 

Limited/Mt Morgan Gold 

Mining Co. 

1886- Manuscript .Various 

records. 

U15/580 1 History of Mt Morgan Gold Manuscript by 

Mine1908-27 

B.G.Patterson 

U16/580 2 Papers of Ron Lennox 199-? Autobiographical 

sketch, other documents. 

U17/580 3 Papers relating to 

1950-92 Manuscript: some 

engineering topics. photocopies 

W3/580 4 Nudism - Central QLD Manuscript 1994-98: items 

gathered by Nudist groups 

W5/580 5 Opening of CIAE library by 

Princess Alexandra 

W7/580 6 Biographical notes on 

Frederick Taylor Powell 

W8/580 7 Surveys by Charles Alfred 

Starcke1878-1916 

W4/580 8-10 Charles Henry Misfeld 

Papers 1887-1931 

W6/580 11 Life of Charles 

F.S.M.Murlay S.M. 1831- 

1908 

1978 Manuscript. 

Commentary to 

accompany film 

1999 Manuscript by Hugh 

McMaster 

1996 Author JD 

Armstrong. 

Biography/surveys. 

1916-34 Manuscript:Farm 

permits and licences etc. 

Unpublished Biography by 

F. Fitzgerald: Manuscript







W9/580 12 Biography of the Brown Manuscript by R. Mackay 

Family (Rton) 

Brown Published1980-99. 

U18/590 1-9 Collection of locally 1941-1984 9 local booklets 

prepared booklets 

on various R'ton events & 

clubs 

P2/590 10-11 Business and information 1992 manuscript by 

guide, Rton & district Debbie Orr & Gene Dayton 

V1/590 12 Papers relating to the First manuscript by HR White: 

Fleet 

listings of convicts, 

marines, fleet officers 

V3/590 13 Certificate of appreciation 1913 certificate to 

from Rton Fire Brigade 

Board 

Superintendent W Stanley 

V4/590 14 Queensland Copy Book 19-- 

X5/590 15 Papers on matters of 1983-1996 manuscript by 

historical interest 

HS Spence 

X2/590 16 Central Girls School Rton 1907-1915 certificates 

awarded to Bertha and Lily 

Staines 

X7/590 17 Outline history of 42nd 2000 address by Major 

Battalion 

Mike Brown also in 

356.110994 2 

X4/590 18 Migrant ship passenger 1863-1889 photocopies of 

lists 

26 passenger lists; & 

fragments of more 

X28/590 19-20 Papers relating to CQ 1988-1995 manuscript by 

developments 

HS (Mick) Spence 

N1/591 1-2 Records of Diamond Downs 1920-1973 wool book, 

Station, Clermont 

shearing book, horse book, 

consignment notes 

P14/591 3 Isaac and Mackenzie 1988 draft of Report on 

Rivers 

water resources of the -- 

P15/591 4 A lifetime of commitment: 1992 manuscript by Helen 

Felicia & Francis Hopkins, 

Rton's early Quakers 

Griffin 

P3/591 5 Protectionism: Aborigines 

under the protection act in 

CQ 

X11/591 6 assessment report on 

magnesium plant 

X12/591 7 Picture theatres in Rton 

past and present 

1989 manuscript by 

Roberta Bolton 

1998 by Betty Cosgrove Restricted access - 


1980 photocopy with 

missing pictures by 

Margaret Black 

details







X13/591 8-13 papers relating to publicity 

for cinema screenings 

1926-1972 photocopies, 

clippings, photos, 

correspondence etc 

X20/591 14 Rockhamptons cinemas 1997 1 sound cassette 

Mick Cunningham & 

Jacquie Mackay 

P8/592 Papers by Ray Boyle 1993 conf paper, 

addresses & research 

E3/601 Register of marriage 

material 

1923-1943 Charles E 

(Baptist) 

Luton; and portrait 

E5/602 Defiance Milling Co 1967-1982 scrapbook, 

album, photos, flour bag 

samples. 

E7/603 1 arts graduates association 1981-1983 manuscript by 

CIAE 

MJ Higgins 

E8/603 2 papers relating to Mount 1982-1984 manuscript by 

Morgan 

MJ Higgins 

X14/603 3 Voyage of the "Chebassa" 1887 [ed1998] transcript 

from London to Qld of diary from photocopy of 

original at John Oxley 

X15/603 4 Allan Aitken in Australia 1998 unpublished sequel 

with his family 

to "Chebassa" by Ian 

Caitens. 

X16/603 5 Rehabilitation of the Mount 1982 unpub.paper by RWG 

Morgan mine leases White for Mt Morgan Ltd 

X17/603 6 Report on long term 

rehabilitation and pollution 

control of Mt Morgan 

X18/603 7 Sketches of Historic 

Buildings drawn by Jim 

Kerr & Joan Edwards 

X19/603 8 Rainfall Registrations 

Frenchville Nth. 

Rockhampton 

Y1/603 9 Eric Johnson of Gracemere 

personal narrative of WW2 

service as Air Force pilot 

Y2603 10 Evelyn Hall to Charles Hallletters 

1985 unpub report by PA 

Coleman for Mt Morgan Ltd 

2000. Rough pencil 

sketches of Rudd 

Residence in Ward St. & 

Homestead Hampden 

Downs. 

Pub. 1991-2. Indicates 

variance between city, 

airport and Nth. R'pton 

readings. 

Published 1995? 

C.E.Johnson. RAAF 

biography, WW2 -Personal 

Narratives 

Pub. 1923-26. Letters from 

Brisbane & Sydney.







J12/604 Pastoral Industry- 

Pub. 1846-1918. press 

newspaper cuttings cuttings, 1 watercolour & 2 

pages. 

C15/605 1 William R.Morrow "My 58 Pub. 192? Photocopy, 

years as a Railway man" 18pages. 

J9/605 2 Violet Armstrong- a Pub. 1987? 63pages, 

personal history 

covers Mt. Morgan, 

Mt.Chalmers & Gracemere 

J8/605 3 J.C.Birchall Mt. Morgan 

Metallurgy handbooks, 

manuals. 

Pub. 1918-195? 2 books, 

Laboratory Methods & 

Metallurgists and Chemists 

handbook. 

F27/605 4 W.H.Cropp.Gold flotation. Pub. 1928-1935. 64 items, 

reprints, trade leaflets, 

E9/605 5 Archibald James Campbell 

Imrie. Papers 

F3/605 6 Agnes Emily Neville 

Passbook NSW Bank Mt. 

Morgan. 

F25/605 7 Royal Australian Navy. 

Records of Rockhampton 

Naval Cadets. 

F24/605 8 Francis Hopkins & Felicia 

Smith-Marriage certificate. 

J3/605 9 Nornam Jeffries- Royal 

Talkies 


Pub. 1876-1910. 49 items, 

Seaman's Certificates of 

Discharge, Service, 

Testamonials, Letters etc. 

Pub. 1923-28. 74 pages, 

owner of Railway Hotel Mt. 

Morgan. 

Pub. 1909-1915. 3 items. 

Record book W.J.Smith. 

Cert. Service John 

O'Connell 

Pub. 1865. photocopy. 

Pub. 1978. 2 cassettes. 

Reminiscences done for 

Film Australia on a 

travelling talking picture 

show. 

J11/605 10 Sharples family. Pub. 1881-1938. 3 deeds, 

notice to take possession.







E10/606-608 Archer Family Pub. 1847-1982. 1859 

Journal Colin Archer, 1853 

diary Charles Archer, 

parliamentary papers, 

letters to Bill Nott, Family 

trees,index to Archer 

papers in Mitchell Library, 

4 photo albums. 

R23/608 5-6 Archer Family Pub. 1871-1915. 2 books, 

1871 record of droving 

sheep from Gracemere to 

Minnie Downs & New 

Testament Bible inscribed 

by Daisy Archer. 

G12/606 15-23 Archer Family Pub. 1862-1909. papers, 

photocopies, Archer & 

Mackenzie families 

H6/606 24 Alice Archer. Journal Pub. 1886-1888. 

photocopy story of 

voyages Tilbury to Sydney 

1886, life in Aust. 1887 

and bvoyage back 1888 

E11/609 Dennis family papers Pub. 1910-1965. 4 items. 

1910 stock report for 

grocery store, drapery 

stock records, saddlery 

records & 1933 Leichhardt 

E12/610-618 Central Qld. News 

Publishing Company 

Weekly issue. 

Pub. 1937-1974. Emerald 

Weekly Newspaper 

minutes, accounts, 

correspondence, 

advertising & job books. 

C18/619 1-18 Macdonald family papers Pub. 1884-1963. Raglan 

Station, 18 items, letters, 

diaries, family papers. 

F2/619 19 Harriot Mary Macdonald Pub. 1864-1938. 14 letters 

from harriot Benvie to 

J.M.Macdonald. 

D8/620-633 Macdonald family papers Pub. 1878-1982. 14 boxes 

correspondence, financial 

records.







F1/634-636 Archer Family Pub. 1833-1975. 3 boxes, 

letters, photocopies, 

photographs, letter Ludwig 

Leichhardt to David Archer 

with photographs. 

G19/647 3-5 Mount Morgan Ltd. Records Pub. 1932-1967. papers 

proceedings AGM 1932-38 

& milling operations 1932- 

F4/651 Aramac Council for Social 

Welfare 

F6/652-676 Mount Morgan Masonic 

Lodge 

F22/705- 

707,G4/726 

Mount Morgan Masonic 

Lodge 

F10/677 1-4 Mount Morgan District 

Show Society 

52. 

Pub. 1976-77. 

Correspondence and 

minutes. 

Pub. 1888-1982. 26 boxes. 

Testamonial certificates, 

accessions and 

unpublished inventory. 

records, proposals, bylaws, 

minutes financial 

records, publications etc. 

Pub. 1949-1968, 4 

items,Journal, Ledger, 

cash receipts & Reference 

Book. 

F11/677 5-7 Mount Morgan Fire Brigade Pub. 1942-1968. 3 

records, Minutes, 

Clippings, Admin. Of a Fire 

Brigade Board by 

F.L.Golding. 

F12/678-679 Archer Family papers Pub. 1919-1963. 2 boxes, 

letters, photographs. 

C19/680 1-8 Keith G.Caldwell- Port 

Clinton 

F13/680 9 Wura Dam Scheme.- 

J.Lanigan & Philippa 

Moran. 

F14/680 10 Theodore Hotel Cooperative 

Association Ltd. 

F15/680 11 Theodore & the Dawson 

Valley papers. 

Pub. 1977-1982. 8 papers, 

submission to Gov't re Coal 

Port. 

Pub. 1940-1983. 1 file, 

photocopies, 2 published 

pamphlets, letters, notes, 

press clippings. 

Pub. 1951-76.papers, 

annual reports. 1file. 

Pub. 1972-1977. 19 

papers. Inc photocopies.







G5/680 12-13 Fitzroy Estates Limited Pub. 1947-48. 2 files, 

details by D.G.F.Mackay 

1948 (since 1914) 

contract, statistical data. 

G16/680 14 Bible in State Schools 

League-Gracemere Branch. 

Pub. 1909-1910. minute 

Book. 57 pages. 

G20/680 15 Edwin Robert Carpenter Pub. 1898-99. Diary. 

Letter. 

H2/680 16 L.F.Landsberg survey Pub.1879-1881. 4 leaves, 

map, certificate of title, 

subdivisions in name of 

Felicia Hopkins. 

H7/680 17 Harry Johnson Journal Pub. 1887. 48 leaves, 

photocopies,voyage with 5 

boys by Harry Johnson 

England to Qld. 

H11/680 18 George Applin papers Pub.c 1987. papers re 

W.Applin Principal of 

Mount Morgan Technical 

College. 

J15/680 19 James Millroy P/L Pub. 1854-1920. 2 items. 

Memorandum & Articles, 

Account of Yule Barker & 

Hall 

K2/680 20 Mount Morgan Limited Pub. 1977-8. Proposal for 

relocation of Mt. Morgan 

Historical Museum into 

Stewarts building. 8 pages, 

1 folder. 

K3/680 21 Wilcardia [reminiscences] manuscript 1988. by 

George Shanahan. 

Photocopy. Family and 

Roma district inc Roma 

mineral Oil Co. 

K4/680 22 CWA Wandal Branch Letters 1949-1950 donated 

by Gladys Goldston 

K5/680 23 Contents of the Grand 

Hotel, Emu park 

K10/680 24 Papers on Swiss 

immigrants in Australia 

papers 1931 list of hotel 

contents/furniture for sale, 

compiled by AG Finlay 

manuscript 1770-1988 by 

Oliver Grivat. Details of 

the Tardent, Bugnion 

families. North Rton.







F16/681 1 Specifications Rton City records 1976. various 

Council 

spec. for public works, 

water supply, sewerage 

systems. 

Y5/681 2-4 thesis, assoc works. manuscript 1996-1998. 

Christine Sinclair. 

Noble stories; No bull: 

stories of the meatworks 

(script); Story into theatre. 

F17/682-684 Women's Electoral Lobby 

Rton 

records 1974-1979. 

minutes, newsletters, 

pamphlets, brochures, 

clippings, survey reports. 

F7/685-703 Papers - Loch family papers 1916-1966. 

business papers of JH 

Loch, W Loch and LB Loch 

as secretary of the Arts 

Council. 

F21/704 Hay family papers 188- -1965. papers 

and photographs relating 

to James Geddes Hay, 

prop. Of Mt Morgan 

Chronicle; Alex Dewar & 

Agnes Dewar (formerly 

F22/705-707 Mount Morgan Masonic 

Lodge. 

Mount Morgan Masonic 

Lodge 

Spencer, nee Anderson) 

records 1900-1983. 

attendance book, minutes, 

letter book, 4 parchments. 

records 1886-1968. 

attendance book, 

membership register, bylaws, 

minutes, 

financial,correspondence, 

misc. files. 

F8/708-710 Hall family papers 1895-1946. TS 

Hall's correspondence with 

RG Casey concerning 

Mount Morgan, 

Goldsborough Mort & Co; 

letters from AA Boyd, 

general manager MMGM 

F30/711-713 Central Queensland News 

Pub. Co. 

Co. 

records 1945-1984. list of 

subscribers, misc 

correspondence and 

financial files.







F19/714-715 Emerald Chamber of records 1974-1983. 

Commerce 


membership book, 

minutes. 

F18/716-717 Rockhampton Chamber of records 1889-1969. 

Commerce 

minutes, annual reports 

(published) 

F20/718 Inner Wheel Club of redords 1948-1971. 

Rockhampton 

minutes, annual reports, 

correspondence inwards. 

G2/719 John Macfarlane family papers 1856-1952. Restricted access - 

consignment notes, see descriptive list for 

invoices, misc. family 

papers; drawing and 

scrapbooks of Alice Clark. 

details 

G3/720-725 Archer family papers 1908-1953. letters 

and papers of Alister 

G4/726 Mount Morgan Masonic 

Lodge. 

Archer. 

records 1889-1934. 

members roll, cash book, 

membership parchments, 

misc papers. 

F28/727 Harold Wesley Hall Papers Pub. 1896-1923. letters to 

R.G.Casey 1919-23,patent 

application, parents 

business correspondence 

1896-1904 

G6/728 CSIRO Qld. Producers 

Animal Industry 

Committee. 

Pub.1928-1957, Notices of 

meetings, 

Agendas,Minutes. 

F26/729-736 Uniting Church Glenmore Pub. 1887-1977 Records of 

Congretational, 

Methodist,& presbyterian 

Churches until union ,77. 

Minutes, Registers, 

Marriage, Cradle, annual 

reports, financial. 

G10/737 Vivian F.H.Voss Papers Pub. 1880/1889. 2 medical 

Notebooks, Letter Book, 

Notes on Pregnancy, Misc. 

Medical Notes







G11/738 Catholic United Services 

Auxiliary R'pton. 

GB/739-795 Land Commissioners Office 

R'pton. 

Pub.1942-1956. 

Correspondence, Financial, 

Minutes, history Mackay 

Branch. 

Pub. 1890-1967.Cash 

Books, Registers, 


G17/796 Macdonald family papers Pub. 1880-1983. Raglan 

Station, National Trust, 

Cattle Properties CQ, 

Historic Buildings CQ. 

G18/797 Kelly family Papers Pub. 192?-1985. Articles 

on Banksia tragedy, 

centenary, family tree, 

G21/798 St. Christopher's Chapel 

Committee 

photographs. 

Pub. 1947-1985. Minutes, 

correspondence, orders of 

service, miscellaneous. 

G22/799-802 Elizabeth R. Hall diaries Pub. 1853-1878, Sister of 

Walter hall, diary starting 

from before departure from 

England. 

H1/803 Ryan, J.A. papers Pub. 196?. Articles gold 

mines, railways, cycling, 

F9/804-808 Ken Yen Kee papers. Pub. 1920's -1960's.Mt. 

Morgan store, receipts, 

invoices, photos,ledgers, 

U8/809-813 Queensland Main Roads 

department. 

U7/814 Institution of Engineers, 

Aus, R'pton Branch. 

etc. 

Pub. 1977-1985. Bridge 

plans Yeppen, Albert 

Street,Scrubby Ck., 

highway near Gin Gin & 

also 90k north R'pton. 

Pub. 1994-1996. Financial, 

reports, correspondence, 

minutes, misc. 

V2/815 Madsen, Wendy. Pub. 1997. Interviews with 

14 retired nurses 

V12/816 Theatre programs 

collection 

H3/849-850 Miller-Macfarlane family 

papers 

Pub. 199?. Assorted 

programmes. 

Pub. 1891-1926. Diaries, 

letters. 



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H5/851-856 Capricorn Coast Protection Pub. 1972-1986. reports, 

Society 


submissions re Iwasaki 

Resort. 

H8/857 Ogmore Amateur Race Pub. 1951-1985. Minutes, 

Club, 

race results, History. 

H9/858-875 Rockhampton Club papers. Pub 1889-1986. 

Correspondence, Minutes, 

Ledgers, Visitors book. 

T4/876 Catt, Alfred George. Pub. 1904-1948, 

correspondence re New 

Guinea, Mt. Morgan Mine, 

Mt. Isa Mine, Burns & 

Twigg etc. 

H10/877-881 Rotary Club of 

Pub. 1925-1987. Annual 

Rockhampton records Reports, Minutes, 

Bulletins. 

J1/882-888 Rockhampton Little Pub. 1945-1987. 

Theatre 

Newsletters, Minutes, 

programmes, clippings, 

cash books, constitution. 

X26/888 8 Rockhampton Little Pub. 1945-1951. minutes 

Theatre 

of Admin. Committee 

H14/889-896 Institution of Engineers, Pub. 1934-1982. Minutes, 

Aus, R'pton Branch. annual reports, cash 

books, 

correspondence,programm 

es. 

H17/897-901 Hall, Douglas William Pub. 1919-1987. 

correspondence etc for Mt. 

Morgan Camera Club, 

R'pton Camera Club. 

J5/902-906 Rees Jones Family Pub. 1840-1935. papers, 


wills,indentures, legal 

documents. 

K24/906 9-11 Baker, Edmund Rees Rees Jones, Brown,family 

papers 

trees, Emu park road 

memories. 

J6/907-908 Baker, George Herbert Pub, 1884-1977, personal 

papers. 

papers, cash books, diary 

of voyage to 

Australia,record of 

business career.







J7/909-910 Baker, Jesse Marion Rees Pub. 1884-1974. daughter 

of Rees Jones, Pub. 1884- 

1974 

correspondence,souvenirs, 

misc, record books. 

J2/911-913 Mackay Family papers Pub. 1847- 

1977.correspondence, 

photos, publications, 

diaries. 

J10/914-915 Mount Morgan Gold Mining Pub 1882-1886.leases, 

Co. 

claim jumps,treatment 

processes, water supply, 

rail survey, accounts, pay 

sheets, balance sheets, 

assays, reports & 

H15/916 Boyle. Ray F. 

certificates. 

Pub. 1961. Report on 

Study tour to USA, UK & 

Europe.on mining 

machinery. 

H13/917 1-8 Archer family papers Pub.1897-1949. 

correspondence re 

Torsdale, Laleham and 

Archer holdings. 

X8/917 9-16 Archer family papers Pub. 1944-1949. Letters, 

photos, re Torsdale & 

Laleham 

J13/918 Archer Family papers Pub. 1833-1929. Microfilm 

of papers held in Mitchell. 

J14/919 Photographic Album Pub. 1870-1900. album of 

portraits. 

J16/920-930 Rockhampton Benevolent Pub. 1866-1988. Building 

Society. 

Tenders, inmates, visitors, 

wage books, bequests, 

minute books, ledgers, 

annual reports. 

J17/931-938 Noel Landsberg & Co. Pub. 1928-1988. Company 

history, legal & business 

documents, financial 

records, employee records, 

personal correspondence.







J19/940-947 Australiasian Meat industry Pub. 1910-1985. minute 

Employees Union 

books memberships, 

Rockhampton. 

Gladstone Minute books, 

financial data, industrial 

agreements and 

correspondence. Strikes 

J20/948 1-10 Queensland Cancer Fund 

and lockouts trade. 


Rockhampton. 

correspondence, annual 

reports. 

U12/948 11-14 Connie Noyes papers manuscript 1951-1989. 

theses of Vivian Voss 

regarding settlement and 

separatist movements; 

items relating to execution 

of Arthur Ross. 

U9/948 15-18 Grace Johansen papers manuscript 1996. 

paperwork for thesis on 

AWAS, including 

photographs, photocopies 

and news clippings and 

audio tapes. 

U3/949 1 RJ (Bobby) Bolton papers 

on Muttaburra 

papers 1996. papers, 

maps, and [travellers'] 

publications. 

U4/949 2 A World gone mad' manuscript 1993-1996. by 

Malcolm Saunders. 

Subtitle: the manufacture 

and persecution of a 

'sexual harasser' 1993-6. 

U5/949 3 The ancestors and 

dexcendants of four 

McKinlay brothers. 

U10/949 4 Violet McCutcheon (nee 

Packman) 

N20/949 5 History of StuckOil district 

and Macdonald family. 

manuscript 1997. compiles 

by Des Dunn. Henry, John, 

Thomas and Robert 

McKinlay. 

manuscript 1997. by 

Beryce Kerr. Biographical 

notes on Violet by her 

daughter. Rockhampton 

and Westwood resident. 

manuscript 1992. 

transcript of audio-taped 

interview with Donny 

Macdonald by Patrock 

O'Connor, 7 April, 1992. 



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U13/949 6 Alice Clark papers papers 18/19--? 

Fragments of hand-written 

letters on disintegrating 

papers. 

V5/949 7 Hugh MacMaster papers manuscript 1997. by Hugh 

MacMaster regarding 

Fanny Briggs tragedy, 

Americans in 

Rockhampton. 

V8/949 8 A history of Capricorn manuscript 1989. complied 

Community Christian from minute books, 

Broadcasting Society. personal diaries and 

memories by John Gluyas. 

Society broadcasts as 

4YOU 

V10/949 9 Passenger list, ship Agra: 

voyage from London to 

Rockhampton, 1874 


V13/949 10 A study of the cultural & manuscript 1997. by RF 

heritage significance (non- Boyle. Photocopy. 

aboriginal) of no 7 dam, Unpublished report 

Mount Morgan. 

prepared for McIntyre and 

Associates 

V14/949 11 Women's National 

Records 1939-1945. 

Emergency Legion. photocopies of minutes, 

news clippings, misc. 

papers, 6th annual report. 

From Mrs Val Webster. 

H12/950 1-4 papers by Kath Gillespie manuscript 1985-87. 4 

papers on: the Marmor 

area, the great depression, 

the Ross family, and the 

Palmer family. 

K21/950 5 papers by Kath Gillespie manuscript 1988. Toonda, 

a report on 4 of its historic 

sites (Marmor area). 

K22/950 6 The settlement of South 

Sea Islanders in North 

Rockhampton in the 20th 

century. 

K23/950 7 Asian refugees in Central 

Queensland. 

manuscript 1983. by 

Cynthia Rowan. 

manuscript 1988. by Inga 

Ellis. Vietnamese in 

Queensland.







M2/950 8 Memoirs of "Minnie Downs" manuscript 1939. 

photocopy of a letter to Mr 

Jack Carroll of "Minnie 

Downs" Tambo from 

George Dingle. 

M3/950 9 Portrait of Elizabeth manuscript 198-?. 

Hawkins. 

Photocopy of a paper using 

extracts of correspondence 

from Elizabeth; papers on 

heirlooms and family tree. 

Cover letter from Mrs Jan 

L'Estrange, "Highfields", 

Tambo. 

M4/950 10 History of the Clan 

Mackenzie 

M5/950 11 Correspondence from 

Goerge Johnston. 

M6/950 12 Description of a series of 

postcards of Mount Morgan 

photographed by JH 


photocopy of 2 papers, 

family tree, and typescript 

of letter from Mrs Elizabeth 

Hawkins. Cover letter by 

Mrs Jan L'Estrange. 

papers 1888-1894. 6 

letters from George 

Johnson to "Willie" about 

land selection near Tambo. 

sound recording 1986. by 

RF Boyle. 

M7/950 13 

Lundager. 

Autobiography 1909-1989 sound recording 1989. by 

[and] A dream come true: Frank L Golding of Mount 

a visit to the Sockman's 

Hall of Fame. 

Morgan and Bowen. 

M8/950 14 sound recording by G. sound recording 1990. by 

Bolton. 

G. Bolton. Thousand miles 

away: a history of North 

Queensland to 1920. 

Address to students and 

staff at UCCQ on 16 March 

N6/950 15 Interview with David 

1990 

sound recording 1992. 

Derham by Carol Gistitin. with transcript







M20/950 16 Papers of the Cameron manuscript 198-?. 

family. 

Photocopy of account of 

Cameron and Crombie 

families. Cover letter from 

Mrs Jan L'Estrange. 

V11/950 17 Words and nothing but: manuscript 1998. down- 

collected poems, nonloaded from the Internet at 

fiction prose, fiction and the invitation fo the 

some autobiographical 

writing that purports to be 

one and is probably the 

author. 

H18/950 18 

other by RG Hay 

The historical landscape: a manuscript 1986. by KG 

study of Marmor. 

Gillespie. Photocopy of 

typescript. 

W11/950 19 Birthday diary papers 1884-1945. 

birthday diary containing 

numerous entries for the 

Harrison family. 

J4/951-953 Betty Campbell. Bauhinia- manuscript. 1843-1979 

One hundred years of local Extracts local & state 

Government. 

records inc, bibliographic 

notes, maps, surveys, 

statistics, census, regional 

studies. 

K1/954 1-3 Rotary Club of 

Pub. 1972-86, photos, 

Rockhampton. 

news clippings, 

programmes, notes. 

P13/954 4-6 Rotary Club of 

Pub. 1925-1993. 

Rockhampton 

Attendance records, 

annual reports. 

X27/954 7-16 Anne Lloyd Manuscript 1979-1985. 

Poems, clippings, 

scrapbooks, 

correspondence, notes, 

photos. 

K7/955 Oliver A. Simmonson Pub. 1974-86. History of 

strikes at Fitzroy River 

Abbattoir. Correspondence, 

cuttings, tapes, surveys, 

periodicals, bibliographical 

lists 

K9/956 Community Youth Support 

Scheme 

Pub. 1977-1988. Clippings, 

funding, staff, 

programmes, activities, 

training, welfare.







K11/957-961 Children by Choice 

Association Rockhampton. 

K12/962 Freemasons Lodge Larcom 

No. 293. 

Pub. 1972-89. history, 

financial, minute books, 

annual reports, 

correspondence, clippings. 

pub 110-1968.By laws, 

appliciations, exams, 

finance, correspondence, 

invitations. 

K8/963-964 Mt. Morgan Baptist Church. Pub. 1898-1926. Minute 

books, cash records, 

accounts, letter books, roll, 

register of marriages. 

K14/965 1 A.G.Demack. Pub. 1988. Account of 

English Judicial System 

with layouts, procedures, 

furniture, jury selection, 

etc. 

K15/965 2 Dempsey. J.K. Pub. 1987. 2 cassettes, Mt. 

Morgan Mine discussion 

with Ray Boyle. Also 

summary of his 

employment and 

recollections with Mt. Isa, 

Wollongong Steel and Mt. 

Morgan. 

K16/965 3 Campbell, Allen Pub. 1988, Interview with 

Lorna McDonald covering 

War service Singapore, 

P.O.W., Ordained Minister 

Presbyterian Church, 

Inland Mission, meeting 

John Flynn. 

N2/965 4-8 Rockhampton 

Congregational Girl's Club 

N5/965 9 Commonwealth-State 

Housing Agreement 

T1/965 10 Pearce-Serecold, George 

Edward Serecold 1828- 

1912. 

Pub. 1931-196?. Minute 

Books, 1931-47, photos, 

badge, 

Pub. 1992. Reports and 

reviews central & S.E. Qld. 

Pub. 1906. Recollections, 

experiences in Central Qld. 



details







T3/965 11 C.A.Acheson papers Pub. 1930-48. Collection 

relates to cycling, contains 

scrapbook, clippings, 

records, publicity, events, 

personal papers. 

R42/965 12 Dillon Family Pub 1963-70. Payments by 

Marian Mill, 

correspondence, Biog, 

notes of cane farm in 

K18/966 Employers' Association of 

Central Queensland. 

Mackay district. 

Pub. 1911-1942.formed 

1911 & merged with Qld. 

Confederation of Industry 

in 1978. Minutes, annual 

reports, etc. 

K17/967-970 Mount Morgan Council Minute Books 1890-1931, 

Calliangul Shire Council 

Minutes 1919-1931. 

K13/971-973 Rockhampton Writers Club Pub. 1966-1989. Minute 

Books, letters, clippings 

financial records. 

K19/974-1041 Cattleman's Union of pub. 1966-1988. Various 

Australia 

minutes, speeches, 

reports, submissions, 

publications, 


R29/1604-1621 Cattleman's Union of pub. 1966-1988. Various 

Australia 

minutes, speeches, 

reports, submissions, 

publications, 


L1/1048-1049 Rockhampton Eisteddfod Pub. 1923-1981. Press 

Society 

clippings. 

L2/1050-1051 Dillon. F.J. Pub. 1940-1964. Ledgers, 

financial records for 

"Surbiton" & "Forrester" 

L7/1054- 1069 Australian Meat Industry 

Employees Union Qld. 

Branch. 

L6/1065 3 Rockhampton Workers 

Political Organisation 

Pub. 1909-1967. Northern 

District formed 1910. 

Correspondence, clippings, 

membership 1910-22. 

Pub. 1906-10. Minutes for 

the period. 



details







M1/1070-1077 Geo-Peko ltd. Pub. 1893-1983. staff, 

consultants, working 

papers, maps, photos, 

Thesis papers Ken 

Cornelius, Mark Fedikow. 

L20/1080-1099 MINNIE Downs records. Pub. 1882-1936. Journals, 

Ledgers, letter books, 

correspondence, pasture 

books, lelegrams, stamp 

books etc. 

X22/1100 1 Shoalwater Bay & Byfield Pub 1993-1995. misc. 

Arts (SABA) 

documents & news 


X24/1100 2-5 Shoalwater & Byfield Pub. 1992-98misc. 

Environmental Lobby 

(SABEL) 

enclosures not listed. 

X25/1100 6 Byfield Residents Action Pub 1990-1. 184 misc 

Group.(BRAG) 

documents. 

M9/1101 1 Frank Golding Interview Pub. 1990. Interview with 

Carol Gistitin & Ray Boyle. 

2 cassettes. Mount Morgan 

history and life. 

M10/1101 2 Rockhampton Flood 

January 1991 

Pub. 1991-2. Tables of 

flood heights compiled by 

Qld. Metals Corp. 

M12/1101 3 Demack A.G. Pub. 1987. I cassette, 

Rockhampton Supreme 

Court Building & 

M13/1101 4 Enid O'Toole, granddaughter 

Robert Jardine 

procedures. 

Pub. 1898- 

1926.Testimonial to Robert 

Jardine,clippings, 

memorabilia, photos, Map 

of stock routes 1899. 

R6/1101 5 M.J.Rowland Pub. 1992. Conservation 

plan for North Keppel 

island. 

R7/1101 6 W.E.Roth The Aborigines of 

Rockhampton & 

surrounding areas. 

R10/1101 7 Kylie Bandidt Pub. 1993. Harmony in 

between. A study of 

Aboriginal & Torres Strait 

Islanders,







S2/1101 8 Donald. F. Lamb Pub. 1995. history of rifle 

clubs & their role in 

defence of colonial & post 

federation. 

S3/1101 9 C.I.A.E. Student Revue Pub. 1982. By School of 

Humanities. Title "A work 

of art on a razor's edge", 

papers, programme, 

photos, review. 

S6/1101 10 Hayes. J.S. Pub. 1975." A goat around 

Capricorn" reminiscences 

of lighthouse keeper at 

Bustard Head. 

S8/1101 11 Evan. L. Richard. Pub. 1995. Order of 

memorial service. Prior 

Superintendent of Mines, 

Mt. Morgan. 

M11/1102-1121 Denham Bros. Pub. 1898-1963. Minutes 

Merchants Assoc., Wine & 

Spirits & Grocery Section, 

prices Sub-committee, 

financial records 

Denhams., 

L9/1122-1128 Noel Landsberg Pub. 1924-1989. Financial 

statements, sales records, 

correspondence, family 

papers, documents relating 

to Munro Home, St. 

Andrews Hospital. 

L11/1129-1224 Qld. Meatworks Companies 

Committee 


transcripts, misc. files on 

working conditions, 

statistics, wartime 

production, labour etc. 

N10/1225 Hillcrest Private Hospital Pub. 1901-1951. Account 

Book. Hospital details on 

food, salaries, drugs, 

expenses, patients etc. 

N12/1226 Lorna McDonald Pub. 1861-1979. C.Q. 

Separation Movement. 

Articles, theses, notes, 

Parliamentary votes etc.







M14/1230- 

1299, 1314- 

1599 

Mount Morgan Limited 

Records. 

M18/1300-1313 St. Andrews Presbyterian 

Church 

N14/1312 7-20 St. Andrews Presbyterian 

Church 

Pub 1887-1990.( 300 

boxes, 57 folios) separate 

descriptive list available. 

Pub, 1882-1892. St. 

Andrews as first Church, 

John Knox 1888, st. 

Andrews Hospital, Munro 

Home, Minutes, financial 

reports, plans, 

baptisms,plans, photos. 

Pub. 1894-1987. 

Management Committee, 

Session Clerk, fellowship & 

property correspondence, 

Minutes & correspondence. 

R31/1600 1-12 Colin Squires Pub. 1975-1988. Musgrave 

St. Uniting Church 

minister. Correspondence 

& papers on aboriginal 

affairs. 

R32/1601 1-12 Mervyn Scope. Capricorn Coast 

correspondence, clippings, 

misc. documents on 

Iwasaki development, 

history & verse. 

R39/1601 13 Orpheus Club Pub. 1908-1915. Minutes, 

membership, 


R34/1602 1-7 Albert Forday Pub. 1915-1985. family 

correspondence, legal, 

imigration, 

autobiographical notes, 

Chinese Citizens Assoc. 

R37/1602 8-17 Inga Ellis Pub. 1989. Mt Etna -the 

Blasted Truth. Research 

paper with interviews. 

R40/1602 18 Voss family manuscript 1958. 

Catalogue of the library 

housed at the Voss family 

seaside residence 

'Securus". 



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R35/1603 1-11 Barmoya Reunion 

Committee 

records 1994. documents 

(some photocopies) 

relating to Barmoya State 

School & P&C Assoc. Copy 

of 'Back to Barmoya 

Reunion" booklet. 

R29/1604-1621 Cattlemen's Union of records 1976-1991. 

Australia 

correspondence, report 

and published articles. 

R2/1622-1651 Central Queensland records 1967-1993. Restricted access - 

Speleological Society includes dispute with see descriptive list for 

Central Queensland 

Cement Pty Ltd with 

regard to Mt Etna 

details 

D7/1652-1655 Rockhampton Trades & Pub. 1956-74. 

Labour Council 

Correspondence, Minutes, 

Attendance, Socialist party 

papers, Labour day 

committee cash book 

1929. 

S1/1656-1691 James Stewart & Co. 1881-1977. Ledgers, 

wages, financial records 

N4/1900-1907 Rockhampton Rugby 1909-1980. Minutes, 

Football League. 

Rules, Player lists,Annual 

reports, Accounts, policies 

and payments. 

P12/1908 1 Rockhampton Central Boys Attendance renunion 1990, 

State School. 

List of Head Teachers ands 

assistant teachers 1910- 

46, extract re the school 

from book by Thomas 

Hanger 1963, extracts 

from school registers 

1912, 1920-2, 1945-1963. 

P5/1908 2 Ancient Order of Forresters Covering the dates from 

1953 to 1975. 

Minutes of Court of maid 

marion re union with Court 

Lady Norman 1953 

onwards.







P10/1908 3 Capricorn Coast Historical 

Society 

1986-7. Glen Prarie, Torilla 

Plains, Monty Beak family, 

Barret family, Heffernan 

family, German settlement 

at alligator Creek. 

P11/1908 4 Alan Demack 1991. Trials of the 1891 

shearers. 

L17/1908 5 Sue De Vries 1930 inquiry at 

Rockhampton Hospital. 

Correspondence, 

documents and report from 

Royal Commission. 

M17/1908 6 W.C.Cave 1942-5 diaries and letters, 

photographs, 

N3/1909-1913 Loch Family 1942-78.Papers relating to 

Loch's garage in Emerald. 

N9/1914 Rockhampton Eisteddfod 1932-91.Press cuttings, 

Association 

minutes, reports, papers. 

P18/1914 7 Mona Ogg 1900-1908. Barfield 

Station and Homer Family. 

Autograph albumn, poetry, 

songs, stories 

L5/1914 8 R.J.Nicholsen 1990. Speech to RDHS re 

Queensland Metals Corp. 

and magnesite at 

Kunwarara. 

M16/1915 Row & Co. Pharmacy 1956-1982. 26 volumes of 

prescriptions 

N11/1916 Institution of Engineers, 


1990. minutes, accounts, 

correspondence, prizes, 

misc. 

1956-1987. as above. 

M19/1916 8-16 Institution of Engineers, 


N7/1917 Claire Williams 1889-1970. papers 

relating to Strathdarr 

station 

N8/1918-1919 Jan van den Haspel 1957-1992.family papers, 

family associations with 

Mt. Morgan Ltd., Institute 

of Mining & metallurgy, 

Justices Assoc., and 

District churches. 



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P9/1920-34, 

2006-08, 2031- 

2037. 

E.W.Jones Ltd. 1945-1977. financial 

records, quote books, 

wages, stock records, 

P1/1935 1 Lorna McDonald 


1980-1 papers relating to 

the publishing of Sketches 

of early Rockhampton 

compiled jointly with Edith 

Neish. 

P7/1935 2 Clifford Owen Dyer 1990. story of Mountain 

View homestead with 

photographs. 

N13/1935 3 Beryl Elliott 1992. a directory of 

resources for primary 

teachers on 

Rockhampton's past. 

P4/1935 4 Robert Rowley 1891-1923. cashbook of 

household expenses. 

N18 1935 5-11 Rockhampton Porcelain 1976-1992. minutes, 

Decorators Club 

correspondence, history. 

P6/1935 12-14 Rockhampton Railway 1925-1945. Minute books, 

Amateur Swimming Club. photographs 1925/6. 

N17/1936 1-5 Athelstane Masonic Lodge 1882-1982. Attendance, 

minutes, correspondence & 

presentation bible. 

P19/1936 6 Ian Lister Pub. 1992-3. Joskeleigh re 

provision of roads, phone 

and interview with Joe Leo. 

Clippings, correspondence, 

re the above. 

P20/1936 7-8 Beak Family 1905-1981. henry Beak of 

Broadmeadows. Diary, 

financial records, 

scrapbook, 

correspondence, maps. 

R11/1936 9 Les Killion 1994. report for Uniting 

Church re effects of rural 

recession on 22 families in 

CQ. 

R27/1936 10 Leo, Dmitrieff 1974-1983.Cotton farmer 

in Callide Valley. Stories of 

settlement by Russian 

families, pictures. 



details







R28/1936 11 Prairie Station 1861-1871. Stock book 

with sheep numbers, 1868- 

71, earmark locations 

1861-67. 

R1/1937-1943 A.J.Booth 1959-90. diaries, 

correspondence, notes, 

P17/1944-1945 Arts Council of Australia 

Rockhampton. 

etc. Manager CQ Salt. 

minutes, correspondence, 

tours and performances. 

L8/1945 3 Eugenie Smith 1990. paper on George 

Rutherford saddler and 

horse bazzar owner. 

L4/1945 4 F.L.Golding Meals on Wheels Mt. 

Morgan. 1990. a historical 

ouline 1960-1971. 

L16/1945 5 C.I.A.E. 1983. Student research 

papers, Cannery operation 

for local pineapple 

industry, history of Mater 

Hospital, early James 

Stewart & Co., Curtis 

island, Theatre Royal. 

L12/1945 6 Samuel B.J. Birkbeck 1870-1880. poems and 

prose. 

R16/ 1945 7 Daniel Kerrigan 1912-22. Cashbook for 

boarding house in Mt. 

Chalmers. 

R17/1945 8 Newspaper cuttings 1949-1954.Rockhampton 

1949 cyclone and floods of 

1951 and 1954. 

R18/1945 9 P.M.Briody 1963. report on Education 

week Mt. Morgan 

R19/1945 10 Alexander C. Huth 1975. reminesences of life 

at Joskeleigh. 

R3/1946-1951 Mount Morgan Royal Arch. 1890--1990. Masons 

Chapter. No. 9 

attendance books, 

minutes, accounts, letters. 

P16/1952-1958 Transport Workers Union 

of Australia. Rockhampton. 

1911-1971. Minutes, 

accounts, misc. 



details







R4/ 1959-1960 Rockhampton City Brass 

Band Inc. 

1952-1975. Constitution, 

reports, minutes, financial, 

correspondence, etc 

R13/1961-1962 Adams family from 1961, papers, 

financial accounts, rainfall, 

correspondence etc. 

R14/1963-1983 Willian N. Wedge 1931-92. personal papers, 

farm records, Boyne Valley 

Patriotic Fund minutes, 

financial, dairying data. 

L21/1984 1-12 Nursing Mothers 

Association of Aust. 

Rockhampton Branch. 

R24/1984 13- 

14 

1982-7. Counsellor 

Reports, memberships, 

financial, attendance, staff 

records, cuttings, misc. 

T.C.C.Bencke 1982. Correspondence re 

Rockhampton's sister city 

N19/1985-2004 Central Queensland Salt 

Industries. 

in Japan, Ibusuki 

1952-1981. Accounts, 

statements, share register, 

reports, 

R30/2005 1 A.J.Jeffery 1972. History of Miriam 

Vale Shire, 

R25/2005 2 A.H.Bachmann 1957. Memoirs. Born 

Bromberg Germany, 

transferred to Poland 

1884, migrated to 

Australia 1910. 

R20/2005 3 Robert Donaldson 1957 Life of Robert 

Donaldson (83yrs old) 

Born Ireland, Australia 

1863, Finally settled 

medway Station 

Bogantungan. 

R26/2005 4 Robert Stanton 1992. Life & Times of 

Robert Stanton 1920-92 

photographer, 

newspaperman, and much 

more. 



details 



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R33/2005 5 Alan G.Demack 1993. Paper delivered Cap. 

Collection Society 1993 on 

Sir Samuel Griffiths first 

Rockhampton circuit as 

Chief Justice. 

R45/ 2005 6 David Fairbairn 1994. Family Manuscript. 

Grazier C.Q. 

R46/2005 7 Betty Perry 1994. Notes on Italian 

community in Callide 

Valley. 

R43/2005 8 James S. Goldston 1921-50. Masonic Lodge 

certificate 1921, invitation 

'49/50 

H16/2005 9 Daniel Kerrigan 1980. Reminisences of 

early life CQ. Teacher, 

shopkeeper 

R38/2005 10 Rockhampton Little 1945. details of first play 

Theatre 

"Full House" rules and 

activities. 

Y13/2005 11-14 Trades Hall Board 

1886-89. minutes, 

Rockhampton 

financial, 

P9 2006-2008 E.W.Jones Ltd. 1945-1977. Accounts, Restricted access - 

workbook Stanwell/Kabra see descriptive list for 

septic, tool book, job 

books, financial, Daybooks, 

Townsville RAAf job, 

details 

R5/2009 1-3 Kevin Livingston 1904-57. Isis Sugar 

milling, clippings, notes, 

reports, etc. 

R12/2009 4-6 Helen Griffin. 1982. Rockhampton and 

district women in WW2, 

records of interview etc. 

L13/2009 7-9 Symons family 1892-1949. Orpheus Club, 

cuttings, programmes, 

certificates, 

correspondence.







R41/2010 Theatre Programs 1945-76. Wide collection 

of theatre programs from 

Rockhampton Little 

Theatre, Musical union, 

State Opera scheme, QSO, 

Vienna Boys Choir, 

Conservatorium of Music, 

Mt. Morgan Dramatic club, 

Epworth players and more. 

R44/2011 1A Jack Villaume 1954. grammophone 

records performed by Max 

Worthely tenor and 

Margaret Schofield 

accompianist. 

R44/2011 1B Alfred Hill disc. 1954. "I saw a Tui" 

Max Wortley/Margaret 

Schofield. 

R44/2011 2A Charles Edward Horn 1786-1849, 1 disc, duet 

with Mrs. E.R.Streeten, 

Streeten was Anglican 

Clergyman before and 

after WW1. 

R44/2011 2B Louis Spohr 1784-1859, 1 disc, songs 

with piano, Rev Streeten. 

R44/2011 3 Lisa Lehmann 1862-1918, 1 disc, with 

Rev. Streeten, 

S4/2012-2020 Rockhampton Girls 1892-1973. Cash 

Grammar School 

Books(1892-1922) pupil 

registers (1922-1930), 

attendance rolls (1951- 

1973), student addresses 

(1921-1949, Sports Club 

Accounts (1938-1949) 

S5 2021-2023 Concerned Citizens for 

Industrial Control 

1988-1995, 

Correspondence, reports, 

articles of Committee 

formed in April 1988 to 

protect natural 

environment. 

S7/2024 Helen Griffin. Thesis submitted on 

Rockhampton Benevolent 

Society with taped 

interviews, clippings, 

transcripts and notes. 



details







T5/2025-2029 YWCA of Rockhampton. 1888-1989. Minutes 1888- 

1989, annual reports 1920- 

1989, clippings, plus same 

for Biloela 1964-1987. 

U2/2030 Programmes of Musical 

Performances collected by 

Helene Jones 

1960-1996. inc 

Rockhampton High School, 

North Rockhampton High 

School, Capricornia Silver 

Band, Rockhampton Youth 

Orchestra, Rockhampton 

Musical Union other school, 

social , church groups and 

visiting organisations. 

U6/2038-2041 Alister Archer 1944-1953. Personal and 

business correspondence. 

U11/2042-2062 Walter Reid & Company 

Limited. 

U14/2063-2065 Trades Hall Board 

Rockhampton. 

R8/2066-2067 Queensland Department of 

Mines, Rockhampton, 

Inspector of Mines. 

1888-1986. Annual 

Reports, minutes, articles 

of association, company 

documents, sales records, 

budgets, financial records, 

photographs, history of 

Coy. and subsidiaries. 

brokens runs of Minutes, 

annual reports, 

correspondence, financial 

statements, rent records, 

misc. papers. 

1936-1981. 

Correspondence relating to 

accidents at Mount Morgan 

Mine. 

V7/2068 Gordon George Lawrence papers relating to Robert 

Ross and the Taranganba 

Gold coy. Pty. Ltd. Inc 

correspondence, diary of 

Ross, maps, documents, 

news clippings, 

photographs of family, 

other articles. 



details







W1/2074-2077 Institution of Engineers 

Rockhampton. 

1988-1998. 


meetingminutes, misc. 

papers and publications,- 

Related material MS h14, 

M19, N11, U7. 

W2/2078-2080 Shannon Family 1900-1916. 

Correspondence, station 

records Saltbush Park, 

Blenheim, Arundel, 

Hoganthulla & work 

agreements with Budby 

family. 

X1/2081-2096 McDougall Pty. Ltd. 1921-1976. Cash books, 

and store records. 

X6/2097-2098 H.S.Spence 1987-1989. 17 folders of 

Tobacco product 

advertisements and anti 

X3/2099-2126 Cattleman's Union of 

Australia 

Z1/2117-2127 Documents and 

Memorabilia of 

organisations in 

Rockhampton. 

smoking material. 

1976-1999. corporate 

records of the 

organisation. 

Records, clippings, 

programs Rockhampton 

Youth Orchestra, Musical 

Union, City Brass band, 

Georgians Choir, Chamber 

Music Society, Walter Reid 

Tenants Committee, 

Rockhampton Art Gallery, 

Pilbeam Theatre, U3A, 

Bauhinia Arts Festival, 

Rockhampton Eisteddford, 

Qld. Arts Council, Qld. 

Womens Forum Club, 

Toastmistresses, Business 

& Professional Womens 

Club, Amnesty 

International 

Rockhampton, Grey Mardi 

Gras, Qld. Pocket opera, 

St. Pauls Cathedral.







Z3/2128-2131 The Scouts Association of 

Australia, Qld., 

Rockhampton. 

Z4/2132-2138 Mt. Chalmers Masonic 

Lodge 

1926-1987. Minutes, 

reports, photos, clippings, 

financial statements, Court 

of Honour, historical notes, 

Log Book. Correspondence. 

1901-1992. Attendance, 

correspondence, Minutes, 

Reports, misc. 

Z2/2139-2194 Rockhampton Court House 1896-1985, Bill of Sale 

Registers 1896-1950, 

Stock Mortgages 1897- 

1946, 1940-1955, 

Supreme Court 

Rockhampton Judgements 

1892-1968 & 1918-1925, 

District Court Judgements 

1892-1961, Supreme 

Court Suspense items 

1961 Trust A/c, July 

Attendance Book 1967, 

District Court Settlement 

list 1968-1980, Inventories 

and A/c's due 1972-1979, 

Bankruptcy Trustees 1928- 

1979, Register of 

bankruptcy Notices, 1958- 

1989, Companies Register 

!909-1938, 1965-1975, 

Cash Book 1959, Record of 

Writs 1896-1971, Process 

Book 1896-1901, 

Judgement & Order Book 

1901-1903, Judgement 

Book Central Supreme 

Court 1901-1918. 

Z5/2195-2198 Port Curtis Co-operative 

Dairy Association Limited 

Index to Judgement Book 

1925-1950, Australian 

Register of Judgements 

1961-1981. 

1926-1969. 

Correspondence.







AA1/2199-2202 Greening Australia- CQ 1983-1999, Projects, 

Region. 

clippings, finances, staff 

notes, reports, marketing 

policy, brochures. 

AA2/2203-2204 Rockhampton Bicentennial 1984-1988, 

Community Committee correspondence, minutes, 

1988. 

financial, public relations, 

newsletter, clippings, misc 

photographs, 

AA3/2205-2215 United Graziers Association- 19815-1994, 

Capricornia Division. correspondence, branch 

meetings, minutes, AGM 

minutes, 

AA4/2216-2234 Rockhampton Agricultural clippings from 1929 to 

Show Society 

2002, photos and 

certificates, 

correspondence, elections, 

AA5/2235-2236 Lorne Wafer Diaries 1984-1994, & 1995-1998. 

AA6/2237-2240 Mervyn H. Stewart 

clippings 

AA7/2241 Grace Johansen Research 

Materials 

AA7/2242 Grace Johansen Thesis 

Research 

AA8/2243-2253 United Graziers Association 

-Capricornia Branch. 

1948-2001 Boxing 


Qld railways extracts, mt. 

Morgan extracts, Fitzroy 

Shire extracts, 10 

interviews, photographs, 

regional publications, 

Rocky Rodeo extracts, 

Prickly Pear research, 

Gabonda Station research, 

misc interview tapes. 

History of Women in CQ, 

taped interviews 1998- 

1999, taped interviews 

Gladstone 1997-1999, 

taped interviews 

Bundaberg & Ipswich 

1998. 

1978-1990. Membership 

information, branches, 

Minutes, correspondence, 

financial, clippings







AA9/2254-2274 Rockhampton Supreme 

Court Office 

1897-1952, Stock 

Mortgages and Bill of sale 

Mortgages. (Earlier 

mortgages filed under 

settlement date.) 

N16 Joan Archer watercolours 191?, descriptive list 

available. 

R21/1 

Williams Agencies Limited 1919-1926, 

(MACKAY) 

correspondence, invoices, 

crew lists, skin records. 

R22/2 

(MACKAY) 

Central Coastal Graziers 

Association of Qld. Mackay 

Branch. 

1952-1973, 

correspondence, AGM 

minutes, Annual reports, 

misc papers, submissions. 

RDHS 95 W.A.Lawson 1910-1962, letter book, 

quotations, indenture 

certificates, ledgers, 

designs, patterns, 

textbooks. 

RDHS/61-62 Lenoard S.R. Shepherd photograph albums, loose 

photos, phamphlets on Mt. 

Morgan 

G14/MC2.1 1 J.W.Wilson pen and wash drawings of 

North Rockhampton 

K6/MC2.2 Manchester Unity 

Independent Order of 

Oddfellows 

R9/MC2.2 Mansfield Brothers, 

Architects. 

Municipal Chambers. 

certificates 1903 and 1977- 

1979. 

1885. Pen & wash 

drawings.

list of manuscripts held in the capricornia cq - Library

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