Place: Bowen Downs Records, Scottish Australia Company

Summary

Items: 12 boxes and 121 volumes Shelf Location: 30-45. Records of Bowen Downs Station via Muttaburra, a property founded in 1861 by the Scottish Australian Company. Records cover the head station and also associated runs such as Barcoorah, Bore 16, Eastmere and Saltern Creek.

Manager's diary, Bowen Downs, 1885, 1886, 1889-1891, 1894, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1905-1911, 1913-1935, 1939, 1940, 1942-1971, 71 volumes.

Overseer's diary, Bowen Downs, 1946, 1947, 1949-1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 21 volumes.

Overseer's diary, Barcoora, 1955-1959, five volumes.

Overseer's diary, Bore 16, 1957, 1959-1962, five volumes.

Cash book, 1870-1875, 1875-1881, 1881-1887, 1887-1892, 1897-1902, 1902-1909, 1909-1915, 1915-1928, 1928-1950.

Additional cash books October 1875-1881, May 1911-1929.

Petty cash book, 1916-1925.

Eastmere [cash book?], April 1926-November 1928.

Eastmere Market Balance, 1929-1931, including quarterly balance 1943-1947, scour records 1929-1931,

Champion account 1929-1935.

Journal, Bowen Downs October 1869-February 1879, one volume, March 1879-December 1887, one volume, January 1888-June 1897, one volume, July 1897-June 1909, one volume, July 1909-June 1921, one volume, July 1921-September 1937, one volume, June 1945-March 1961, one volume.

Journal, Champion, July 1924-June 1935, one volume.

Journal, Saltern Creek, July 1922-July 1928, one volume.

Journal, Eastmere, June 1926-June 1937, one volume, June 1947-September 1952, one volume, July 1937-December 1942, one volume.

Ledger, September 1867-March 1873, one volume, September 1907-March 1909, one volume, November 1915-May 1919, one volume, July 1916-July 1928, one volume, June 1922-July 1928, one volume, January 1923-June 1924, one volume, July 1925-July 1928, one volume (store ledger), June 1926-October 1938, one volume (Eastmere), January 1936-December 1941, one volume, January 1942-June 1951, one volume (Eastmere), July 1951-August 1952, one volume.

Men's Ledgers, October 1872-September 1873, one volume, October 1873-March 1875, one volume, April 1875-March 1876, one volume, includes index and 12 page addenda ,October 1876-September 1877, one volume, includes index, October 1877-March 1878, one volume, April 1878-September 1878, one volume, October 1878-March 1879, one volume, includes index, April 1879-March 1880, one volume, includes index, April 1880-March 1881, one volume, includes index, October 1881-March 1883, one volume, April 1883-March 1885, one volume., April 1885-March 1886, one volume, April 1886-June 1889, one volume, July 1889-June 1892, one volume, July 1892-December 1898, one volume, January 1899-June 1907, one volume, July 1907-June 1919, one volume, July 1919-June 1929, one volume, July 1930-April 1948, one volume, includes index.

Shearers' Ledgers, September 1876-September 1878, one volume, June 1879-September 1879, one volume, July 1880-September 1880, one volume, August 1882-September 1883, one volume, July 1884-October 1886, one volume, January 1889-December 1892, one volume, includes list of permanent staff Reedy Creek, for six months ending 30 June 1907, January 1893-June 1898, one volume, July 1898-November 1906, one volume, September 1909-September 1912, one volume, includes index.

General Ledger, April 1873-March 1879, one volume, March 1877-March 1880, one volume, includes wages returns, April 1879-December 1887, one volume, January 1888-June 1892, one volume, July 1892-1893, one volume, includes 1940s entries, January 1893-January 1897, one volume, July 1928-June 1945, one volume.

Stores Ledger, No.2, 1921-1925, one volume, includes sundry accounts October 1947, August-December 1949.

Stores Ledger, July 1924-June 1931, one volume, Champion.

Wages Ledger, July 1934-March 1946, one volume, Eastmere.

Day Books, October 1872-March 1874, one volume, February 1877-November 1878, one volume, January 1879-December 1884, one volume, January 1885-December 1898, one volume, October 1924-December 1926, one volume, August 1912-1947, one volume.

Improvements book, 1930-1934, one volume, Bowen Downs, Barcoorah, Eastmere.

Improvements book, 1934-1947, one volume, Eastmere.

Improvements book, 1906[?]-1909, one volume, Bowen Downs.

Contractors record, 1926-1929, including rough stores record 1943-1945, one volume.

Stores Account, 1933-1934, one volume.

Stores Account, 1939-1946, one volume.

Stores Account, 1941, 1945, 1946, Eastmere[?].

Accounts, 1905-1926, one volume. Saltern Creek.

Record of station workers, payments and debts,

January 1871-March 1872, one volume, April 1876-September 1876, one volume, July 1890-September 1890, one volume.

Wages and labour returns, Bowen Downs, 1880-1889, one volume, 1889-1896, one volume.

Time books, Bowen Downs, January 1930-January 1947, one volume.

Time books, Saltern Creek, August 1920-1928, one volume.

Ration books, Bowen Downs, July 1897-June 1909, one volume, July 1909-September 1925, one volume.

Station Returns, Saltern Creek, 1913-1939, one volume.

Stock Returns, Bowen Downs, June 1926-June 1946, one volume.

Stock Returns, Eastmere, September 1928-1941, one volume.

Return of sheep, Bowen Downs, June 1907-September 1912, one volume.

Specifications, Bowen Downs Clip, 1921-1926, one volume.

Wool Shed Book, (shearing records), Saltern Creek, 1925-1928, one volume.

Stud returns, Bowen Downs, June 1939-September 193?, one volume.

Stud records, 1938-1946, one volume, 1954, one volume.

Receipt Book, horses, 1882-1911, one volume.

Invoice Book, January 1925-1928, one volume.

Drilling Log, 1956-1957, one volume. DELAMOTHE.

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