Place: Delamothe Photographs J.D. Cunningham Collection, Charters Towers
Summary
Mr J.D. Cunningham was educated at the Maryborough Grammar School where he was an outstanding scholar and athlete. In 1909 he won a scholarship to the Charters Towers School of Mines and was awarded the Brown Memorial Medal in 1912. He later lectured at the School of Mines 1918-1921, after which he entered the newsagency and bookselling business. He stood for public office, and was mayor of Charters Towers 1933-1943, 1946-1952. The collection covers the life of J.D. Cunningham but is chiefly concerned with Charters Towers and his mayoral terms. Newspaper extracts, pamphlets and political sheets copied and inserted. 106 prints, 3 albums, negatives held.