Party: Harbours and Marine Department
Summary
Extensive holding covering the period ca 1862-1964, a selective listing is as follows:
Registers of dry dock applications, river dues and royalty, royalty on sand and gravel, rebates on shipping etc., 1893-1952. HAR/1-8. SOME RECENT RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Correspondence regarding purchase, hiring, tenders, repair operations etc., of coastal dredges, 1916-1951. HAR/26-34, 39-43. OPEN A,B,C.
Copies of logs of various dredges, 1945-1947. HAR/35-36. OPEN A,B,C.
Summaries of logs of various dredges, 1950-1955. HAR/38. 30 A,B,C.
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to preservation of sea life from exploitation, fishing regulations in sea and freshwater, matters relating to beche-de-mer and pearl-shelling activity etc., 1883-1957. HAR/47-56. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Correspondence regarding Japanese sampans etc., in Northern waters, February 1913-May 1939. HAR/69. OPEN A,B,C.
Copy of lease, Thursday Island Jetty, 1910. HAR/79(B). OPEN A,B,C.
General instructions to [Light] Keepers, n.d. HAR/79 (E). 30 A,B,C.
Fisheries survey of Northern waters, 1949. HAR/79 (F). 30 A,B,C.
Annual reports, 1. Marine Department. 2. Department of Harbours and Marine: 1923, 1925, 1926, 1935, 1956, 1957. HAR/79 (N). OPEN A,B,C.
High Court judgement, Townsville Harbour Board v. Scottish Shire Line Ltd., 1914. HAR/79 (Q). OPEN A,B,C.
List of Postmasters and Harbour Masters, 1862-1949. HAR/79 (R). 30 A,B,C.
Correspondence and Marine Board enquiry regarding wreck of M.V. Atlantic on Flinders Reef, 1939. HAR/80. OPEN A,B,C.
Sailing directions for ports and harbours of Queensland, 1901, 1932-1937. HAR/84. OPEN A,B,C.
Contract registers, 1856-1892, 1878-1947. HAR/85-86. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence regarding development of the Blair Athol Coal Field, September 1946-May 1948. HAR/94-95. 30 A,B,C.
Bowen Harbour Board. Annual reports, 1915-1945. HAR/102. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence files, tenders relating to Bowen Harbour Board operations and developments, photographs, considerable collection, 1905-1953. HAR/103-114. OPEN A,B,C.
Burketown Wharf. Correspondence and specifications, May 1945-November 1948. HAR/143. 30 A,B,C.
Cairns Harbour Board Annual reports, 1906-1945. HAR/145. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence files, statements of expenditure, Cairns Harbour Board, April 1921-February 1964. HAR/146-151. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Clump Point Wharf. Correspondence regarding jetty, September 1912-March 1930. HAR/155. OPEN A,B,C.
Coal. Correspondence, brochures specifications and reports regarding the storage and loading of coal at Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Brisbane and Bowen. HAR/156. 30 A,B,C.
Cooktown Wharf. Correspondence regarding repairs, September 1934-December 1935. HAR/158. OPEN A,B,C.
Dredges. Correspondence etc. regarding coastal dredge operations, 1879-1962. HAR/168-195. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Reports. Annual reports of the Department, 1876-1877, 1907-1928. HAR/226-228. OPEN A,B,C.
Various reports submitted to the Department, or by other persons, on the Department's work, 1885-1961. HAR/229. 30 A,B,C.
Ships and Shipping. Register of Australian and New Zealand shipping, 1900-1901. HAR/240. OPEN A,B,C.
Register of government steamers, 1884-1913. HAR/242. 30 A,B,C.
Herbert River. Correspondence regarding Herbert River and Hinchinbrook Channel Survey, November 1912-December 1929. HAR/244. OPEN A,B,C.
Lucinda Point. Contracts for bulk sugar terminal, 1956-1958. HAR/259. 30 A,B,C.
Mackay Harbour Board Annual reports, 1907-1939. HAR/260. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence, newspaper extracts, plans, reports, contracts etc., regarding operation and developments of the Mackay Harbour Board, 1885-1945. HAR/261-270. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Mourilyan Harbour. Correspondence files, regarding extensions, development etc., August 1882-October 1960. HAR/273-274. 30 A,B,C.
Rockhampton Harbour Board Annual reports, 1903-1945. HAR/283. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence files, October 1888-1962. HAR/284-286. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Thursday Island Jetty. Correspondence regarding construction, repairs etc., May 1894-March 1940. HAR/292-296. OPEN A,B,C.
Townsville Harbour Board Annual reports, 1887-1939. HAR/298. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence files, reports on improvements, specifications and contracts regarding harbour development, triangulations and bearings in Ross River and Townsville Harbour, 1875-1957. HAR/299-301, 322. SOME RECORDS RESTRICTED.
Register of port rates and harbour dues, July 1930-June 1954. HAR/07-13. 30 A,B,C.
Photographs, covering all aspects of Department concern, state wide interest, from 1880. HAR/S1-4. SOME PHOTOGRAPHS RESTRICTED.