Party: Museums and Public Collections - Charters Towers. Goldfields Star Service Station Historical Collection, Cnr Gill and Church Streets, Charters Towers, 4820
Summary
A privately owned collection on display at the service station. DISPLAY CABINETS.
Pay sheets, Mills Day Dawn United Mines Co. Ltd., November 1893-August 1894, 1 vol., details include number, name, remarks, shifts and rate.
Cash book, (unknown origin), October 1926-June 1928, 1 vol., February 1927-May 1928, 1 vol., 1949-1950, 1 vol., gives details of sales of a machinery business, formerly held by the Tuckett family, Sales book, Bartlam's Ltd., July 1884-July 1885, 1 vol. Bartlams Ltd. was a major agent and general merchandise supplier, which operated in Charters Towers from the nineteenth century until ca.1973.
Receipt book, I. Lissner, March 1883-September 1884, 1 vol. The proprietor Isidore Lissner was a storekeeper and sharebroker in Charters Towers, who served in the colonial parliament from 1883, including a period as Secretary for Mines and Public Works.
Receipt book (Bench book), Charters Towers Watch House, 28 March 1889-30 August 1899, 1 vol.
A small collection of historical photographs of local interest are on display.