Party: Bowen Historical Society. Document Collection
Summary
MAP (portion), includes Stone Island, North Head, part of Port Denison and the mainland surrounding Flagstaff Hill, n.d., scale: 1 inch: 20 chains. DOC. 1.
LAND LEASE DOCUMENT, 21 January 1884, lease to A. MacKenzie, by F. Raynor, I. Palmer and F. Clarke. DOC. 2.
NARRATIVE of James Murrell's [Jimmy Morrill's] Seventeen Years Exile among the Wild Blacks of North Queensland and His Life and Shipwreck and Terrible Adventures Among Savage Tribes; Their Manners, Customs, Languages and Superstitions. Also details of Murrell's Rescue and return to civilization, compiled by Edmund Gregory, Brisbane 1896, small booklet, pp. 43. DOC. 6.
MANUSCRIPT MEMOIRS of Mr. John Edgerton, covering his life in Bowen 1883-ca.1937, pp. 15. Memoirs describe the voyage from England on the steamer the Duke of Devonshire in 1883, first impressions of Bowen, the Immigration Depot and employment by Mr. J. Isbell, a local butcher. Includes observations of Aborigines, Edgerton's experiences as mail contractor 1887-1901, the supply steamers operating in and out of Bowen, and the competition between the shippers Q.S.N. Coy. and A.S.N. Coy., also the progress of Bowen and summary of events. Mr. Edgerton was a member of the Kennedy Hospital Committee, of the Queensland Industrial Trading Society which formed the Bowen Fruit Export Co-operative Association Ltd., and served for twenty-one years as a Shire Councillor. DOC. 7.
TELEGRAM, to Colonial Secretary Brisbane, from the Police Magistrate Bowen, 22 October 1866, announcing the opening of the telegraph line to Bowen, photocopy. DOC. 13.
MANUSCRIPT LETTER, Phillip Pinnock, Police Magistrate Bowen to Colonial Secretary Brisbane, 12 October 1866, relating to the arrival of the steamer Platypus. DOC. 14.
LAND DEEDS, first sales of land in Bowen 7, 16 October 1861, for three lots, 3 items, photocopies. DOC. 21.
CORRESPONDENCE, John Stevens, manager of Poole Island Freezing Works to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, 6 October 1884-25 May 1885, pp. 16, photocopies. DOC. 29.
TYPESCRIPT REMINISCENCES by M. Stevens entitled 'A Wedding Trip From Poole Island', pp. 7, photocopy. Mrs[?] Stevens came from England in 1884 to Bowen, where her sister and brother-in-law lived on Poole Island. Her brother-in-law managed the Meat Freezing Works on the island. The reminiscences describe the environmental shock of arrival in the new country, colonial life, the operation of the meatworks and the writer's marriage in Bowen. DOC. 32.
SURVEY MAP, farm areas reserved 'near the town of Bowen', ca 1864, 1 sheet in folder, photocopy. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENTS, Bowen Harbour Board, February, March 1916, 1 booklet. DOC.37.
MAP of Bowen Area Electoral District, 1911. DOC. 52.
TOWN PLAN, Bowen, Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane, 9 October 1863. Contains plan of sale of allotments to be offered for sale at Bowen, 26 October 1863[?]. DOC. 57.
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT. Richard Daintree to the Department of Public Lands, Brisbane, 1866-1868, regarding Daintree's Survey of the Bowen River Coal Basin. DOC. 68.
CORRESPONDENCE. Richard Daintree to the Colonial Secretary, Brisbane, from Maryvale 15 March 1868, with report on North Queensland Geology and prospects for mineral exploitation in the region, also his proposals for the appointment of a geological survey team for North Queensland. Richard Daintree to Secretary for Lands, Brisbane, from Maryvale, 18 April 1868, regarding gold sample found in the Gilbert Ranges, photocopies. Telegrams, Commissioner for Crown Lands, Brisbane, to Richard Daintree, May 1868, regarding Daintree's appointment to the post of Government Geologist for North Queensland, 2 items, photocopies. DOC. 69.
CORRESPONDENCE, letters from Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane, [to Richard Daintree?] July 1866, August 1867, regarding Daintree's application for a mineral lease on the junction of the Copperfield and Lynd Rivers, and on the Gilbert River. Telegrams, 25, 27 April 1868, regarding Daintree's geological survey work in Western Queensland, photocopies. DOC. 70
CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, regarding tenders for the supply of material and erection of the Telegraph Station, Bowen, 1869, pp. 13, photocopies. DOC. 71.
CORRESPONDENCE, received by the Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane, 7 March 1864-10 June 1864, regarding construction of the telegraph extension from Rockhampton to Port Denison, photocopies. DOC. 72.
LETTER, Judge Geo. Long-Innes, Gladstone, 19 November 1866, to the Attorney General, Brisbane, regarding inadequate accommodation for District Court Sittings at Bowen, photocopy. DOC 73.
CORRESPONDENCE : letters, telegrams and reports relating to the Gilbert River Gold Field, 1869, received by government departments, Brisbane. Correspondents include G.C. Hacket, Gold Commissioner, Gilberton, Fred Byerley, Engineer of Roads, A.C. Macmillan, District Road Surveyor, Frank Scarr, Gold Commissioner, Bowen. Also included, a petition from Cardwell residents and supporters, to the Queensland Governor Samuel Blackall, seeking government endorsement to have Cardwell established as the port for the northern gold fields and hinterland in general. They ask that a road be constructed accordingly, from Card-well to the Gilbert Goldfield. pp. 5, photocopies. DOC. 74.
LETTER AND REPORT, A.C. Macmillan, District Road Surveyor, to the Minister for Public Works, Brisbane, 6 January 1868, with report 29 November 1867, surveys carried out by Macmillan on roads to Cape River, the Lynd, and to the Cardwell hinterland via the Seaview Range, pp. 11, photocopy. DOC. 75.
LETTERS, from succeeding mayors of Bowen, 1864-1867, to the Colonial Secretary, Brisbane, regarding land grants for public buildings, a square and also a water supply. 3 items. Letter, Colonial Secretary Augustus Gregory to the mayor Mr. Francis Clarke, in response to his letter, pp. 6, photocopies. DOC. 76.
CORRESPONDENCE including telegrams, Police Office Townsville to government offices in Brisbane, 1869, regarding forms relating to registration of miners rights. Items signed by James Gordon, P.M., pp. 8, photocopies. DOC. 77.
LETTERS, to Colonial Secretary, and to Under Secretary of Works and Gold Fields, Brisbane, April-June 1869, regarding the claim by Thomas S. Woodhouse and partners for a reward for the discovery of payable gold at Mt. Wyatt, 3 items, pp. 3, photocopies. DOC. 78.
LETTER AND NEWSPAPER EXTRACT, Mr J.P. Kelsey Bowen, to the Minister for Lands and Works, 10 May 1866, regarding sugar cultivation. The extract contains an account of a lecture presented by Mr. Kelsey on this subject, pp. 4, photocopies. DOC. 79.
LETTERS, from files of the Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane, 27 November, 7 December 1863, relating to roads in the Rockhampton-Mackay hinterland, 2 items, pp. 11, photocopies. DOC. 80.
LETTER, Mr J. Brown, Customs House Rockhampton to the Colonial Secretary Brisbane, regarding the reported discovery of a gold field 'within 30 miles of Rockhampton' by four prospectors [n.d.?], pp. 3, photocopy. DOC. 81.
LETTER, Walter G. Mason, Sydney, to Under Secretary, Queensland, 16 February 1863, recommending the immediate settlement of portions of northern Queensland for cotton cultivation. Points to an obvious labour supply with the transportation of coloured people who have escaped from the Confederate States of America, and suggests that they would be entirely suited to such work and environment, and could be settled apart from European inhabitants in yet unoccupied areas, photocopy. DOC. 82.
LETTERS, Mr Frank Scarr, Gold Commissioner, Bowen, to the Under Secretary for Works, 14, 16 June 1869, regarding expenses relating to his survey work and the payment of wages, 2 items, photocopies. DOC. 83.
BOOKLET: James Gordon. How Bowen Was Discovered. The Cruise of the Santa Barbara, 9 tons, in search of A Northern Port in the Year 1859. A day to day account covering the period 1 September 1859-2 November 1859. Small printed booklet, n.d., no publication details, pp. 12. DOC. 90.
CONTRACT, agreement signed by John Stevens, manager of Poole Island Freezing Works, 5 November 1885, for Mr. John Soper to be paid for the supply of 200,000 common bricks for building purposes at £1.19.0 per 1,000 bricks, pp. 3, photocopy. DOC. 92.
LAND DEED, for present site of Bowen Council Chambers, Municipality of Bowen, 2 February 1865, signed by G.F. Bowen. DOC. 98.
NAVIGATION CHARTS, relating to specifications and location of buoys in Port Denison Harbour, April 1934, 3 items. DOC.106.