Party: Bowen Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts, from Filed Booklets and Pamphlets Section
Summary
Annual reports and balance sheets, Bowen School of Arts, 31 December 1897-31 December 1932, printed reports pasted in 1 vol. FB.21.
TYPESCRIPT, 'A History of the Burdekin' by John Hy. Peake, Shire Clerk, Ayr Shire Council, pp. 49. FB.29.
MINUTE BOOK, Annual and Regular Committee Meetings, Bowen School of Arts, Library and Museum, 6 October 1927-4 October 1934, 1 vol. FB.32.
TYPESCRIPT PAPER, 'Discovery of Port Denison and First Settlement of Bowen,' by George Turner, read before R.H.S.Q. Brisbane, 26 August 1941. pp. 22, photocopied. FB.44.
MINUTE BOOK, Meetings of the Loyal Bowen Lodge No. 62, 1st meeting 6 February 1868-27 May 1873, 1 vol. FB.59.
DIARY, Charles Webster, 1 January 1865-31 December 1865.
Diary kept in Port Denison by a member of the merchandise company Marsh and Webster also of Mackay. Diary entries cover events in Bowen with particular attention to shipping activities and happenings on the pastoral frontier. Charles Webster managed the Warry and Marsh business in Bowen and then in Mackay; he later bought them out and subsequently took Marsh on as a partner. Also included is a portrait of Charles Webster photocopied from the Marsh and Webster 75th Anniversary Souvenir booklet. FB.95.
PAPERS, G.E. Kent. Minutes of meetings, letter books and diaries of G.E. Kent, The Woodlands, Bowen, 1 carton. Business correspondence, receipts, miscellaneous papers, relating to fruit and vegetable production, Bowen, ca.1918-1949, 1 folder. Correspondence, price lists for fruit and vegetables, March 1914, very frail items. Letter, G.E. Kent, The Woodlands, Bowen, to the Committee, Wangaratta Race Club, 8 August 1916, regarding the connection of the telephone. Manuscript memoirs, G.E. Kent, Woodlands Orchard, of his farm life at Bowen from 1903. FB. 105-116, 118, 124, 125, 132.
RADIO SCRIPT, A.B.C. broadcast programme: The Land and its People 'The Story of Scartwater', by Noni Braham, presented 26 January 1962; outlining the Returned Servicemen's Pastoral Scheme, incorporated in the operation of Scartwater station in the Bowen hinterland, pp. 15. FB.123.
TYPESCRIPT, History of Queensland Ports and Shipping, 1860-1945, no details available, pp. 349, photocopied. FB. 172-179.
RACING RECORDS, Bowen Turf Club, from 26 September 1879, includes name of horse, owner, weight carried and place run, 1 vol. FB.262.
MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETINGS, Bowen Branch, Red Cross Society, 11 February 1941-13 July 1950, 1 vol., 13 July 1950- 4 September 1962. FB. 263A.B.
CUTTING BOOK, Bowen Branch, Red Cross Society, includes annual reports from 1941, financial statements, citations, obituaries etc., 1 vol. FB.264.
FAMILY TREE, of MacDonald, Terry and Byrne families; traces these families who have historical associations with the Charters Towers, Hughenden, Rockhampton and far western regions of Queensland, in the fields of exploration and pastoral pioneering, illus., ca pp. 17, photocopy. FB.269.
MINUTES OF MEETINGS, Bowen Golf Club, 1st meeting 22 February 1928-12 July 1938, 1 vol. FB.272.
MINUTES OF MEETINGS, Bowen Air Raid Precautions Committee, 14 October 1941-14 March 1947, includes details of office holders, equipment available etc. FB.273.
ACCOUNT BOOK, probably kept by the Massey family who held local pastoral interests; includes transport and wages accounts, and accounts with the Wangaratta Shire Council and numerous business houses in Bowen, ca March 1910-December 1927, 1 vol. very frail. FB.274.
MEMO BOOK, Bowen Police Office, September 1887-December 1907, entries hand written and pasted. Contains General Orders from the Police Commissioners Office, Brisbane, miscellaneous entries relating to all aspects of local police operations. FB.275.
THESIS, Otto Cserhalmi: Francis Clarke Architect 1801-1884, his life, works and family. Bachelor of Architecture degree thesis, University of New South Wales, 1974, illus., 2 vols. Francis Clarke trained in London before migrating to Sydney where he designed a number of Churches. He later moved to Bowen, where he became the township's first Mayor, and some of Bowen's early street planning and Churches were of his design. FB.290.
PAPERS, entitled : Record of Industrial Disputes and Royal Commission relating to the Collinsville Coal Mine Disaster, 13 October 1954, 1 bundle, copies. FB.320.
MINUTES OF MONTHLY MEETINGS, Bowen School of Arts, (Library and Museum), 4 December 1884-7 July 1887, 1 vol. FB.341.