Party: Bowen Historical Society. Small Manuscripts in Filing Cabinet
Summary
Paper on Aboriginal place names, Bowen, Collinsville, Proserpine areas. A 2.
Typescript valedictory, for the late Peter Anton Anderson, 26 August 1923, p. 1. A 6.
Notes on Aborigines by Mrs. K. Emmerson, Chinchilla, formerly of the Bowen district, including Aboriginal vocabulary: Suthor Creek, Issac-Mackenzie Rivers, Belyando-Suttor Rivers, Logan Creek, Port Denison-Cape Gloucester regions. A 14, 17,22.
Typescript, 'Bowen's Military Activities' by Major A. Pott printed Bowen Independent, 10 September 1937, pp. 3. A 15.
Letter and sketch map, regarding discovery of Aboriginal rock carvings and a Bora ring near Collinsville, 2 items. A 18 A, B.
Minutes of First Meeting, Bowen Producers and National Political Association, 28 April 1917, duplicated typescript, pp. 4. A 20.
Register of Enlisted Personnel from the Bowen Area, 1939-1945 War, photocopy, pp. 4. A 23.
Annual Reports (8th and 10th), Bowen Fruit Export Co-operative Association Ltd., (Registered office : Brisbane), 2 x 4pp sheets. A 42, 43.
Typescript, brief historical notes on the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Bowen, 1 sheet. B7.
Report on Bank of New South Wales, Bowen, 1892, pp. 2, copy. B9.
Typescript notes from the Diaries of William Pettigrew, with covering letter from the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Brisbane. B20.
Historical notes compiled by Mr. S. Goode on the Bank of New South Wales, Bowen, September 1969 when Mr. Goode was bank manager in Bowen. B 24 A, B.
Correspondence, office of the Surveyor General to the Secretary of Lands and Works, 1st August 1864, regarding the resumption of land at the mouth of the Burdekin River, for a landing site, pp. 3, photocopy. B33.
Typescript, 'History of the Port of Bowen' by Captain G.D. Wall, foolscap pp. 13, photocopy. B39.
Proclamation with covering letter, officially declaring Bowen a municipality, 17 July [?], signed by Governor Bowen and Robert Herbert, colonial premier, photocopies. B40.
Typescript 'Growth of the Settlement', n.a., n.d., pp. 1. B54.
Bowen and District, brief historical sketch from Bowen Harbour Board, 1934, pp. 2. B59.
Typescript 'Recollections by a Septuagenarian of Bowen: August 1920', (author's name indistinct), 1977, pp. 8. B60.
Collected papers on Bowen River Hotel fire, including correspondence, copies of land deeds, queries relating to land ownership, 1 bundle. BD2.
Miscellaneous files relating to the history of the road to Bowen Downs. BD 6-8.
Typescript, 'Bowen Downs in 1884. From the Diary of the Manager, Sydney P. Fraser', by Mrs H.E. Fox. pp. 17. BD9.
File on Bowen River Hotel including correspondence, historical notes. BD11.
Correspondence between the Minister for Lands and Works, Brisbane and the Northern Engineer of Roads, regarding improvements to the Bowen Downs road, ca December 1865, extracts, photocopied. BD15.
Typescript, 'History of Cloncurry', n.a. pp. 4. C2.
Typescript, 'James Gordon and the Early Customs House at Bowen', n.a., pp. 13. C13.
Correspondence and petition to Government offices, Brisbane, relating to Cardwell, 1864, pp. 13, photocopies. C20.
Typescript notes on the history of Collinsville, pp. 2. C23.
Typescript, 'A History of Collinsville and District', compiled by the Bowen Shire Council, assisted by the Bowen Historical Society on the occasion of a Lions Club Convention, Collinsville, 26 March 1972, pp. 7. C30.
Diary of Archibald Campbell Macmillan, Northern Districts Engineer, 19 January 1866-22 September 1866, typescript extracts, pp. 17. D 4 A-Q.
Correspondence, between the Bowen Historical Society and Mrs K. Emmerson, Chinchilla 1966-1972, regarding historical matters of the Bowen district. E 2-34.
Map, correspondence, historical notes on Fanning River Station, file collected by Dr P. Delamothe, pp.10. F 1.
Biographical details of Eugene Fitzalan, botanist and first government building contractor in Bowen, supplied by the State Library of Queensland, 22 December 1969, pp. 4, 2, 1. F12.
Biographical details on Eugene Fitzalan, supplied by the State Library of Victoria, 12 November 1970,pp.6. F14.
Correspondence between Eugene Fitzalan, Bowen and government offices Brisbane, 1861-1863, relating to building contracts and costs, pp. 49, photocopies. F16.
Miscellaneous papers relating to foundation of Bowen, including details of land sales, town plans, register of first settlers, 1 package. FF1,3,4.
Typescript historical notes on James Gordon, discovery of Port Denison, later Police Magistrate Townsville, details provided by Mrs Alexander, pp. 15. G 1.
Correspondence file of James Gordon, relating to the Customs House, Bowen, 15 April 1861-6 October 1866, typescript copies of 91 letters. G4.
Record of Land Held by James Gordon at Cluden in Townsville, with correspondence from the Bowen Historical Society 1963-1964 relating to their inquiry after this record, pp. 5. G6.
Biographical notes on John William Greaves, manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Bowen, 1865, pp. 3. G12.
Typescript, historical notes on the Normanby Goldfield by Walter Cottrell, pp. 2. G13-15.
Report by C.C. Morton, government geologist, on the southern portion of the Normanby Goldfield, July 1920, stats., charts, typescript, pp. 8, photocopy. 'Recent notes on the Normanby Goldfield', by C.C. Morton, 15 July 1921, pp. 8. G16.
Notes on Ernest Henry explorer and pioneer pastoralist of the Kennedy District, details supplied by Mrs K. Emmerson, Chinchilla, pp. 2. H2.
Notes on the Henning family, Biddulph, and his sisters Annie and Rachel who pioneered Exmoor Station in the Bowen hinterland in the 1860s, p. 1. H7.
Notes on James Leith Hay, pioneer lease holder of Ravenswood run and Commissioner for Crown Lands at Bowen 1862, pp. 2. H8.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the history of Horseshoe Bay, Bowen, including land leases and road plans. H11, 12.
Typescript, 'Horseshoe Bay', history of settlement, pp. 6. H15.
Correspondence from government files relating to hotels in the Bowen hinterland during the 1860s, 2 files. H16, 17.
Historical notes on the North Australian Hotel, Bowen. H18.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Bowen Harbour Board, including correspondence ca 1915-1918, map: Parish of Pring, North Kennedy, Queensland 1916, and 1 large envelope of papers. H21.27.
Correspondence and papers relating to the history of Inkerman Station pioneered by J.G. Macdonald in 1861. 11,2.
Government files including correspondence and a petition relating to immigration to Bowen during the 1860s, photocopies, 5 bundles. 13,4,7,9, 10.
Government correspondence and papers relating to the erection of the Port Denison jetty, 1863, pp. 2, 3, photocopies. J4,5.
Typescript, 'Lost Leichhardt' by Thomas Welsby, read at R.H.S.Q. Brisbane, 28 August 1929, foolscap, pp. 33. LL
Historical notes on light houses and lights, Port Denison region, pp. 2. L2.
Government correspondence, lease applications relating to land settlement in the Kennedy District of North Queensland, 1861-1864, 4 files, photocopies. L7, 8, 14, 15.
Land Selection Charts, Kennedy District settlement from 1861. Details : name of run, lessee, area, date, land transfers, foolscap, pp. 10, comprising 4 files. L9-12.
Miscellaneous file including correspondence, survey plan, purchase documents relating to land sale in Bowen township 1863, photocopies. L16.
Typescript of interview conducted by Dr. P. Delamothe with Mr William Easton on the 1918 murders at Mount Coolon, foolscap, pp. 4, 2 copies. M3.
Typescript historical notes on the introduction and growing of mangoes in the Bowen district, p. 1. M11.
Typescript historical notes on Mount Coolan, pp. 2. M18, 19.
Correspondence, government records relating to J.G. Macdonald, pioneer pastoralist of the Kennedy District and later the Gulf of Carpentaria. M20.
Historical notes on the Ukalunda mines in the Bowen hinterland, 1 bundle and 1 page. M22.
Report of geological survey by C.C. Morton on Middle Camp, Ukalunda district, 1935, typescript, pp. 6. M23.
Government correspondence relating to James Morrill, 1863, pp. 1, 3, photocopied. M32,33.
Government report on Mackay, December 1862, (no further details), pp. 9, photocopied. M34.
Typescript memoirs of Mount Coolan, 1933, by Mr. Harry Flint, 9 January 1974, pp. 6. M41.
Miscellaneous papers on Cobb and Co. mail routes in Bowen hinterland, including research correspondence of the Bowen Historical Society, Messrs. E. Cunningham and D. Roderick, details of coach routes, and mail services operating in the 1870s. 1 large envelope. M58.
Biographical notes on Father W. McGinty, Roman Catholic priest who came to Bowen in 1864, where he died in 1871, pp. 2; also newspaper extracts from Bowen Independent 16 October 1964 and Townsville Catholic News, September 1964, pp. 2. Mc 1, 2.
Miscellaneous notes and papers regarding Native Police, pp. 4; also government correspondence relating to the activities of the Force in the Kennedy District 1862-1863, 1863-1864. N1, 13-15.
Miscellaneous collection entitled 'Coral Coast Festival - October 1865'. Includes details of local pioneer families, memoirs, photographs and illustrations of family relics of historical interest, 1 folder. P4.
Historical notes on Poole Island, Port Denison Harbour. P8, 9.
Register of 'Pioneer Members, Kennedy Masonic Lodge, 1865', typescript, pp. 3. P10.
Manuscript biography of Gideon Pott, pastoral settler in the Kennedy District 1867, by Mrs Jean Turner, grand daughter of Gideon Pott, pp. 4. P23.
Manuscript entitled 'Twelve Months Droving Sheep in the West Longreach and Hughenden District 1898-1899'. personal memoirs, no details of author, pp. 9. P37.
List of Mayors of Bowen who held office during the 19th century, p. 1. P40.
Petition to Governor Bowen from petitioners in the Pioneer River area. South Kennedy, 18 March 1863, requesting a survey of their settlement and the commencement of land sales for town allotments, pp. 2, photocopy. P49.
Petition to Governor Bowen, 23 September 1863, requesting the extension of Telegraphic Communications to Bowen, pp. 4, photocopy. P51.
Petition to Governor Bowen from Daniel Emerson, pioneer publican and blacksmith [August 1863?] asking for a license to establish an inn and foundry on the Upper Burdekin, photocopy. P53.
Miscellaneous government correspondence and petitions relating to the Bowen area during the 1860s, photocopies. P 54-56, 59-63, 75-89.
Correspondence and notes relating to F. Kilner and E. Fitzalan, from Dr. lan Price, Lecturer in Botany, James Cook University of North Queensland, 1977, 1 folder. P83.
Diary extracts, J.T. Walker, 13 February-20 March 1866. Mr Walker was the first manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Townsville. Entries cover his appointment, voyage to Townsville via Bowen and first impressions of Townsville, several pages, photocopied. Also associated correspondence with the donor, Mr. S. Walker, Glenlyon, Stanthorpe, a great nephew of the diarist, 1975-1976. P87.
Items collected by Alice McCane July 1977, 1 large envelope. P93.
Government records including correspondence, petitions, maps and extracts from Parliamentary Papers relating to the separation movement in Central and Northern Queensland, 1887, 1894, 1898, pp. 65, 19, 37, 1, 8, photocopies. Q2-5.
Government correspondence, 1866, relating to roads Mackay-Bowen and the Bowen hinterland, pp. 8, photocopies. R4, 6.
Miscellaneous correspondence, papers, newspaper extracts relating to railways in the Bowen region including records of the Bowen-Proserpine Tramway Board, 1 large envelope. RLY 1-17.
Notes on Bowen School of Arts, 1867, pp. 2. S1 A, B.
Register of births recorded on board the immigrant ship Wansfell, which sailed from Liverpool 9 September 1863, arriving Port Denison 29 December 1963, typescript, pp. 14. Details taken: birthdate, latitude and longitude, name of child, sex, parents' names and ages, informant, name of ship's master. S20.
Seminar paper 'The Letters of Rachel Henning, critical analysis' by Phillipa Gordon, 2 April 1969, pp. 7, delivered at Australian Literature Seminar, James Cook University of North Queensland. S27.
Papers relating to Sonoma Station via Bowen, 1 small bundle. S29.
Historical details with covering letter on Hidden Valley via Ukalunda, from Jas. L. Stapleton, Queensland State Librarian, 7 November 1969, pp. 6. S33.
Government correspondence relating to Stone Island, Port Denison, 1864-1866, pp. 1, 11, photocopies. S37.38.
Government correspondence relating to the settlement of Somerset, Cape York, March 1863, pp. 4, photocopies. S39.
Correspondence file, Wangaratta Shire Council relating to local shipping and the erection of the Stone Island boat landing, 1917-1919, pp. 3. S47-49.
Correspondence, notes and newspaper extracts relating to Henry Daniel Sinclar, one of the naval party who discovered Port Denison in October 1859. SINC 1-16.
Correspondence, notes and newspaper extracts relating to the development of the telegraph in the Bowen region and its extension to the Gulf of Carpentaria, typescript and photocopies. T1-19.
Letters, William Thomas of the ketch Santa Barbara, to Governor Bowen, 17 February, 4 December 1862, relating to his claim for a reward for his part in the discovery of Port Denison harbour in 1859, 2 items, pp. 2, photocopies. T20.
Typescript notes on the history of the Whitsunday Islands, pp. 4. W6.
Correspondence file, Wangaratta Shire Council relating to local government elections 1917-1919, 1936, pp. 8. W27.
Correspondence and notes relating to John Yeates pioneer pastoralist of the Kennedy District and early Mayor of Bowen, pp. 3. Yl-3.