Party: Townsville. Mr and Mrs B. TREMBATH 9 THORLEY Street Heatley Townsville, 4814
Summary
The Trembath family came originally from Cornwall; after migrating to Australia they spent a period in western Queensland where they were engaged in transport, well boring and dam sinking. Mr Thomas Trembath later purchased Eumara Springs station, north of Charters Towers, where he bred fine draft horses as well as beef cattle. The property was sold in 1939, and family members are now widely settled throughout north Queensland, notably in Innisfail and Townsville. Mr and Mrs Trembath of Heatley, Townsville, hold a large collection of family records, including a considerable quantity relating to Eumara Springs station.
Diaries, personal and station, chiefly of Eumara Springs station, 1922, 1923, 1925,(2 diaries), 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, (2 diaries), 1948, 1962, 1964, 1965, a total of 21 volumes.
Statement of assets and liabilities, profit and loss account as at 30 June 1943, P.M. Trembath Esq., Ingham, 2 leaves.
Register of cheques paid, ca.1925-1933, 1 volume.
Register of cheques paid, ca.1938-1964, 1 volume, includes rough financial jottings.
Bank account book, Thomas Trembath, Richmond Downs, Bank of New South Wales, Charters Towers. March 1890-March 1893, 1 volume.
Bank account book, Thomas Trembath, Queensland National Bank, Charters Towers. August 1899-June 1903, 1 volume.
Bank account book, Fred McKinlay Trembath, Eumara [Springs], Queensland National Bank, Charters Towers. June 1916-December 1930, 1 volume.
Bank account book, P.M. Trembath, Mungalla, Ingham, Queensland National Bank Ltd. November 1942-July 1944, 1 volume.
Cheque butts, April, 1938-July, 1938, 1 item. March 1940-June 1940, 1 item.
Horse book, entitled: Draught Horses the Property of F.A. Cassady, [Mungalla Station, Ingham], 1904-1926 (248 entries), 1929-1938 (150 entries), details include number, brand, year foaled, description, sire, dam, remarks, 1 volume.
Horse book, June 1921-March 1928, details include foaling, sex, branding, distinguishing marks, 1 volume.
Photographs, a collection of family portraits and groups, also pastoral and Innisfail scenes, and horses. The photograph collection was kindly lent for copying for the Delamothe Collection of North Queensland History, James Cook University.