Party: Local Government - Aramac. Aramac Shire Council Gordon Street Aramac, 4726
Summary
The Aramac Divisional Board was established in 1879 under the Divisional Board Act of that year; it became Aramac Shire in 1903, following the enactment of the Local Authorities Act of 1902. There were several boundary changes, prior to 1903.
STRONG ROOM
Cemetery register, Aramac, October 1906-present, 4 volumes, no. 1 very frail.
Cemetery register, Muttaburra, June 1919-February 1931, 2 volumes.
Letter books, correspondence out, December 1887-May 1891, 1 volume, May 1891-March 1893, 1 volume.
Queensland National Bank, January 1932-March 1939, 1 volume, July 1938-July 1944, 1 volume, April 1939-May 1948, 1 volume, July 1948-June 1953, 1 volume, 1954-1957, 1 volume.
Cash books, government grants and loan account, December 1887-December 1906, 1 volume.
Cash books, miscellaneous funds, 1955-1958, 1 volume.
Cash books, sanitary fund, 1951-1955, 1 volume.
Cash books, water supply, 1906-1908, 1 volume, (Muttaburra), 1930-1945, 1 volume, July 1945-June 1955, 1 volume, 1952-1955, 1 volume.
Ledgers, budget, disbursements, 1939/40-1943/44, 1 volume.
Ledgers, budget, receipts, 1939/40-1943/44, 1 volume.
Ledgers, general, April 1880-December 1884, 1 volume, January 1888-December 1890, 1 volume, January 1891-December 1892, 1 volume, January 1896-December 1900, 1 volume, January 1901-December 1909, 1 volume, January 1910-December 1917, 1 volume, January 1918-December 1934, 1 volume, January 1944-December 1949, 1 volume, 1951-1953, 1 volume.
Ledgers, plant working, 1963-1964, 1 volume.
Ledgers, rates, January 1899-July 1908, 1 volume.
Ledgers, water supply, February 1898-December 1907, 1 volume, January 1908-December 1928, 1 volume.
Postage books, November 1949-April 1960, 3 volumes, incontinuous.
Pound keeper's book, Aramac no.1, November 1904-April 1947, 1 volume.
Pound keeper's book, Muttaburra no.1, January 1904-July 1929, 1 volume.
Register of private works, account book, 1950-1953, 1 volume.
Valuation registers, 1880-1883, 1 volume, 1884-1887, 1 volume, damaged, 1888-1890, 1 volume, damaged, 1893, 1 volume, 1894, 1 volume, 1895, 1 volume, 1896, 1 volume, 1897, 1 volume, 1898, 1 volume, 1899, 1 volume, Longreach only. 1899, 1 volume, Aramac Division excluding Longreach, 1900, 1 volume, 1901, 1 volume, 1902, 1 volume, 1903, 1 volume, 1904, 1 volume, 1905, 1 volume, 1906, 1 volume, 1907, 1 volume, 1908, 1 volume, 1909, 1 volume, 1910, 1 volume, 1911, 1 volume, 1912, 1 volume, 1913, 1 volume, 1914, 1 volume, 1915, 1 volume, 1916-1920, 1 volume, 1921-1925, 1 volume, 1926-1930, 1 volume, 1931-1935, 1 volume, 1936-1940, 1 volume, March 1893-January 1895, 1 volume, January 1895-January 1897, 1 volume, March 1897-December 1898, 1 volume, June 1898-May 1905, 1 volume, December 1898-September 1900, 1 volume, December 1899-November 1906, 1 volume, April 1904-June 1906, 1 volume, November 1906-October 1908, 1 volume, September 1910-April 1914, 1 volume, August 1913-September 1914, 1 volume, April 1914-June 1916, 1 volume.
Letter books, correspondence out, advices. May 1904-July 1908, 1 volume, July 1908-November 1910, 1 volume.
Letter books, correspondence out, general. June 1889-July 1904, 1 volume, October 1908-May 1912, 1 volume.
Letter books, correspondence out, rates. September 1900-May 1902, 1 volume.
Minutes of Council meetings, April 1880-November 1891, 1 volume, December 1891-December 1895, 1 volume, April 1896-November 1901, 1 volume, February 1902-November 1914, 1 volume, December 1914-April 1928, 1 volume, June 1928-November 1937, 1 volume, January 1938-April 1943, 1 volume, damaged, May 1943-June 1950, 1 volume, August 1950-March 1954, 1 volume, April 1954-May 1955, 1 volume, June 1955-December 1957, 1 volume, January 1958-August 1963, 1 volume, August 1963-May 1969, 1 volume, June 1969-February 1975, 1 volume, March 1975-March 1979, 1 volume.
Minutes of meetings, Finance Committee, August 1948-September 1951, 1 volume, includes newspaper extracts regarding Council meetings. November 1953-September 1955, 1 volume, November 1955-January 1957, 1 volume.
Minutes of meetings, Stock Routes Improvement Fund, August 1938-June 1945, 1 volume. Contract register, February 1885-December 1941, 1 volume.
Newspaper advertisements book, March 1950-December 1955, 1 volume.
Press cuttings book, November 1956-October 1960, 1 volume.
Photographs, 3 Council groups, n.d.
Honour roll, register of Council Chairmen, 1880-present.
RECORDS ROOM (General Council Records)
Aramac Bore Reserve book,
Produce a/c., 1899-1901, 1 volume,
Baths a/c., 1899-1901, 1 volume,
Dairy registration, 1934-1936, 1 volume,
Dog registration, 1935, 1 volume.
Cash book, cash per post inward, July 1949-July 1953, 1 volume,
July 1953-October 1956, 1 volume.
Cash books, general, 1949-1952, 1 volume.
Cash books, general and bank accounts,
Queensland National Bank, 1880-1887, 1 volume, damaged,
Queensland National Bank, 1888-1895, 1 volume,
Queensland National Bank and Bank of New South Wales, August 1895-January 1901, 1 volume,
Queensland National Bank, 1898,
Bank of New South Wales, 1898-1930, 1 volume,
Bank of New South Wales, 1901-1911, 1 volume,
Bank of New South Wales, 1913-1921, 1 volume, 1913-1918, 1 volume,
Bank of New South Wales, 1922-1931, 1 volume, 1940-1945, 1 volume, 1945-1950, 1 volume.
Registers, water rates, 1898-1901, 1 volume, 1902-1903, 1 volume, 1904-1907, 1 volume, 1908-1909, 1 volume, 1910-1911, 1 volume, 1912-1913, 1 volume, 1914-1916, 1 volume, n.d., 1 volume.
Stock Routes fund book, November 1938-April 1945, 1 volume, May 1945-June 1949, 1 volume, July 1949-June 1955, 1 volume.
Water supply sundry debtors book, Aramac and Muttaburra, 1950, 1 volume.
RECORDS ROOM, (Tramway records)
Letter books, correspondence in and out, contains statement of Tramway accounts, submissions to the Queensland Treasury, correspondence regarding alteration of Shire boundaries of Aramac and Barcaldine Shires.
Letter book, miscellaneous, August 1957-September 1958, 1 volume.
Cash book, freight and tickets, 1948-1950, 1 volume.
Cash books, Tramway Revenue account, 1912-1921, 1 volume, 1923-1941, 1 volume, 1941-1946, 1 volume, 1946-1950, 1 volume.
Cash books. Tramway Undertakings, 1907-1919, 1 volume.
Ledgers, Tramway, 1919-1938, 1 volume, 1953-1957, 1 volume.
Time sheets, January 1967-June 1967.
Voucher books, October 1937-December 1937, 1 volume, January 1938-March 1938, 1 volume, April 1938-June 1938, 1 volume, January 1950-June 1950, 1 volume, January 1952-June 1952, 1 volume.
An additional collection of Aramac Shire Council Tramway records is held in the local Tramway goods shed. Details of these records are not available.