Party: Local Government - Barcaldine. Barcaldine Shire Council 63 Ash Street Barcaldine, 4725
Summary
The Barcaldine Divisional Board was established in 1892, and became Barcaldine Shire in 1903.
OFFICE STRONG ROOM
Cemetery register, May 1898-present, 1 volume.
Minutes of Council meetings, from 1915, 7 volumes.
A collection of business records of a generally recent nature including:
Minutes of Finance Committee meetings, cash and receipt books, record of legal documents, rate collection records, and wage records.
COUNCIL MEETING ROOM
Photographs, framed portraits of Shire Chairmen and Shire Clerks, also Council groups, from the foundation of the Divisional Board.
BASEMENT STORE An unsorted collection includes the following:
Minutes of Council meetings, from January 1893, 7 volumes, combined with Strong Room holdings these form a complete run.
Cash books, from January 1893.
Contract Ledger, June 1893-February 1939, 1 volume.
General ledgers, from 1900.
Loan account book, from March 1916.
Valuation and rate books, 1893-1935, 6 volumes.
Water works assessment book (rates), from August 1895.
Stock register, Barcaldine Shire Council, covering sheep, cattle and team animals, January 1903-November 1925, 1 volume.
Also loose correspondence, vouchers, maps, plans and surveys. Bound items comprise some 150 volumes.
Additional non-Council records in basement store:
Records of the National Bank of Australasia, Barcaldine branch, now closed. Includes correspondence, legal files, general bank records not bound, some letter books from 1900, 6 cartons.
Records of the Barcaldine Masonic Lodge, including account books, wages registers, cheque butts, cash and receipt books, correspondence files, printed booklets and documents including handbooks of the Masonic Order. The collection dates from ca.1907, 2 cartons.