Party: Local Government - Cloncurry. Cloncurry Shire Council, Scarr Street, Cloncurry, 4824
Summary
Cloncurry Divisional Board was established in 1884, and became Cloncurry Shire in 1903. The establishment of the Mount Isa Shire in 1962 reduced the area of the Cloncurry Council. Some records were destroyed by fire in the 1930s.
OFFICE STRONG ROOM
Cloncurry Cemetery register, January 1898-August 1968, 1 vol. frail. August 1968-present, 1 vol.
Minutes of Council meetings, February 1912-April 1916, 1 vol. March 1927-December 1931, 1 vol. record held to present.
Councillor's attendance books, March 1930-May 1947, 1 vol. June 1947-April 1951, 1 vol. record held to present.
Printed records: Memorandum and Articles of Association of Cloncurry Electric Light and Power Company Limited, 1930.
Prospectus of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd. [1920], includes a list of original shareholders.
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Australian Medical Services, N.S.W. Section, Glebe, N.S.W., 1936, pp. 44.
Photographs, 2 main collections, comprised of 1. photographs relating to the Flying Doctor Service and Qantas Airways in western Queensland, supplied by the Public Affairs Department of Qantas, Sydney, in 1976; and 2. a large collection of some 150 prints, covering Cloncurry and district, including portraits of Council Chairmen. Both collections have been copied for the Delamothe Collection of North Queensland History.
OUTSIDE STRONG ROOM
A large deposit of unsorted records includes the following:
Cash books, from 1954, 5 vols, various departments.
Ledgers, from 1938, 6 vols.
Account book, Queensland National Bank, August 1936-July 1937, 1 vol., correspondence inserted.
Valuation registers, also rate books covering Water, Sanitation and Rental, February 1908-ca.1951, some 70 vols, an additional 3 vols are stored in the Council attic.
Wages sheet, Council employees, July 1926-December 1931, 1 vol.
Water Authority register, loan funds receipt books, cash books, from 1923, some 20 vols, damaged.
A small collection of maps and town surveys of Mt Isa, Cloncurry and district are also held.