Party: Local Government - Rockhampton. Fitzroy Shire Council, 288 Quay Street, Rockhampton, 4700
Summary
The Fitzroy Divisional Board was established in 1899, it became Fitzroy Shire in 1903. The Shire covers the area to the immediate south and west of Rockhampton City.
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Minutes of Council meetings, July 1899-May 1905, 1 vol., June 1905-June 1911, 1 vol., July 1911-April 1914, 1 vol., May 1914-June 1916, 1 vol., July 1916-May 1919, 1 vol., June 1919-January 1925, 1 vol., February 1925-March 1928, 1 vol., March 1928-August 1930, 1 vol., September 1930-February 1935, 1 vol., March 1935-February 1939, 1 vol., March 1939-October 1942, 1 vol., November 1942-November 1948, 1 vol., December 1948-February 1957, 1 vol., March 1957-April 1964, 1 vol., May 1964-June 1970, 1 vol., July 1970-June 1974, 1 vol., July 1974-present, 1 vol.
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Minutes of Finance Committee meetings, March 1937-June 1952.
Minutes of Town Planning, Health and Gracemere Water Committee meetings, February 1970-June 1977.
Correspondence files, an extensive collection, from ca.1934.
Reports, a large collection including Reports from Council Chairmen, Clerk, Engineer, Overseer, Health Inspector, Works Committee, Finance Committee, Land Administration Board, Superintendent of Stock Routes, January 1939-present, in temporary binding.
Newspaper cutting books, wide ranging matters relating to the Fitzroy Shire Council, including published minutes of meetings, 1899-present, some 16 vols.
Newspaper extracts, Rockhampton: Morning Bulletin, Daily Record, Evening News, Brisbane: Daily Mail, Courier Mail, also Smith's Weekly.
Cash books, May 1884-October 1887, 1 vol., 1899-1904, 1 vol., 1904-1911, 1 vol., 1911-1915, 1 vol., 1915-1918, 1 vol., 1918-1921, 1 vol., 1921-1923, 1 vol., 1923-1926, 1 vol., 1926-1928, 1 vol., 1928-1931, 1 vol., 1931-1933, 1 vol., 1933-1935, 1 vol., 1935-1937, 1 vol., 1937-1939, 1 vol., 1939-1941, 1 vol., 1941-1952, 1 vol.
General Cash Books, 1889-1907, 1 vol., 1908-1915, 1 vol. 1917-1922, 1 vol. 1922-1924, 1 vol. 1926-1930, 1 vol. 1930-1934, 1 vol. 1935-1937, 1 vol., 1937-1940, 1 vol. 1940-1944, 1 vol.
Miscellaneous Cash Books, Plant Account, July 1922-October 1924, 1 vol., May 1937-June 1950, 1 vol., September 1951-January 1966, 1 vol.
Journals, February 1940-September 1945, 1 vol., June 1963-January 1966, 1 vol.
Ledgers, May 1884-September 1889, 1 vol., 1889-1905, 1 vol., 1906-1913, 1 vol., 1914-1920, 1 vol., 1921-1925, 1vol., 1926-1929, 1 vol., 1930-1934, 1 vol., 1935-1937, 1 vol., 1937-1941, 1 vol., 1941-1951, 1 vol., 1951-1957, 1 vol., 1957-1966, 1 vol., 1889-1905, 1 vol., 1906-1913, 1 vol., 1914-1920, 1 vol., 1921-1925, 1 vol., 1926-1929, 1 vol., 1930-1934, 1 vol., 1935-1937, 1 vol. 1937-1941, 1 vol., 1941-1951, 1 vol., 1951-1957, 1 vol., 1957-1966, 1 vol., 1967-1968, 1vol.
Ledgers, Miscellaneous, July 1957-June 1964, 1 vol.
Ledger, Commonwealth Aid, July 1959-February 1966, 1 vol.
Additional recent records in folders.
Account book, Fitzroy Shire Council a/c with Bank of Australasia, Rockhampton, October 1909-ca. March 1912, 1 vol.
Statement of Accounts, laid before Finance Committee, October 1927-January 1932, 1 vol., February 1932-July 1935, 1 vol., August 1935-February 1939, 1 vol.
Reference book, Sub Division 1, Gogango Division, detailed register of land holdings, no. 1-3,509 [1890?].
Register of license fees, July 1899-November 1934, 1 vol.
Registers, Valuation, 1899-1911, 12 vols.
Valuation and Rate Books, 1939-1975, 36 vols, records held to present.
Rate books, 1899-1939, 40 vols, complete.
Rate Receipt Books 1953-present, ca.78 vols.
Pound Register, February 1922-May 1927, 1 vol., has details of animals impounded.
Poundkeeper's Sales Book, April 1917-June 1927, 1 vol., sale of impounded stock.
Photographs; scenes of early Rockhampton and district, from 1850s.
Portraits of Shire Chairmen, Clerks, Council groups, local identities and scenes, transport subjects including railways, bridges, a series on convoy transport of goods in World War II; several scenes of early Isisford, Windorah, and Winton. 1 album and individual prints, comprising a considerable collection.
Miscellaneous Maps and Survey Collection, including:
Town Surveys, Westwood, December 1924, Gogango, December 1916, Kabra, 1924, Stanwell, 1922, Government Printer, Brisbane.
Parish Maps, Parish of: Nicholson, 1947, Neerkol, 1939, Stanwell, 1942, Playfair, 1942, Wiseman, 1939, San Jose, 1938, Gelobera, 1941, Fleetwood, 1937, Glenroy, 1939, Moan, 1946, Calioran, 1936, Rosewood, 1942, Cecil, 1942, Arica, Sh.1, 1906, Arica, Sh.2, 1906, Morinish, Sh. 1, 1938, Morinish, Sh. 2, 1938, Gracemere, 1940, Casurina, 1939, Ultimo, 1947, Westwood, 1939, Moonmera, 1936, Bunavon, 1946, Develin, 1924, Faraday, 1937, Gavail, 1936.
Defence File, General Matters, including: 1 copy: National Security Regulations, 1939-40; official directions on recruiting and enlistments, local security, maintenance of essential services, roads etc.; correspondence and literature on war loans; correspondence regarding shortages, rationing, includes statistical tables; minutes of local meeting of complaint regarding closing of butcher shops in association with rationing regulations; correspondence regarding notification of war casualties, supply of civil defence equipment miscellaneous circulars, brochures regarding the war and defence matters in general, ca. 1939-October 1945, (1 vol. Temp. bound).