Party: Charters Towers. Blackheath College, Stubley Street, Charters Towers, 4820
Summary
HEADMISTRESS' OFFICE. Principals annual report, Thornborough and Blackheath Colleges, 1945-1949, 5 printed items.
Day books, with daily entries by the teacher on duty, September 1941-present, 86 vols.
Prefect's book, album with photographs and signatures, 1958-present, 1 vol.
House books, listing students in Archie, Bacon and Bryce school houses, 1945-present, 4 vols.
Miscellaneous house books, members lists, teams etc., numerous vols.
Blackheath College sports books, with athletics results, times etc., 1926-1930, 1 vol., also general sports results, times, house lists, results, times, house lists, 1926-1931, 1 vol., 1931-1945, 1 vol., 1945-1959, 1 vol.
Interhouse athletics books, 1924-1925, 1 vol., 1931-1951, 1 vol., 1963-1970, 1 vol.
Interschool athletics book, 1956-1964, 1 vol.
Interschool swimming book, 1939-1950, 1 vol.
Interhouse swimming book, 1939-1951, 1 vol., 1959-1972, 1 vol.
Miscellaneous papers, relating to school performances in music, drama, examinations, also additional sporting records including tennis and netball. From ca.1944. Student Newsletter, The Blue News, weekly, March 1946-November 1946, 1 folder, 1948-1949, 1 folder.
PRIVATE COLLECTION, MISS J. LANDSBERG, HEADMISTRESS. Correspondence, chiefly hand written copies of original letters held in the Blackthorn Library Archives, relating to the purchase of Thornborough property from E.H.T. Plant, and the foundation of the school, 15 November 1918-February 1919.
Also typescript extracts from School Council minutes and reports, 9 January 1920-17 February 1933, pp. 7, in 1 folder entitled: Miscellaneous Old Letters.
Historical notes, extracts from School Board minutes of meetings, from 1921, biographical notes on people associated with the schools, 1 exercise book, entitled: Blackthorn.
Manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine extracts, photocopied material relating to the history of the schools, 1 folder, entitled: History.
Records of the Blackthorn Past Students' Association Building Appeal Fund, including correspondence, business records, appeal literature and programmes, registers of donors, notes, plans, guest list for jubilee reunion, leaflets, booklets etc., ca. 1963-1969, 2 box folders.
Records of Blackthorn Past Students' Association, chiefly copies of the Association newsletter, Blackthorn News, December 1963-March 1979, in 1 large envelope, entitled: J.M. Landsberg's News Sheet File.
Printed records: Combined Prospectus, Presbyterian and Methodist Boarding and Day School, Charters Towers, Queensland, Sydney, n.d., [1924], illus., school details, pp. 32.
Prospectus, Blackheath College for Girls, Charters Towers, North Queensland, [ca. 1959], illus., school details, pp.11.
Preliminary Prospectus, Thornborough College, n.d., [ca. 1920], illus., school details, pp. 12.
Prospectus, Thornborough College for boys, n.d., [1951], illus., list of school facilities, courses, student requirements, fees, etc, pp. 15.
Thornborough and Blackheath Colleges 1919-1931, Commemorative Souvenir, June 1931, Charters Towers, 1931, n. pag. [pp.54] gives current and historical details of the schools, illustrations include views of Thornborough when owned by E.H.T. Plant, 2 copies held.
Newsletter, The Blue News, 1974-1977, incontinuous.
Newspaper extracts, relating to the history of the school and school activities, also some correspondence and school prospectus, 3 folders.
Photographs, including school groups, buildings etc.
ASSEMBLY HALL, HONOUR BOARDS School Captains, 1921-1972.
Dux of the school, 1921-1972.
Gordon Wilson scholarships, 1954-1972, recent entries damaged.
W.D. Black scholarship, 1923-1967.
Judy Batt memorial prize, 1953-1972, recent entries damaged.
Details from these boards and records from 1973 will be transferred to the Blackthorn Assembly Hall, Thornborough.