Party: Anglican Church Regional Records - Charters Towers. HOLY Family Church of England Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers, 4820
Summary
The Charters Towers ministry began in 1873, initially operating from the Ravenswood Church. In 1876 St Paul's Church Charters Towers was erected. This collection includes records from St George's and St Mary's Churches Queenton, and St Paul's and the Holy Family Church Charters Towers. Some records were destroyed in a fire in 1937.
PARISH OFFICE: Baptism registers, St Paul's, 1874-1901, 1 vol. 1878-1886, 1 vol. 1901-1904, 1 vol. 1904-1907, 1 vol. 1907-1910, 1 vol. 1910-1914, 1 vol. 1915-1942, 1 vol.
St George's Queenton, 1892-1901, 1 vol. 1902-1904, 2 vols.
St Mary's Queenton, 1910-1911, 1 vol.
Confirmation registers, 1893, 1898, in Service register 1893-1902, 1929-present, 1 vol.
Marriage registers, St Paul's, 1874-1886, 1 vol. 1886-1890, 1 vol. 1891-1899, 1 vol. 1893-1896, 1 vol. 1895-1898, 1 vol. 1899-1902, 1 vol. 1901-1905, 1 vol. 1902-1904, 1 vol. 1904-1911, 1 vol. 1906-1913, 1 vol. 1913-1915, 1 vol. [1915-1937 Records lost in fire] 1937-1941, 1 vol. 1941-1945, 1 vol. 1945-1953, 1 vol.
Book of Marriage banns, June 1911-June 1922, 1 vol. October 1945-April 1947, 1 vol.
Burial register, St Paul's, 1886-1888, 1 vol., damaged, incomplete. 1906-1913, 1 vol., damaged, incomplete. April 1941-November 1942, 1 vol. in confirmation register 1929.
Burial register, St George's, 1900-1904, 1 vol. January 1961-present, 1 vol.
Service register, St Paul's, March 1883-December 1893, 1 vol. 1893-1903, 1 vol. 1903-1904, 1 vol. 1904-1906, 1 vol. 1906-1910, 1 vol. 1922-1955, 1 vol. 1955-1960, 1 vol. 1961-1964, 1 vol. 1964-present, 1 vol.
Service register, St George's, 1900-1903, 1 vol. 1903, 1 vol.
Service register, St Mary's, 1910-1912, 1 vol.
Minutes of meetings, General Committee, Goldfield Church of England, June 1875-1880, 1 vol., May 1886-September 1893, 1 vol.
Minutes of meetings, General Committee, St George's, Queenton, May 1895-May 1903, 1 vol., April 1903-June 1904, 1 vol.
Minutes of meetings, Charters Towers Parochial Council, April 1925-July 1948, 1 vol., record held to present.
Minutes of meetings, St Mary's Guild of North Queensland, St Paul's Parish, September 1932-November 1934, 1 vol.
Letter books, 'The Vicarage', May 1898-October 1904, 1 vol., 1912.1915.1 vol.
Letter books, St George's, August 1902-March 1904, 1 vol.
Receipt book, March 1912-January 1914, 1 vol.
Collection book, April 1919-March 1928, 1 vol.
A Collection of historical papers and notes in 1 folder, including:
Typescript, 'The Church of England in Charters Towers celebrated its 100th Anniversary This Year', n.a., n.d., [1974?] foolscap, pp.3, includes historical details.
Typescript, 'Church of England Centenary Mass', n.a., n.d., [1974?], foolscap, pp.2, has biographical notes on priests who have served the parish.
Manuscript and typescript, 'History of the Parish', by Reverend E.C. Roland, pp. 2, 2 copies held, also attached a list of parish rectors 1874-1967.
Manuscript, 'An Expanding Parish', 'Climax and Anti-climax', and 'In Conclusion', n.a., 1960, pp.11, 3 chapters of an historical work on the Charters Towers parish.
Church News, no. 9, May 1914, includes annual report, Charters Towers parish, small bound booklet.
Parish News, weekly news sheet, May 1967-August 1973.
Souvenir of Charters Towers, North Queensland, Charters Towers, 1905, small booklet of Charters Towers views, including Gill Street, race course, Church buildings, Lissner Park, Burdekin bridge, Burdekin weir, hospital, cyanide works, Plant's Day Dawn Mine, Bonnie Dundee mill and dam, post office.
Photograph collection of some 12 prints, including portraits, views of local buildings etc., in large envelope.