Party: Regional Records - Rockhampton. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral, William Street, Rockhampton, 4700
Summary
The Archives are housed in the Bishop's House opposite the Cathedral, and include the following:
James Duhig's Directories, (and small diaries), 1906-1911, 5 vols, (these contain handwritten notes of daily activities).
Bishop's Archives: Bishop Duhig's file.
Bishop Higgins' file.
Bishop Cani's file.
Bishop Shiel's correspondence and diary.
Education file.
Baptism Register, Bowen Mission, (this is a copy of an earlier record, now lost, which was copied by Fr S.M. McDonough, who first began performing baptisms himself in 1883).
Baptisms, Bowen Mission, Fr McGinty, 1862-1871. Fr Clementori, 1871-1873. Fr M.J. Murray, 1873-1874. Fr D.F.X. Buchinor, 1876, these registers have details of other northern centres including Townsville.
Baptism Register, Rockhampton 1862-present; of these the entries of Fr Murlay, 1870-1873, include details of Townsville and Ravenswood, entries of Fr MacGuinness 1871-1874, include details of Georgetown, Normanton, Darnley Island and Cooktown.
Marriage Register, Rockhampton, 1862-present, includes some early records of Townsville and other northern centres.
Burial Register, Rockhampton, ca-1863-present.
Printed records: Petra, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1923-December 1923, 11 vols, (missing March).
The Review, vol. 1, no. 1, April 1935-present, complete.
Australian Catholic Record, vol. 1, no. 1-vol. XLVIII, no. 1, January 1971.