Townsville City Council Archive
This is a collection of documents found in the old Town Hall in Flinders Street, Townsville, during its demolition in April 1978 after being damaged by fire. The documents originate, principally, from the City Engineer's Department but some represent other areas of City administration. Much of the material is charred, smoke-blackened or water damaged, and some of the older plans are very fragile.
Archive Location 75R-77R, 493
Series Listing
1. TCC PLANS 1 – 11. Eleven sets of large papers pressed between boards. Most are drawings in connection with Council works.2. TCC Boxes 1 – 6. Six boxes of small documents and bound volumes. These are a miscellaneous collection from many areas of Council activity, but include two boxes of surveyor’s level books and field notes.
3. TCC VOLUMES 1 – 6. Six large bound volumes.
4. A small collection of rolled plans which are too brittle to investigate. Awaiting treatment.
Detailed ListingTownsville City Council, City Engineering
Plan 1
Building Plans
Plans of proposed new buildings and alterations submitted to the City Engineer for approval.
Building Plan by 1. Nth. Qld Newspaper Coy Office C. D. Lynch & Walter Hunt 2. North Qld Newspaper Coy Office C.D. Lynch & Walter Hunt 3. Regent Theatre A.V.H. Needham 4. Regent Theatre A.V.H. Needham 5. Thoracic block, Townsville Hospital Donahue, Cusick & Edwards 6. Thoracic block, Townsville Hospital Donahue, Cusick & Edwards 7. Proposed road – hospital ambulance entrance Donahue, Cusick & Edwards 8. Workshop, Ogden Street J.G. Rooney 9. Thoracic & Pathological block, Tonwsville Hospital Donaghue, Cusick & Edwards 10. Alterations to premises in Sturt Street Walter & Maurice Hunt 11. Buildings at Townsville Branch of Toowoomba Foundry Coy Ltd Traced by F.T.D. 12. C. Hanson & Sons Shop, Sturt Street S. Harvey 13. Additions to Federal Hotel - 14. Residence, Park Street, Pimlico - 15. Residence, Todd Street, Railway Estate - 16. Residence, Walker Street - 17. Alterations to Beak House - 18. Residence, Boundry Street - 19. Residence, Queens Road - 20. Building for McKimin & Richardson - 21. Bulk Store for Cummins & Campbell - 22. Alterations to Garbutt Bros. Cold Storage Room Walter & Maurice Hunt 23. Alterations to Queensland Hotel J. G. Rooney 24. Alterations to Queensland Hotel J.G. Rooney 25. Shop, Eyre Street - 26. Additions to shop, Charters Towers Road - 27. Shops, Sturt Street Walter & Maurice Hunt 28. Service Station, Flinders Street J.G. Rooney 29. Proposed picture theatre, Hermit Park Walter Hunt 30. Alterations to RSSILA Hall, Sturt Street Walter & Maurice Hunt 31. Alterations to Heatley Bros. Shop, Flinders Street A.B. Cecil Dyer 32. Eagers Show rooms, Stanley Street Francis R Hall & Harold M. Cook 33. Additions to fruit shop, Charters Towers Road - 34. Open Air picture theatre, Railway Avenue - 35. Additions to shop, Paxton Street - 36. Additions to shop, Paxton Street - 37. Additions to shop, Paxton Street - 38. Extensions to McKimin & Richardson’s Sturt Street - 39. Extensions to McKimin & Richardson’s, Sturt Street - 40. Alterations to Eagers’ workshop, Palmer Street - 41. Renovation of Greddon’s shopfront, Flinders Street Burns, Johnson & Humphries 42. Unidentified open-air picture theatre - 43. Bulk Store, Odgen Street A.P. Williams 44. Block of flats, Stanley Street Walter & Maurice Hunt 45. Shopfront for Inglis Smith, Flinders Street Harvey & Clarke
Townsville City Council, Townsville Water Authority
Plan 2
Weir Plans
Twenty-nine original drawings:
Plans of proposed new overflow dam or weir, Ross River Townsville, 12 August, 1929.
Fragile condition.
Townsville City Council, City Engineer
Plan 3
Mt. Spec Pipeline
1. Plans showing the route, construction details, land title and access easements of sections of the Mt. Spec – Townsville water pipeline. Mostly dye-line prints (including some duplicates) with some original drawings. Most dated 1965 – 66.
2. Blueprints showing the route of the North coast railway from Bohle to Rollingstone.
Plan 4
Sewerage, drainage, reclamation and water supply
Plans connected with drainage and water supply in Townsville. Mostly dye-line prints, some original drawings. Earliest date 1885.
Includes:
1. Plans for dam at Patterson Gorge, Black River, 1931 – 32.
2. Records of water levels on Black River, 1928 – 30.
Plan 5Subdivisions
Plans showing land subdivisions in Townsville. Mostly dyeline prints, some original drawings. Most undated; dates range 1957 – 1974.
Plan 6Roads
Plans and cross sections connected with planning and construction of roads in Townsville. Mostly dye – line prints, some original drawings. Earliest date 1892.
Plan 7Parks and Reserves Department
Dyeline prints showing plans, cross – sections, proposed buildings etc. connected with Townsville parks. Earliest date 1960.
Plan 8Published maps - Lands Department
Miscellaneous land maps published by the Queensland Department of Lands, showing Townsville and environments. Some duplication. Some maps cut up, annotated or over-drawn.
Plan 9Miscellaneous Plans
Including
1. Blue prints of swimming pool water filtration system, 1939.
2. Contour plan of James Cook University site before construction, no date.
3. Proposed memorial sundial, 1965.
4. Plan of Queens Wharf, 1905.
5. Plan of Garbutt RAAF station, 1954.
Plans 10 & 11
Large bundles between boards:
1. Department of Irrigation and Water Supply statements of cost of sewerage work executed, 1936 – 1940.
2. 13 books of drawings showing construction details of Townsville sewerage scheme, 1935.
Box 1
1. 47 Survey field notebooks connected with various council works, 1941 – 1966.
2. 16 printed notebooks entitled “Mt Spec Water Supply Scheme: Record of work Completed” but containing plans of house details for sewerage connection work, 1955.Box 2
46 Survey levels books connected with various council works, 1943 – 1953.
Box 3
1. Box of correspondence and other documents connected with land resumption and access easements during construction of the Mt. Spec Water Supply pipeline, 1945 – 1962.
2. Plans and specifications for Louisa suburbs sewerage, 1971.
3. Townsville City Council Financial Statements, 1944, 1946, 1949 – 53.Box 4
1. Specification for Sewerage Scheme, Section 2, South Townsville, no date.
2. Schedule of claims for works undertaken, 1966 – 67.
3. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Townsville Municipal Council General Account for the half year ending 30th June, 1901.
4. Book of charges to be made for materials supplied by council, 1939.
5. Electric Light Deposit books, 1936 and 1937.
6. Book recording payments from Mt. Spec loan account, 1953.
7. Book recording stores issued from Mt. Spec loan account, 1953.
8. Record of stores issued, 1926.
9. Sanitary account – monthly dissections, January – September, 1936
10. Instructions for use of AGA Geodrimeter, 1965.
11. Two rate notice books, 1927
12. Counter message book, 1937
13. Stores order book, 1943
14. Library loan deposit receipt book, 1942
15. City Engineer’s Correspondence book (?), 1936 – 1939. BADLY CHARREDBox 5
Specifications for buildings submitted to the City Engineer for approval, 1911 – 1939. Many of these specifications refer to buildings illustrated in TCC Plans
1. Concrete shops for A. Melick, Flinders Street, 1931.
2. Flats for F. Heatley & Sons, Stanley Street, 1937
3. Alterations to Council Chambers, no date
4. Residence for J.M. Garrow, Todd Street, 1937
5. Bulk Store for N.Q. Newspaper Coy, Ogden Street, 1935.
6. Regent Theatre, Charters Towers Road, 1939
7. Concrete Shops for J.H. Trembath, Palmer Street, 1929.
8. Shop for Hanson & Sons, Sturt Street, 1927
9. Additions to the Federal Hotel, 1939
10. Additions to business premises, Sturt Street, 1938
11. Remodelling Heatley Bros. Premises, Flinders Street, 1938
12. Workshop for H. Page, Ogden Street, 1939
13. Shop for Tala Mahomed, 1933
14. Theatre for J. Feldt, Mary Street, 1938
15. Additions to “Woods” Hotel, 1938
16. Repairing damage for Louie Lee, Flinders Street, 1930
17. Roadworks on Stuart Park Estate, no date
18. Additions to Commercial Hotel, 1911
19. Shop for McKimmin & Richardson, Flinders Street, 1933
20. Residence for R.G. Hamilton, Queens Road, 1935
21. Widening footways, Victoria Bridge, 1934
22. Shower-room for A.M.P. Society, Stanley Street, 1936
23. Additions to Willmett’s premises, Flinders Street, 1927
24. Shop, Sturt & Stanley Streets, 1939
25. Construction of a biograph box at the Theatre Royal, no date.
26. Additions to Bank of Australasia, Flinders Street, 1927.
27. Shopfront for J. Kerslake, Flinders Street, 1929
28. Bulkstore for Joseph Pease, Ogden Street, 1938
29. Additions to RSSILA Hall, Sturt Street, 1938
30. Premises for NQ Mortgage & Investment Coy, Flinders Street, 1926
31. Additions to McKimmin & Richardson’s 1929
32. Garage for National Mutual Life, Stuart Street, no date
33. XL Rubber premises, 1936
34. Building for Mrs. Keyatta, Flinders Street, 1929
35. Residential for R.W. Millett, Sturt Street, 1938
36. Shops for C Peapell, Flinders Street, no date
37. Shop for N. Symmins, Flinders Street, 1931
38. New facade for Sun Theatre, 1935
39. Premises for Queensland Trustees, Flinders Street, 1939
Box 6 (Four wrapped bundles of smoke and water-damaged documents)1. 2 books – Reports on Sewer Blockages, 1959 and 1961.
2. City Engineer’s outward correspondence book, 1936.
3. City Engineer’s inward correspondence book, 1938.
4. Correspondence concerning employment of personnel under manpower regulations, 1943 – 45.
1. Rate book, Thuringowa Ward, 1924.
2. Goods Issued Book, January – March 1925.
3. Goods Received book, January – June 1925.
4. Stock Record book, 1940 – 41 Entitled “Humarts Well book 3”
5. Cash Receipts Book – Electricity, 1924 – 25.
6. City Engineer’s Correspondence Book, 1940 – 41.
