Series TOOWS141 - Parish records created by the provenance of Toowong
Records could include registers, minute books, account books, and other historical items. They will have varied rates of access. Annual reports from the parish may also be found with Annual Financial Returns in Series RPARS209.


ProvenanceTOOWONG

Inventory Listing

TOOWS141-1 Baptism register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 12/01/1910 - 14/06/1925
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00002 Box Number 1 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-1 Baptism register
Closed until 28 March 2023
TOOWS141-1 Burial register

14/08/1935 - 29/06/1950
11/07/1950 - 10/09/1965

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 14/08/1935 - 10/09/1965
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00023 Box Number 1 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-1 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 04/09/1939 - 01/04/1944
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00013 Box Number 1 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-1 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 29/01/1936 - 21/08/1939
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00012 Box Number 1 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-1 Baptism register
Closed until 18 November 2036
TOOWS141-1 Baptism register
Closed until 6 September 2050
TOOWS141-1 Confirmation register

Includes copy of register

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1890 - 1934
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00006 Box Number 1 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 20/09/1921 - 18/09/1923
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00009 Box Number 10 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Closed until 27 December 2029
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Closed until 9 June 2032
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Closed until 11 September 2036
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Closed until 7 January 2027
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 19/09/1923 - 25/09/1929
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00010 Box Number 10 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register

01/03/1873 - 19/08/1896
19/08/1896 - 24/12/1918
Marriage declarations 1896 - 1901

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 01/03/1873 - 24/12/1918
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00007 Box Number 10 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 26/12/1918 - 21/09/1921
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00008 Box Number 10 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-10 Marriage register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 11/10/1929 - 28/12/1935
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00011 Box Number 10 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-11 Parish Council

Churchwardens' Account books

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1938 - 1945
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier TOOW00038 Box Number 11S Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AY, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-11 Parish Rolls
Creator TOOWONG
Date range c. 1920
Formats Lists and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00033 Box Number 11S Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AY, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-11 Baptism register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 23/01/1872 - 17/12/1909
Formats Register and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00001 Box Number 11S Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AY, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-12 Service Registers

24/09/1976 - 08/04/1983
10/04/1983 - 31/08/1991
01/09/1991 - 30/03/1997

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 24/09/1976 - 30/03/1997
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier TOOW00048 Box Number 12 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AW, Shelf 7 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-12 Confirmation Register
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 09/07/1936 - 24/11/1991
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier TOOW00043 Box Number 12 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AW, Shelf 7 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-12 Marriage Register
Closed until 22 May 2042
TOOWS141-12 Marriage Register
Closed until 3 October 2058
TOOWS141-12 Marriage Register
Closed until 1 May 2053
TOOWS141-12 Marriage Register
Closed until 14 October 2049
TOOWS141-13 Miscellaneous

New Testament (published 1891 London) "presented to Mr Ernest Briant by The congregation of St. Patrick's Mission at their Dedication Festival, 12th Dec. 1910 as a token of their sincere admiration of all his work as Warden, Sunday School Teacher, and general helper since the opening of the Mission, and especially as a mark of their appreciation of his example of Christian wisdom, peace, and brotherly love. L. Victer (?) Edwards, Curate-in-charge"

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1910
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier TOOW00051 Box Number 13 Location Archives Room 2, Bay 3, FN, Shelf 2 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-2 Service register

1883 - 1896
1900 - 1904
1905 - 1908
1908 - 1915
1915 - 1933

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1883 - 1933
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier TOOW00024 Box Number 2 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-2 Marriage register
Closed until 28 August 2023
TOOWS141-2 Marriage register
Closed until 5 January 2017
TOOWS141-2 Marriage register
Closed until 19 May 2011
TOOWS141-2 Marriage register
Closed until 20 May 2021
TOOWS141-3 Service register
Creator TOOWONG - WEST TOOWONG
Date range 1936 - 1969
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier TOOW00026 Box Number 3 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-3 Service register

1933 - 1942
1942 - 1951
1951 - 1960
1960 - 1967
1967 - 1973
1974 - 1976

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1933 - 1976
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier TOOW00025 Box Number 3 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-4 Parish Council

Easter & Special Meetings minutes 06/05/1865 - 01/05/1933
Minutes 15/04/1899 - 19/05/1920
Minutes 26/10/1920 - 02/12/1929
Minutes 1930 - 1938
Minutes 1938 - 1948
Minutes 1948 - 1955

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 06/05/1865 - 1955
Formats Minutes and Agendas and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00027 Box Number 4 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-5 Parish Council

Minutes 1955 - 1968
Minutes 1968 - 1972
Minutes 1973 - 1974
Minutes 1975 - 1978
Minutes 07/02/1980

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1955 - 07/02/1980
Formats Minutes and Agendas
Inventory Identifier TOOW00028 Box Number 5 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 4 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-6 Mothers' Union Minutes
Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1914 - 1915
Formats Minutes and Agendas and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00029 Box Number 6 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-6 Ladies Progressive Guild

Minutes

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1914 - 1921
Formats Minutes and Agendas
Inventory Identifier TOOW00030 Box Number 6 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-6 Parish Council

Churchwardens' Reports

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1972 - 1976
Formats Reports and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00031 Box Number 6 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-6 Children's League

Reports

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1925 - 1938
Formats Reports and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00032 Box Number 6 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-6 Parish Rolls

3 volumes

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1915 - 1946
Formats Lists and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00034 Box Number 6 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-7 Parish papers

Toowong Parish Notes 1915 - 1975.

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1915 - 1975
Formats Newsletters, Journals and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00035 Box Number 7 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-8 Parish correspondence & miscellaneous

Correspondence.
Photogrsphs, etc - Staircase with plaque "This staircase is dedicated to the memory of Mary Martha HARDING wife of Walter C. HARDING…" (can't read the rest of the plaque) - Large photo.
- ? Bishop (page from a book)
- Clergyman in front of ornate doors.
- Christmas greetings on a card with a photo of "St. Thomas' Church of England, Toowong, Queensland, Memorial Sanctuary and Vestries" AND "Laying of the Foundation Stone, by His Grace, Archbishop Halse, Sunday 16th February 1947". (x 3)
- Turn of the century (1900's) lady.
- Card showing the original St. Thomas' Church prior to the addition of the Memorial Sanctuary, Vestries, Tower/Organ Chamber.
- St. Thomas' Church Diamond Jubilee card (Toowong September 1930).
- St. Thomas', Toowong Teaching Week '77 (1977) card.
- Mr. SCOTT.
- Mr. Marshall SUMNER.
- Token for the Australian Church Congress Brisbane 1913 - Children's Demonstration (Miss Violet Mary Gordon NOTT (CLARKE), daughter of Rev. Percy Pleydel Neale NOTT.
- Grandfather William ARTHY (?) Born 1834 - Died 1888 (54 years).
- Parish Hall (burnt down 1970).
- Sunday School outside the parish hall c. 1960.
- Board re Combined Funds Canvass 1957 "Adventure in Stewardship".
- Organ c. 1970's.
- Group of men seated at an official table. Archbishop HALSE in the centre #.
- Hall with large gathering for dinner # (x 2).
- Inside the church showing altar (1 large; 1 small).
- Postcard - "St. Thomas' Toowong (inside) before 1947. Photo taken by Edwin PEARS, a son of the builder".
- Postcard - "Greetings from Toowong" shows Tramway Terminus, Post Office, River Road, St. Thomas' Church, River Bank, Kaye's Rocks.
- Church building - vestries% (?)
- St. Thomas' Church, Toowong.
- St. Thomas' Church, Toowong with horse and buggy on road in front of it.
- St. Thomas' Church showing iron gates closed.
- Back of building showing plaque "To the Glory of God. This Sanctuary and the Vestries were completed as a Thank-Offering for Victory, achieved through sacrifice, and a memorial to those by whom the sacrifice was made. This Stone was laid 16th February 1947 by Reginald, Archbishop of Brisbane. Samuel ATHERTON, Rector." %
- Official opening and laying of stone by Archbishop HALSE 1947 %.
- Card - Christmas Greeting from the Rector and Mrs. FRODSHAM, Toowong 1897.
- Toowong Church. "To the Rev. T. JONES 08/02/1871." (ev. Thomas JONES was based at All Saints' Brisbane)
- Newspaper article "A shearer with his own flock" re Rev. Ernest HARRIS 1968.
- C.J. ELLIOTT.
- Dr. SHERWOOD.
- K. ELLIOTT.
- K. PETRIE.
- A.F. LUYA.
- Back of St. Thomas' Church.
- Group of photos taken on the occasion of the Dedication of the St. Cecilia Window 17/06/1979.
- Set of photos taken by Richard STRINGER at the Centenary Celgrations October 1977.

Creator TOOWONG
Date range c. 1871 - c. 1970
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier TOOW00039 Box Number 8 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-8 Parish papers

Toowong Parish Notes 1975 - 1978.

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1975 - 1978
Formats Newsletters, Journals and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00036 Box Number 8 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Parish correspondence
Creator TOOWONG
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier TOOW00040 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Miscellaneous

Petition for consecration 10/10/1877.
Sentence of consecration 14/10/1877.
Special Services - Service of consecration 14/10/1877.
- Consecration of new sanctuary n.d.
- Institution & Induction for Rev. Neville John THULBORN as Rector
04/02/1982.
- There'll be a welcome on the Hillside - Easter Week services.
- Thanksgiving for the Restoration of the Parish Church 31/08/1986.
- Induction of Colin F. CUSSEN as Rector 27/07/1989.
- Carol Service with Pro Musica Choir 03/12/1989.
- Carol Service with Pro Musica Choir 09/12/1990.
- Commissioning of Trevor & Deborah SKETCHER (with Amy and Gabrielle) as Missionaries at Selwyn College, Solomon Islands with Australisn Board of Missions 20/01/1991.
- Parish Camp 26-28/05/1991.
- 125th Anniversary of 1st St. Thomas' Church in Toowong 13/10/1991.
- An afternoon of fine music with Due Cantilena 18/10/?
- Celebrate Easter with Friends in Toowong's Parish Churches (Anglican, Catholic and Uniting) April 1992.
- The Genuiine Renaissance Rubber Band and the Capriol Dancers "The Leaves be Greene" 30/08/1992.
- Variety is the Spice of Life 07/11/1992.
- Christmas services 25/12/1992.
- Come home - All is forgiven - Christmas services in Anglican, Catholic and Uniting churches.
- Psallite - Lift your voice and sing. (Christmas).
- Brisbane West Deanery Celebration Closing Liturgy at Brookfield Centre for Christian Spirituality 30/08/1998.
- World Day of Prayer 05/03/1999.
- The Annual Christingle 28/11/1999.
- Blessing and Official Opeing of the New Parish Centre 06/02/2000.
- Thanksgiving for the Life and Ministry of Father Harry Lee ROBERTSON 1929 - 2001 09/01/2001.
- Thanksgiving Eucharist as a farewell to Rev Colin CUSSEN and Deirdre CUSSEN (Rector of Toowong 22/07/1989 - 06/04/2001) 25/03/2001.
- Commissioning of Rev. Dr. Marian FREE as Rector 29/08/2001.

Diamond jubilee 1870 - 1930 (2 copies).
GREGORY, Helen October 1977. "A church for its time" - The Story of St. Thomas' Church, Toowong (x 2).
Newspaper articles 1990s - 2007.
Extraordinary lives of ordinary people (stories about people interred at Toowong Cemetery) 1999.
Photographs of Rev. J.E. Norman Osborne with choir, choir boys and servers 1923.
Parish Profile 2000.
St. Thomas', Toowong Church Record Recorded by ADFAS (Brisbane River) Inc. 2006.
Copy of photograph of YAF Reunion 25/10/1998 (Front Row L-R - Mrs BOWNSLEY, Heather McINTYRE, Christine KING, Mary ROSE, Elizabeth DAVIES, Margret WARD, Erica MICHAUX, Gordon MARTIN, Dorothy MARTIN; Second Row L - R - Dorothy DASHWOOD, Cheryl STRAKA, Mary Rose BOYD, Robyn TANNER, Coral McVEAN, Denise BERRY, Leonie McNAUGHT, Helen CUMMINGS, Earl ROBERTS, Pam BARTON, Carol HINKLEY, Barbara CUNDITH, Dorothy MENZIES.)
Inventory 2007.

Gregory, Helen & Henricksen, Noel 2007. A Church For Its Times - The Story of the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Toowong. Published by Anglican Parish of Toowong, Brisbane.

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1870 - 2007
Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings, Books, Published Papers or Articles and Lists
Inventory Identifier TOOW00041 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Parish roll
Creator TOOWONG
Date range c. 1966
Formats Lists and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier TOOW00042 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Miscellaneous

Toowong Cemetery - The General Cemetery at Toowong (article) by McClurg and Hist n.d.
- Intro. To Toowong Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions (copy) 1988

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1988?
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier TOOW00049 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Correspondence

Photocopies re memorial to Mena Ward and Elizabeth Axon in St Thomas' church

Creator TOOWONG
Date range c. 1989
Formats Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier TOOW00050 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141
TOOWS141-9 Parish papers

Parish Papers c 1985 1986; February 1987.
Newsletter - July 1989, February 1990.

Creator TOOWONG
Date range 1985 - 1990
Formats Newsletters and Journals
Inventory Identifier TOOW00037 Box Number 9 Location Archive Room 1, Bay 3, AV, Shelf 5 Series TOOWS141

Published by the Records and Archives Centre, Diocese of Brisbane on Records and Archives Centre, Diocese of Brisbane, 2001-2006
Listed by Glenda Murrell
HTML edition Desley Soden
Updated 20 April 2010
http://www.anglicanarchives.org.auTOOWS141.htm

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