Cloncurry and District Historical and Museum Society Inc, Queensland

Cloncurry and District Historical and Museum Society Inc, Queensland

• Cloncurry Historical Society

• Community

The Society, formed in the 1980s, has accumulated archives for over 40 years. Areas of interest include aviation, mining, local government, railways and the archives of Dr David Harvey-Sutton.

Cloncurry was first named by Burke and Wills. Copper was discovered in 1861 by Mr Ernest Henry. The town was laid out 1876. It was a stopping point for some of the great air races and was the destination for the first QANTAS commercial flight on 3 November 1922. John Flynn started the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Cloncurry. Dame Mary Gilmore is buried in here with her husband. The remarkable late Dr David Harvey-Sutton practised here for 40 years. Cloncurry remains a centre for mining and the grazing industry as well as being an important transport hub.

The Society is incorporated.

President, Treasurer, Secretary, Archivist.

Acquisition and preservation.

Large building adjacent to the Cloncurry Council owned Information Centre and Cloncurry Unearthed Museum. There is a specially insulated archives room within the building.

Areas of interest include aviation, mining, local government, railways and holdings include, for example:

• Dr David Harvey-Sutton archives
• Sutton Cloncurry Shire Council material including Mt Isa Queensland Ambulance for Cloncurry/Mt Isa
• Cloncurry Electricity Authority material
• Genealogical histories
• Biographies

Finding aids and guides are being developed as the full extent of the archives is being recorded. In the 1990s the Society Newsletters were published.

Access by permission only. Contact Colin Randall by email to arrange a visiting time.

No documents /archives can leave the archives room.
Copyright issues are to be addressed prior to provision of documents for photographing.

Due to space considerations, only one person at a time can undertake research in the presence of the archivist.

Restricted but possible at the service counter of the Information Centre.

Public access is available to the museum and any documents on display. Also a display is planned at the Dr David Harvey-Sutton Art Gallery (adjacent to the Council Chambers). For opening hours of the museum, see https://www.experiencecloncurry.com/cloncurry-unearthed-vic

Created 9 December 2022

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