Primary contact
68 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba
Postal address: PO Box 756, Toowoomba 4350
Toowoomba, Queensland 4350
Diocesan Archives, Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba, Queensland
The Diocesan Archives is a repository, research centre and museum of church artefacts relevant to the history of the Toowoomba Diocese. The Archives serves the wider community as a source not only of church and ‘family’ history, but of local and national historical sources for research. It has become a valued part of the Toowoomba historical source network.
For a timeline history of the diocese, see http://www.twb.catholic.org.au/our-diocese/
Officer in charge: Archivist
In addition to holding church records, the Toowoomba Diocesan Archives is also a research centre in history for Southern Queensland, so any pertinent material to aid in this is accepted, and includes that of all Churches, as the centre is open to people of all religions and none.
Ansell, Leo J. 'Toowoomba Archives and the Church Archives Society' Catholic Archives UK, 1983: 44-47.
Ansell, Leo J. 'Archdeacon Leo Hayes - The Man and His Collection' Footprints Vol 3, No. 11: 14-15.
Ansell, Leo J. 'Archdeacon Leo Hayes - The Man and His Collection' Footprints, Vol 3, No. 12: 22-26.
Ansell, Leo J. 'The Archives Quest - An Overview' Footprints, Vol 5 No. 4: 18-21.
Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am-5pm by appointment.
Minimum of one week's advance notice required including outline of work intended. Closed period of 30 years applies to most records.
General reference assistance available.
Revised 17 January 2018