Collection 4: Australian Indigenous Ministries further records, 1905-2002

MLMSS 9638/Boxes 1-4, 6-14, 16-22
MLMSS 9638/Boxes 5X, 15X

sub-fonds

1905-2002

Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records

913211

3.18 metres of textual material and 1589 slides (20 boxes, 2 outsize boxes)

Minute books: Boxes 1-2
BOX 1
1905-1910 Aborigines Inland Mission: Minute Book, including inaugural meeting 1 Aug 1905, and Constitution of the Singleton Aborigines Mission inserted.
1917-1920 Council of Advice, Aborigines Inland Mission: Minutes of meetings
1920-1922 Advisory Council of the Aborigines Inland Mission: Minute Book
1941-1945 Newcastle Waters: Records of meetings and attendance
1945 Newcastle Waters Aborigines Church: Committee Roll of members, including Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Newcastle Waters Church held in Church building, 19 Sept 1945
1947-1948 Newcastle Waters: Minutes of the Aborigines Church Committee
1957 1964 Newcastle Waters: Record of meetings
1963-1968 Newcastle Waters: Minutes of business meetings
1937-1948 Newcastle Waters: Notebook of Russell Peaker
1958-1969 Newcastle Waters: Record book
1963-1970 Establishing Tennant Creek as a Centre: Station visiting, Book No.1
1966-1967 Tennant Creek: Record of meetings and visitation, No.1
1967-1968 Tennant Creek: Meetings and visitation, No.2
1968-1969 [Tennant Creek] Records [of visitation] [in notepad]
1969-1970 Tennant Creek: Meetings and visitation, No.3
1971 Tennant Creek: Meetings and visitation, Book No.5
1970 Tennant Creek: Minutes of members meetings
1971 Tennant Creek: Station visiting, Book No.2
1963-1966 Elliott Church Minutes of business meetings
1970-1974 Elliott Church Minutes of business meetings
1942 Pine Creek VERY FRAGILE

BOX 2
1982-1998 AIM Joint meetings of the Federal Advisory Council and Field Council: Minutes
1991-1998 AIM Management Committee: Minutes
1992-1998 AIM Administrative Council: Minutes of meetings
1966-1972 AIM Chatswood Auxiliary
1992-1996 AIM Newcastle Ladies Auxiliary

AIM Monthly Reports: Box 3
BOX 3: RESTRICTED
1976-1988 Tennant Creek (in 4 books)
1977-1986 Tennant Creek (in folder), together with correspondence
1986-1989 Mt Nancy
1976-1985 Bagot
1977-1978 Retta Dixon Home [RESTRICTED]
1976-1979 Bethel, Katherine, together with correspondence
1976-1982 East Arm, together with correspondence
1976-1986 Bamyili, together with correspondence
1977-1987 Elliott, together with correspondence

Financial records: Boxes 4-5
BOX 4
1907-1910 Orphan Home Receipts and Expenditure Book
1971-1995 Balance sheets and revenue statements prepared by Clifford J. Hollings & Associates
1981-1983, 1985-1988, 1991-1993 Balance sheets for AIM Property Holding Pty Ltd prepared by Clifford J. Hollings & Associates
1982-1983 Balance sheets for N.T. General Fund prepared by Uniting Church in Australia
1986-1989 Audited statements for Darwin Bible College and Retta Dixon Centre prepared by John Vander Wal [RESTRICTED]

BOX 5X
1973-1980 Accounts ledger (1 volume)

Property files: Boxes 6-7
BOX 6
Ca. 1950-1998 Property sold; Delissaville; Lee Point; H.Q. Office Secretary; Rockhampton; Property file - pending; Land Leases; Murgon; Charters Towers; Moree Aboriginal Christian Fellowship; Townsville; Community Church; Noel Street Rockhampton; Beswick; Land Lease

BOX 7
1948- Darwin Community Church; Stuart Park; Field Secretary; Water rates; Lands & Survey (includes copy of research paper ‘Retta Dixon Home for Children: a brief history of its operation from 1947-1980’ by Bev Hansen, 1982); Pattemore

Administrative files: Boxes 8-9
BOX 8
Files A-L:
AIM Native Ministries including applications for ministry 1957-1969
Area superintendents, 1978-1988
Australian Missionary Society correspondence, 1979-1989
Declaration of workers
Department of Aboriginal and Island Affairs, 1960-1992
Field Council papers
Field Council elections, 1978-1994
Field secretary papers, 1979-1997
Field superintendent
Legal papers, 1979-1998
Letters of thanks and general correspondence, 1993

BOX 9
Files M-Z:
Newcastle Auxiliary 1978-1993
Newspaper cuttings
Queensland AIM Church Council, 1985-1997
AIM Qld, representatives, 1988-1990
AIM South Australian representatives including Mr Lynne Allen
AIM Victoria, representatives, 1985-1999
AIM Northern Territory Representative, 1990-1992
Mrs M. Helyar, Tasmanian representative, 1982-1989
Roles and responsibilities of Mission Council and staff
Sydney central AIM, Auxiliary, 1979-1986
United Aborigines Mission papers, 1963-2003
Victorian Auxiliaries

Correspondence, historical information, pamphlets and newsletters: Boxes 10-11
BOX 10
1938-1954 Circulars of AIM Native Workers’ Training College, 'Pindimar", Port Stephens
1937-1940 Correspondence regarding establishing an AIM presence in the Northern Territory
1935 Cummeragunja problems
1942 Mabel Wilson
1942-43 War Damage Insurance, Walgett Church Building, Normanton Evacuation, Menindee Water Supply, Warry Phillips coming to Annual Meetings
1934, 1942-1945 Miscellaneous correspondence
1944 Correspondence regarding a companion for Miss Tyler
1928-1953 Various AIM Annual Reports, 1928-1953
1944 Rachel Lacey
1959 Letter from H. Albrecht to Mr Long regarding Namatjira funeral

BOX 11
1954-1983 Notebook including details of parcels sent
AIM Address Book and Birthdays

Mission Publications of Australia: Boxes 12-14
BOX 12
1960-1999 Minutes of Council meetings (in two volumes)
1999-2002 Minutes of Interim Council
1990-2000 Meetings of Directors & AGMs

BOX 13
2000-2002 Sale of property 15-19 Cascade Street Lawson
1984-2000 Purchase of UAM half-share
1990-1999 Share register Mission Publications of Australia (Property Holding) Pty Ltd, with loose papers, 1971
1990-1994 Share certificates
1970-1997 Loans to Mission Publications of Australia

BOX 14
Original watercolour artwork for Bible Overview book

Marriage register: Box 15X
BOX 15X
1987-1992 Marriage Register, Toowoomba Qld (only 6 certificates filled in)

PICTORIAL MATERIAL Folders/Box 16-22

BOX 16: Slides showing missionary work in New South Wales
Armidale / Tingha / Caroona (5 slides)
Condobolin (37 slides)
Dubbo (11 slides)
Fingal (36 slides)
Gilgandra (11 slides)
Griffith (8 slides)
Moree (18 slides)
Mungindi (3 slides)
Murrin Bridge (4 slides)
Narrandera (3 slides)
Tweed Heads (4 slides)
Walgett (40 slides)
Wellington (3 slides)

BOX 17: Slides showing missionary work in Queensland
Camooweal (8 slides)
Charters Towers (4 slides)
Cherbourg (101 slides)
Mareeba (13 slides)
Normanton (13 slides)
Palm Island (94 slides)
Rockhampton (19 slides)
Woorabinda (45 slides)

BOX 18: Slides showing missionary work in the Northern Territory
Beetaloo (4 slides)
Beswick / Bamyili / Barunga (75 slildes)
Borroloola (82 slides)
Cattle Stations – Itinerations (56 slides)
Darwin Community Church (57 slides)

BOX 19: Slides showing missionary work in the Northern Territory (cont.)
Darwin, East Arm (25 slides)
Delissaville (18 slides)
Elliott (29 slides)
Katherine (25 slides)
Manbulloo (12 slides)
Newcastle Waters (38 slildes)
Phillip Creek (11 slides)
Tennant Creek (98 slides)

BOX 20: Slides relating to missionaries, training and operational activities
Bamyili Bible Training School (64 slides)
Bamyili and Mobile Bible Training School (60 slides)
Conferences (16 slides)
Darwin Bible College (47 slides)
Gospel recordings (5 slides)

BOX 21: Slides relating to missionaries, training and operational activities (cont.)
Mission Publications Australia (171 slides)
Missionaries (74 slides)
Nero Timothy 15 slides)
Singleton Bible Training Institute (103 slides)

BOX 22: Glass slides
Various (37 slides)

Partly restricted - This collection contains confidential, personal and/or culturally sensitive information: Applies to Retta Dixon Home records in Boxes 3 & 4: The Library requires you to sign an ‘Undertaking with regard to access’ for this collection to protect the privacy of individuals. This form will be supplied to you prior to access. Guidelines for accessing sensitive collections

Access via appointment - Boxes 16-22: Slides

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Research & study copies allowed:
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