QUEENSLAND
I Archives
Baptist Church Archives, Queensland
Queensland Baptists Centre
53 Prospect Rd, Gaythorne Qld 4051
PO Box 6166, Mitchelton Qld 4053
Phone 07 3354 5600
Website: http://www.qb.com.au/support-for-churches-pastors/baptist-church-archives-queensland/
Honorary Archivist: Contact at above address or by email archives@qb.com.au
The Baptist Church Archives Queensland is the central repository for the documentary and electronic historical records of the Baptist Union of Queensland, and its constituents.
Functions
1. To collect and store the historical records of the Baptist Union of Queensland, its departments, committees, divisions, charter groups and agencies, and where possible and necessary, those of its member churches
2. To conserve, preserve, classify and index these records as far as possible according to professional standards
3. To make the records readily available for bona fide researchers
4. To promote the value of historical records and to educate the Baptist constituency in their use
Access: during normal office hours, by appointment. Material is not on open access but must be handled by arrangement with the Archivist.
Policies on access: Records are generally available to bona fide researchers; access is at the discretion of the Archivist. Appointments are necessary and enquires should be made initially by email, preferably. Most material is accessible, although restrictions apply to sensitive and recent records, personal papers and to older fragile material. Written application must be made for use of material in commercial works. Due acknowledgment of all material used must be made in the form, “Used with permission of Baptist Archives, Qld. (Date)”
Fees: No set fees are levied except for commercial work and extensive searches, but donations towards the upkeep and development of the Archives are requested. Out of pocket expenses for postage, phone calls and photocopying etc., will be charged.
Indexing: Most material has been broadly classified and is indexed on a computerised system. Computerised church membership figures and growth patterns are also available on request. Depending upon the amount and type of information needed, a donation may be requested for access to this service.
Holdings: Most material is on paper but there is a growing volume of digital material as the Archives. Some, but not all, digital material is identified below. Enquiries welcome.
Baptist Union of Queensland
General
Minutes of Executive Council, Assemblies and Committees/Departments 1877 onwards;
correspondence and general records;
general finance records and reports
Extremely limited number of personal papers of church leaders and some biographies
Publications
Baptist Union of Queensland Year Books/Directories/Handbooks - 1907 onwards
(many digitised - see http://www.gould.com.au/Religion-s/177.htm)
Denominational newspapers
(many digitised - see http://www.gould.com.au/Religion-s/177.htm
Queensland Freeman 1881-1888
Queensland Baptist 1890-1913; 1923-1931, 1951 onwards
Queensland Baptist Forum/BHSQ Newsletter - 1984 onwards
Other publications (published by the Baptist Union and others)
A Fellowship of Service (Centenary history of the Baptist Union of Queensland), J.E. White (Brisbane: Baptist Union of Queensland, 1977)
'A True Pastor' The Life and Ministry of William Higlett, David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 13) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2002)
Baptists in Queensland: A Guide to their Life and Faith, D. Parker (ed.) (Baptist Historical Series No. 1) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2000)
Cameos of Baptist Men in 19th Century Queensland, Mel Williams (Baptist Historical Series No. 2) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1995)
Christian Camping - Baptist Camping in Queensland, Joan Maxwell (2 vols) (1991, 1993 )
Coleyville, Engelsburg (Kalbar), Boonah Highfields Baptist Cemeteries (Qld) Monumental Inscriptions , Rosemary and Eric Kopittke (1997) (Fiche contains extra material)
For His Glory: 100 years of the Queensland Baptist College of Ministries, SW Nickerson & Les Ball (QBCM, 2004)
Fortitude: Dr Lang's Vision for Queensland and the United Evangelical Church, David Parker Angus Edmonds (Baptist Historical Series No. 10) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1999)
Grow the Vision: the sesqui-centennial history of the City Tabernacle Baptist Church: 1855-2005, L. J. Ball (City Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2005)
HACK: A Biography of the Life and Work of Rev Harold George Hackworthy MC MA 1891-1953, R. W. (Bill) Hughes (2009), (Baptist Historical Series No. 15) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2009)
History of ABMS in Queensland 1855-1975, (Typescript) Rev. E.E. Edwards
James Voller: Pioneer Baptist Minister of Australia, David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 4) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1997)
Jubilee Assembly, 1877-1927 - Souvenir Programme (Baptist Union of Queensland)
Jubilee Record: The Growth of a College, John E. White (1954) (A history of the Queensland Baptist College)
Marburg Baptist Church, Richard Scanlan and David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 12) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2000)
Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries (Qld) Monumental Inscriptions , Rosemary Eric Kopittke (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1996)
Mission to Queensland 1981-1996: a Baptist experiment in church planting, Melvin Williams (Baptist Historical Series No. 5) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1998)
Pressing on with the Gospel: the story of Baptists in Queensland 1855-2005, edited by David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 14) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2005)
Queensland Baptist Jubilee Record Volume 1855-1905, (Brisbane: W.R. Smith & Co, 1906)
Remember all the Way: a Century of Baptist History in Queensland, David Parker (ed.) (Documents of Queensland Baptist History No. 3) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1996)
Rev. B.G. Wilson Queensland Baptist Founding Father, Stan W. Nickerson (Baptist Historical Series No. 9) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1999)
So, Your Ancestor was a Baptist in Queensland! Eric and Rosemary Kopittke (Baptist Historical Series No. 3) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1995
Something more than Gold: Baptists in Central Queensland 1862-2012, David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 17) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2012
Strange Bedfellows: Rev. Charles Stewart Brisbane’s First Baptist Minister and the United Evangelical Church, (2nd Edition), David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 7) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1998)
Tarampa Baptist Church, Richard Scanlan and David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 11) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2000)
The Gregory History of Queensland Baptists, David Parker (ed.) (1995) (Documents of Queensland Baptist History No. 1) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1995)
The Joshua Jenyns History of the Baptist Church in Brisbane, David Parker (ed.) (Documents of Queensland Baptist History No. 2) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1996)
The National Guide to Australian Baptist Historical Resources and Services, David Parker (eds) (3rd edition) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2012
Thomas and William Deacon: General Baptists in Queensland, David Parker (Baptist Historical Series No. 8) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1998)
Vision and Courage: Rev. A.H. Brooks his Family Heritage, John Brooks (Baptist Historical Series No. 6) (Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 1998)
Women who Made a Difference, Celebrating the contribution of 24 Queensland Baptist women to church, community and mission, David Parker (ed.), (Baptist Historical Series No 16) Baptist Historical Society of Queensland, 2009)
Digital Publications
Baptist Union Publications available on CD - see http://www.gould.com.au/Religion-s/177.htm
E-Books - see http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1073948
Fortitude: Rev Charles Stewart and the United Evangelical Church, David Parker
A Plucky People: Baptists in Rockhampton, Queensland: 1862-2012, David Parker
The Lure of Gold: Baptists in Central Queensland, 1862-2012, David Parker
Photographs
Many photographs dating back to the earliest periods, all indexed but not all identified
Digital images - many images of churches, pastors and people
Recordings: Some audio and video recordings of Assembly proceedings and addresses
(includes reel-to-reel, cassette, CD/DVD etc)
Other records
Church histories: booklets on the histories of many churches published for centenary, jubilee or other historical occasions;
Biographies: some biographies of ministers and prominent lay people
Churches: Records of some individual churches, including minutes of church, diaconates, committees and departments; correspondence; reports; general papers etc. (some available on microfiche)
Baptist Cemetery inscriptions - Coleyville, Engelsburg (Kalbar), Boonah, Highfields Baptist Cemeteries (Qld) Monumental Inscriptions
Breed, G.R., Index of ministers who served in churches included n W.T. Whitley’s The Baptists of London up to the publication date, 1928 (BHS, UK, 2012)
Breed, G.R., Second Index of Baptist Ministers covering many whose service did not include churches listed in W.T. Whitley’s Baptists of London (1828) BHS, UK, 2012)
Baptist Union of Australia (Australian Baptist Ministries)
Proceedings of:
First Australian Baptist Congress, 1908
Second Australasian Baptist Congress, 1911
Souvenir Programme: Inaugural Meetings, 1926
Souvenir Programme, 1929: The Business of the Baptists
Triennial Assembly 1938
The New Order We Must Prepare. Triennial Assembly, 1941
National Baptist Family Convention papers - 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994
Year Books of the State Unions and official Handbook, 1929, 938, 1942, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1979
Periodicals
Churinga - The Journal of the Australian Baptist Historical Society (1950, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966)
The National Baptist (Quarterly) Vol 1 no 1 (March 1988)-
Other Publications
Books
From Woolloomooloo to ‘Eternity’: A History of Australian Baptists (2 volumes), Ken R Manley, (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006).
Australian Baptists - Past and Present, Michael Petras (ed.) (Sydney: Baptist Historical Society of NSW, 1988)
Baptised into one Body: a Short History of the Baptist Union of Australia, Basil S. Brown (Hawthorn, Vic.: Baptist Union of Australia, 1987)
Baptists - Their Heritage and Faith, K.R. Manley (Brisbane: Baptist Union of Queensland, 1974)
Caring is by Sharing: Twenty-five years of Australian Baptist World Aid and Relief A.C. Prior (Sydney: ABWARC, 1984)
Early Australian Baptist History, W. Higlett (Baptist Union of Australia, 1926)
The First Australian Baptists K.R. Manley & M. Petras (Sydney: Baptist Historical Society of NSW, 1981)
Baptist World Alliance
BWA Congress Proceedings (1928, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1980, 1985) o
Baptist World Alliance Yearbook 1926, 1927
The Baptist World 1960-1980
The Fellowship of Kindred Minds - A Brief History of the Baptist World Alliance 1964, Cyril E. Bryant
We Baptists, Baptist World Alliance (Franklin, TN, Providence House, 1999
Baptists Together in Christ 1905-2005, Richard Pierard, et al, (BWA, 2005)
British Baptists
Baptist Messenger 1879-85, 1888-90 (bound vols)
Baptist Missionary Society: Centenary Volume of the B.M.S., 1792-1892 John B. Myers (ed.)
Miscellaneous Holdings
Brisbane Baptist Ministers Fraternal, Minutes, 1909-12
Brisbane Ministers’ Union, Minutes 1891-8, Letter books 1592-6; 1896-1900
Brisbane Sunday School Union, Minutes 1883-1892
Queensland Baptist Preachers Society, Minutes 1917-1925
Queensland Sunday School Union, Annual Reports 1877-97 (bound vol.)
South Brisbane Ministers’ Association, Minutes 1924-1926
Artefacts: There are only a few artefacts and no museum
Facilities
Reading room; photocopying; computerised index (Archivist’s use); research and consultancy services available
II Historical Society
Baptist Heritage Queensland (The Baptist Historical Society of Queensland)
(Est. 1st May, 1984)
Website: http://www.qb.com.au/support-for-churches-pastors/baptist-church-archives-queensland/
Contact: c/- archives@qb.com.au
The Baptist Heritage Queensland (Historical Society of Queensland - BHQ) is a voluntary society operating within the Baptist denomination in Queensland with membership open to individuals, families, organizations and churches.
Meeting dates: as arranged - approx. February, June, November
Membership categories: Personal $10 Family $15 Church/organization $20 includes subscription to journal The Queensland Baptist Forum (previously BHSQ Newsletter) published 3 times each year (otherwise $2 each) (all back copies available) Apply to Secretary for details and current rates.
Activities and Services:
Quarterly planning and workshop meetings (as arranged)
Opportunity to help locate, acquire and care for archival records of Baptists in Queensland
Liaison with churches on historical matters
Computer-aided research and finding facilities (donation basis for non-members)
Research services (on a fee-for-service basis)
Development of on-going and special projects
Publications
Guides - informative leaflets on various aspects of Baptist history
The Baptist Archives, Qld - A Guide - basic information about the holdings and procedures of the Archives of the Baptist Union of Queensland
Church Archives Register and Inventory Form - for organizing and recording historical records
Managing Local Church records - a Guide - helpful information on caring for and using local church records
Your Local Church History - a four page guide to preserving and presenting church history
Digitising Church Records - a Guide
Periodical: The Queensland Baptist Forum (3 times p.a. - formerly BHSQ Newsletter)
Books (see above) and at website
III General
Current Publications
Baptist Union Handbook (annual)
Baptist Union Reports (combined with Handbook prior to 1978)
Queensland Baptist (bi-monthly)
Standard Publications (see above)
IV Other Relevant Bodies
Other Baptist Institutions
Malyon College, 53 Prospect Rd, Gaythorne, Q 4051; PO Box 6166, Mitchelton Q 4053 Ph: 61 7 3354 5664 Fax: 61 7 3354 5660 http://www.malyon.edu.au/ Library contains theses, local church histories, The Australian Baptist, The Queensland Baptist, Baptist Union of Queensland Handbooks/Report books; Anvil Quarterly; Churinga, Baptist World Alliance proceedings, some Baptist Union of Great Britain Handbooks (1876-1968 impf.) and academic journals related to Baptist theology and heritage.
Churches - hold their own records; churches of historical importance include City Tabernacle, Ipswich, Maryborough, Rockhampton, South Brisbane Vulture Street, Toowoomba (records of some of these churches are available on microfiche/digital form at Baptist Archives, Queensland.
Departments of the Baptist Union hold many of their own records. In particular, the Queensland Baptist Care (QBC) and Queensland Conference and Camping Centres (QCCC) control large organizations and considerable property.
Other Academic Bodies
University of Queensland, St Lucia. Fryer Library holds research theses, including some relating to the Baptist church in Queensland. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/fryer/
Other Public Bodies
Brisbane History Group Inc., PO Box 12, Kelvin Grove Q 4059 http://www.brisbanehistory.asn.au/
Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Commissariat Store, 115 William St, Brisbane Q 4000 (PO Box 12057 Brisbane Elizabeth Street Q 4003) Tel/Fax: (07) 3221 4198 http://www.queenslandhistory.org.au/
John Oxley Library, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Street, South Bank, South Brisbane P.O. Box 3488, South Brisbane Q 4101 Tel: (07) 3840 7880 Fax (07) 3846 2421 http://www.slq.gov.au/ (catalogue accessible) The library specialises in Queensland history and holds annual reports, yearbooks, handbooks, histories of local churches etc, some of which are not held elsewhere and some manuscripts
Mitchell Library, Sydney - contains some items relating to Queensland history http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ (see also NSW entry for details of this library.)
