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Contents of the collection

• Copies and transcripts of primary and secondary sources (including headstones, burial registers, certificates, electoral rolls, post office and livestock brand directories, petitions, maps, inquests, council rate books, court and police station records, newspapers, war memorials, church memorial plaques, school registers, published local histories, wills, land records, business records, personal letters and diaries, family files etc.)
• Photographs of people and places in south-west Qld, and of some headstones in Cunnamulla cemetery; plus information about relevant photographs in various publications.
• Local families contact file, from submitted family data.
• Indexes to headstones, burial registers, newspapers, published local histories, and various sources held by Qld State Archives and elsewhere (mainly name indexes, but some material has been indexed by placename / subject).

South-west Qld people

• Lists on the Internet:
  • names from Eulo Cemetery headstones to 1985
  • names from memorial plaques in the Church of England at Cunnamulla
  • selected names from notices in Cunnamulla newspapers
  • names from Thargomindah Cemetery headstones to 1986
  • names from Cunnamulla General Cemetery headstones to 1989 (now includes given names)
  • selected names from Cunnamulla Lawn Cemetery
  • names from miscellaneous archival sources re Cunnamulla, Eulo, Wyandra and Thargomindah districts
  • persons arrested 1901-1904 at Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Eulo, Hungerford, Nocundra, Wooroorooka and Wyandra.
• Unpublished indexes:  Searches can be undertaken in many other indexes within my SW-Qld collection (this list opens in a new window).

Publications available

• Index to Persons Arrested and Victims of Crime - South-West Qld, 1889-1904, which covers Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Eulo, Hungerford, Nocundra, Wooroorooka and Wyandra 1901-1904 plus Charleville, Adavale, Augathella, Eromanga and Morven 1889-1903 & 1901-1904.

Aims of the project

• create a reference collection re people, places, businesses, subjects and events in Paroo/Bulloo Shires
• compile finding aids such as indexes and guides to facilitate use of the collection
• provide a search service
• publish appropriate material such as cemetery transcripts, indexes, and finding aids
• compile a bibliography of sources for local historical and genealogical research
• compile a biographical register of people who lived here (at any time, and however briefly)
• encourage donations of relevant historical material

Local Families Contact File

If you have biographical details for anyone who lived in this part of south-west Qld (in any time period), I will add the details to my Local Families Contact File.  Compiled from data forms submitted by family historians and local residents, it has already helped me to link up two family historians, previously unknown to each other but both researching the same family.  Use the special data form to register your south-west Qld research interests (free of charge).

Other information

For a select list of sources relating to Cunnamulla held by Qld State Archives, see the book 'Signposts: Cunnamulla' (available from Qld State Archives, PO Box 1379, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109).  I am indexing some of those sources.

Donate suitable material to the collection

I am happy to accept copies of items such as certificates, newsclippings, letters, diaries or other documents; pre-1932 local newspapers; photographs of local people or places; and written or taped reminiscences, such as descriptions of people, places, events and everyday life in south-west Qld (past or present).  Please do not send any irreplaceable original items in the post, and before sending scanned images, contact me at (type this address into an email) to ask what formats and file sizes I can accept.  Send donated copies to SWQ Project, c/- Judy Webster, PO Box 5043, Algester QLD 4115, Australia.

Administration and funding

All clerical, administrative and research tasks are handled by just one person (me).  The project receives no sponsorship, and is funded out of my own pocket.  Expenses include the purchase of published local histories, photocopies of records held by archives and libraries, and storage facilities.

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