This is a list of archives held by James Cook University Special Collections. More details are available from the Special Collections Librarian and summaries and listings are being added to this page as resources allow.
Areas of strength include station records, union and labour history, mining history, company histories, the arts, and environmental and resource issues.
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- Ackworth, Elaine
- Aitcheson, Harry
- Allen, Kim - Collection of Townsville Grammar School history
- Allen, Samual (archive not listed)
- Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights Union
- Amalgamated Metal Workers Union
- Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Townsville Branch
- Amalgamated Society of Engineers
- Anning Family, Reedy Springs
- Anton Breinl Centre
- Anzac Day papers
- Applied Ecology Pty Ltd
- Ashworth, Olive
- Association for the Welfare and Education of Deaf Children in North Queensland
- Association of Employers of Waterside Labour
- Atherton Shire Council records
- Atkins, C.R., Antrim Station
- Atkinson Family papers
- Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union - HDMS Finding Aid
- Australian Railways Union, Queensland Branch
- Australian Society of Accountants (Townsville Branch) records
- Ayr and Lower Burdekin Caledonian Association records
- Ayr Tramway Joint Board
- Ayscough, Deaconess M.
- Bambrick, Valentine
- Baptist Church (Townsville)
- Bank of New South Wales (Ravenswood)
- Barnes, John Handyside
- Bauer, Francis Henry
- Belcher, W.B.
- Bell, Peter
- Bell Family records
- James Birrell Collection
- Bolton, G.C. research notes
- Borland, H.A.
- Bowen Downs
- John Granger Bradley
- Brazier, K.
- Brown, William
- Brownhill Kirk and Co Ltd, realty records
- Builders Workers Industrial Union
- Burdekin Dam reports
- Burdekin Downs records
- Burns Philp Charters Towers
- Burns Philp Townsville
- Burrows, J.H. (Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade)
- Bussey, C.A.
- Busst, John
- Cairns and Far North Environment Center - Held in JCU Cairns
- Cameron Family records
- Cane Toad Project
- Cardigan Station records
- Cardwell Shire Bi-centennial Community Committee - Held in JCU Cairns
- Cassady, James
- Cassar, Father
- Cathedral School of St Anne. and St James Annual reports
- Charters Towers Gold Mining records
- Charters Towers Municipality
- Charters Towers Stock Exchange records
- Cities and Towns Local Government Association of Queensland records
- Cleveland Bay Wool Dumping Company
- Copeman, Neville Charles
- Cook-Atherton Family records
- Coral Sea '92
- Coutts Group of Companies
- Cummins and Campbell Ltd
- Cunningham Memorial records
- Currie, J.F.
- Dagworth Station
- Dalgonally Station records
- Day Dawn Mining Company
- Delamothe, Peter
- Delta Ironworks, Bradon (this collection is not yet sorted)
- Devanny, Jean
- District Grand Lodge of Carpentaria
- Ditton Family records
- Durham - Georgetown Workers Political Organisation
- Edmund Kennedy Memorial Walking Track
- Edwards, H.E.
- Education ephemera
- Environment and Development Conference 1993
- Ex-Prisoners of War Association - Northern Branch - HDMS Find Aid
- Farquhar, W.G.
- Farrant, Ron
- Fatnowna Family papers
- Finucane, William E.
- Fraley, Arch
- Firth Family, Mt. Suprise
- Freer, L. J. - Willis Island
- Garbutt, C.O.
- Gardner, H.R. Rockhampton
- Gilmour, James A.
- Glindemann, August Karl
- Goondi School of Arts
- Grant Family
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - Dallhold case
- Great Northern Freehold Tin Mining Co.
- Green, Marjorie
- Green Vale Station
- Gunnawarra Station
- Hann Family papers
- Harrison, John Gilbert
- Hawton/de Castres Family records
- Hayles, E.R. (Bob)
- Historical Society of Cairns, North Queensland, Inc - Held in JCU Cairns
- Hollimans, Ravenswood
- Huntington, Tony
- Iashchenko/Tjapukai 1903 records
- Ingham Family
- Inkerman Sugar Mill records
- Innes, Mabel (Prize for Lyric Verse)
- Irvinebank Mining Company and John Moffat records
- Jack and Newell Pty Ltd
- Jaffa, Herbert
- Jaffrey, Kenneth S.
- James Cook University Media Section - Held in JCU Cairns
- Jenkins/Armstrong documents
- Johnson, Don
- Johnson, Godschall
- Jones, Dorothy
- Lawson and Son (Mareeba)
- Lloyds Shipping Register
- Local Government Womens' Association (Townsville Branch)
- Lorraine Station
- Love, J.S.
- Lowry, Edward Yule
- Lowths Hotel
- Mabo papers
- MCauley, William
- McCullum and Co Share record book
- McKergow Family
- McRobbie Bros
- McRobbie/Wardle Collection
- Magnetic Island to Townsville Annual Swim Committee Records
- Manchester Unity - Loyal North Kennedy Lodge records
- Marnock Family
- Mays, Robert
- Meatworkers Union. See Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
- Merrin, Thomas
- Metcalfe Collection
- Millaroo Research Station
- Mona Vale Station (Casey Family)
- Moray Downs (Hooke & Co.) Clermont
- Muller, C. manuscript
- Munro Family Records
- Murgatroyd, A.D. Collection
- Natal Downs Station
- National Council of Women (Townsville Branch)
- National Trust (Townsville Branch)
- Nelly Bay Archive
- New Moon Theatre Company
- Newspapers - special issues
- New Ravenswood Mines
- Nimmo Family - Oak Park Station
- North Queensland Ballet and Dance Company
- North Queensland Conservation Council
- North Queensland Newspaper Company
- North Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- North Queensland Yachting Association
- Northern and Western Graziers Association
- Nulla Nulla Station
- Pacific Arts Festival
- Pajingo Station
- People the North Committee
- Pioneer Sugar Mills
- Pope Brothers Coach and Motor Body Builders
- Postle,Griffin Pty Ltd
- Prosperpine Co-operative Society Ltd
- Proserpine Chamber of Commerce
- Purcell, S. (Mareeba)
- Provincial Cities Group
- Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade - Tully Branch
- Queensland Brand Directory
- Queensland Department of Harbours and Marine - Shark Netting Records
- Queensland Meat Export Company Pty. Ltd.
- Queensland Premier's and Chief Secretary's Office
- Queensland Titles Office
- Queerah Meat Works
- Ravenswood Picnic Hack Club
- Ravenswood Mining Warden's Office
- Red Cross (North Queensland)
- Reynolds, Alderman Mike
- Rimmer, Mike
- Roberts, George
- Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia
- Ruby Queen Gold Mining Company Ltd.
- Salvation Army, Charters Towers Corp
- Scartwater Trust
- Schaffert, Jack
- Scottish Australian Co Ltd. (Mt Emu Plains, Kyuna, Albion Downs and Lucknow Stations)
- Shannon Family
- Shepherd, Arthur
- Sladden, Mary
- Sloane, Willliam & Co.
- Smith, H. Neil Prize
- Stannett, E.J.
- South Johnstone School of Arts
- South Townsville State School
- Southcott, Ronald Vernon
- Stewart's Creek Roman Catholic School
- Strathleven Station
- Tait, E.D.
- Talaroo Station
- Thompson, Fred see Amalgamated Metalworkers Union
- Torrents , Salvador Collection
- Townsville Apollo Choir
- Townsville Baptist Church
- Townsville Chamber of Commerce
- Townsville City Council
- Townsville Civic Orchestra
- Townsville and District Patriotic Fund
- Townsville Fire Brigade Board
- Townsville Gas and Coke Company
- Townsville Grammar School see Kim Allen Collection of Townsville Grammar School History
- Townsville Harbour Board
- Townsville Historical Trust
- Townsville Rifle Club
- Trollope, D.H.
- Trant Family
- Trewern, Joan - Held in JCU Cairns
- Young Mens' Christian Association of Townsville
- Young Women's Christian Association of Townsville
- Yungaba Migrant Hostel
- Young, Charles
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