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Volume Two

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL RECORDS

Christ Church Cathedral Window

Window designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and installed in Christ Church in 1907.
From The Vision Splendid - Christ Church Cathedral, A Parish History by Joan Murray.

CONTENTS

  1. Legal records
  2. Minute books
  3. Correspondence
  4.  Records from the Diocesan Registrar
  5. Printed Material
  6. Miscellaneous items
  7. Photographs
  8. Maps, plans and drawings
  9. Artefacts

1. Legal Records:

A5356
Legal opinions relating to the Bishop of Goulburn, 1890 - 1893; Notes on Constitutions, 1875; Case for opinion of Council relating to Bishop of Newcastle Trustees, 1880; Cathedral Church Act, 1882; Dioceses of Sydney and Newcastle Lands Investment Act, 1858; Church and Schools Lands Act, 1880; Parliamentary reports on Church Property Bills, 1881; 1887; 1888; Church of England Property Act, 1889: Amendment relating to Goulburn property; Draft for an Act to incorporate the members of the Church of England in New South Wales, and to make property divisions, 1876.

A5359
Church of England Property Bill, 1887.

A5356
Sydney Church Ordinance, 1892; Draft Ordinance to provide for the election or appointment of a Bishop in the Diocese of Newcastle, 1892; An Act to regulate the temporal affairs of churches and chapels of the United Church of England and Ireland in New South Wales, 1837.

A6734(iii)
Cathedral Ordinance, 1932; Parish Financial Rehabilitation Ordinance, 1935; Bishop Election Ordinance, 1937.

A5356
Memorandum of Agreement between the Trustees of the Anglican Sunday School and John Russell, 1883.

A5356, A5359, A5367(vii), A5361
Court reports and proceedings relating to John Straub and J. Horbury Hunt, 1890,1894.

A5356
List of ministers registered for the celebration of marriages, 1889.

A5357
Legal correspondence, 1882 - 1889.

A5358
Stockton lease, 1886.

A5364
Draft Ordinance for providing pensions for aged and infirm clergymen in the Diocese of Newcastle, 1884.

A5369
Cathedral Hall licences, 1934 - 1936; Land tax receipts, 1897; Water rate notices, 1895; Fire insurance policy, 1882; Terrier of lands, 1848 - 1869.

A5358
Records of Trustees of Christ Church A7898 Glebe, including legal records, correspondence and plans, 1850 - 1902.

A7898
Papers and correspondence relating to Australian Agricultural Company's lease for working coal, 1878 - 1883.

A5260
Christ Church Newcastle Land Mortgage Ordinance 1925, containing correspondence to Registrar, Dean and Cathedral Council (Diocesan Registrar's records).

A5361
Proceedings: Straub v. Cathedral re building tender, 1890.

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2. Minute Books:

B7829a
Cathedral Council minute book, 1916 - 1923; Presentation Board minute book, 1926 - 1928.

B7830
Vestry minute book, 1859 - 1892.

B7831
Vestry minute book, 1938 - 1947.

A5360
Vestry minute books, 1948 - 1952.

B7832
Vestry minute books, 1955 - 1959.

B7833
Church Wardens' minute book, 1877 - 1883.

B7834
Building Committee minute book, 1894 - 1904.

B7835
Building Committee minute book, 1909 - 1912.

B7836
Church of England Men's Society minute book, 1910 - 1919.

B7837
Servers' Guild minute book, 1931 - 1932; Temporary Service book, 1938 - 1940.

B7838-B7482d
Parochial Council minute books, 1867 - 1937.

B7843
Women's Guild memoranda book, 1897 - 1903.

B7844-B7850
Women's Guild minute books, 1897 - 1956.

B7851
Centennial Fund minute book, 1888 - 1889; Annual meeting of the Cathedral Parish… 20th March, 1975. [Reports and financial statement].

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3. Correspondence:

A5359
General correspondence, 1892 - 1974.

A5368
General correspondence, 1874 - 1900.

A5359
Vestry correspondence, 1935 - 1940.

A6734(ii)
Vestry correspondence, 1955 - 1961.

A5359
Centennial Church Extension Fund correspondence, 1887 - 1899.

A5359
Christchurch Trustees correspondence, 1861 - 1863; 1884 - 1890.

A6734(i)
Arthur Selwyn's correspondence, 1896.

A5359
Correspondence relating to the sale of furniture at Newcastle East Public School, 1886 - 1889.

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4. Records from the Diocesan Registrar:

B6944-B6951
Cathedral and Cathedral Chapter correspondence, 1931 - 1967.

AB6951
Cathedral Columbarium correspondence, 1955 - 1967.

B6952-B6956
Cathedral Glebe correspondence and valuation notices, 1933 - 1948.

A6140
Letter from Goul & Shaw, Solicitors naming Trustees of Christchurch Cathedral, 28th July, 1896.

Financial Records:

A5362
Financial records, 1868 - 1948; Wages sheets, 1892 - 1893; Building Fund statement, 1910.

B7901a-b
Reports and financial statements, 1898 - 1952.

B7851
Centennial Fund account memoranda book, 1888 - 1889.

B7852
Vestry ledger, 1862 - 1884.

B7853
Pew rent cash book, 1863 - 1874.

B7854
Parochial Council ledger, 1867 - 1888.

B7857
Pro-Cathedral cash book, 1885 - 1901.

B7873
. Ledger, 1933 - 1937.

B7873a
Cathedral Completion Fund cash book, 1899 - 1902.

B7875
Cathedral Completed Fund cash book, 1929 - 1930.

A5369
Bank book, 1937 - 1939; Cathedral Council Fund receipts and invoices, 1929.

A5359
Cheque book, 1882.

Building records:

A5361
Specifications for Bishop's residence, Morpeth, (n.d.); Specification for Parsonage, Newcastle, (n.d.); Bill of quantities for work on Cathedral, with correspondence and drawings, 1893 - 1894; Newcastle Cathedral Report, October 11, 1899.

A5361
Specification and correspondence relating to Deanery garage, 1949 - 1950; Correspondence, plans, schedules, specifications, lighting contracts for Newcastle Cathedral, 1948 - 1951; Diary of John Straub [Cathedral contractor], 1892.

A5361
Press clippings, 1910 - 1936, and correspondence, 1909 - 1912 relating to the building of the Cathedral; Estimate of work, Goulburn, by Robert Turner, 1876; Miscellaneous dockets relating to building supplies, 1883 - 1886; Invoices relating to building and furniture, 1885 - 1894.

A5361
Correspondence and papers relating to building, 1883 - 1898.

B7834-B7835
Building Committee minute books, 1894 - 1904; 1909 - 1912.

B7879
Building record book, 1881.

B7880
Roll of subscribers to the Centennial Church Extension Fund, 1888 - 1892.

A6137
Building file, 1949 - 1972.

A5359
Bill of quantities, 1892 - 1893.

B9556
Christ Church Building Fund Committee letterbook, 1876 - 1894 (from Diocesan Registry records).

Cemetery records:

A6138(i)
Cathedral cemetery file, 1942 - 1973 (includes a description of the wreck of the Cawarra, July 11, 1866).

A5364
Correspondence, 1873 - 1898; Registrar's certificates for undertaker, 1895 - 1896.

A5364
Cemetery rules and regulations, 1884 - 1892; Plan of Newcastle General Cemetery, 1879; Plan of Church of England portion of the Cemetery, 1879.

A5364
Cemetery accounting records, 1881 - 1898.

A5443(xx)
Old Christ Church Cemetery by W.J. Gould; Register of grave sites and plan (Newcastle City Council).

A5359
The first burials in Christ Church Cemetery.

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5. Printed Material

A6137
Cathedral history, 1830 - 1980; Warrior's chapel, 1924 - 1979.

A5369
A history of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle by F.G. Castleden, 1936.

A5371
Printed material relating to the completion and dedication of the Cathedral, May, 1979; History of the Cathedral, 1979.

B7901c
Newcastle Cathedral leaflets, 1953 - 1962; 1965 - 1966.

A6139
Leaflets, 1950 - 1974; Parish notes, 1975; Handbooks and Cathedral history pamphlets including photographs, 1812 - 1983.

A6140
Pamphlets on the National Trust Christ Church Cathedral Heritage Project, [c.1984]; Towards a complete Cathedral… Cathedral chapter: a report of the Dean (copy).

A5366
Newcastle Cathedral, N.S.W.: its history in pictures for one hundred years, 1812 - 1912.

A5366
Newcastle Cathedral 1812 - 1910 Souvenir of the dedication of the Chancel, Ambulatories, and the Chapel of St. Nicholas, March, 1910; Christ Church Cathedral, 1961; The Warriors' Chapel, 1924; Handbooks, 1932 - 1971.

A5367
Dedication of nave and crossing, 1928; Newcastle Cathedral completion, 1926; Christ Church Cathedral… leaflet, 1961.

A5367
Souvenir of re-opening of Cathedral organ, July 15, 1923.

A6073(xiii)
Cathedral handbooks and history pamphlets, 1812 - 1932 (Elkin papers).

A6361
The nudge of God: the story of Newcastle's Cathedrals, 1975 by Ian Shevill (Humphris papers).

A6361
Newcastle Cathedral official handbook, 1932; Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, 1948; Tower 200 Club Christ Church Cathedral Heritage Project, 1979 (Humphris papers).

Orders of Service:

A5365,A5371,A6137, A6139, A6140, A6361
Consecrations and Enthronements of Bishops, installations of Deans, visits by Archbishops, dignitaries.

B7901c
etc., Memorial Services, Dedication Services, Anniversary Services.

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6. Miscellaneous items, historical articles and press clippings etc:

A5371
Letter relating to the memorial to Dr. Wilfred Nickson, 30th September, 1949.

A6140
Copies of two pages on the history of the Cathedral, (n.d.).

A5367
Christ Church Cathedral: an historic vindication of its Cathedral character, by George H. Stanton; Programs of By Royal Command and William Tyrrell, 2nd - 5th December, 1947.

A5582(vii)
Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, 1902 - 1928. (Inta Allegritti: University of Newcastle History essay, 1980).

A5704(xii)
A Cathedral is built by Mangala Frost. [Script of a play presented at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, September, 1979].

A6051(ix)
Essay: Early and High Victorian: the Gothic revival architecture of Edmund Thomas Blacket and John Horbury Hunt. [Contains references to the design of the Cathedral] (Joan Kerr papers).

A5398(vi)
Papers and correspondence relating to Christ Church Cathedral and Cathedral Cemetery 1936 - 1963, including:- Cathedral Ordinance as amended 1937 - 1939; Minutes of meetings of Cathedral Chapter and Vestry, 1958 - 1961; Press clippings relating to the Cemetery, 1959 - 1961; Plans of Cathedral and cemetery; Photograph of Cathedral, 1917; Invitation to Commemorative Service for the wreck of the "DUNBAR", August 20, 1857 (Brent Burnell Rodd papers).

A5342
Christ Church pro-cathedral report and financial statement, 1899.

A5359
The Warriors' Chapel: press clipping, 1935.

Press clippings:

"Early history Newcastle Cathedral…" - review by S.G. Castledon, (n.d.).
"Way of the Cross" (n.d.).
"Bishop Housden".

A5359
Cathedral Festival, 1920 [1 page].

A6138
Press clippings on the death of Canon Selwyn, 1891.

A6138
Press clippings, 1947 - 1983.

A6139(iii)
Press clippings on Michael Erikson, 1975; The Link TOC H journal, August 1, 1953.

A6140
Two by two… a book about the performance of Noye's Fludde performed in the Cathedral, 1969; Hove Parish Church, Parish calendar, 1948; The Gothic Revival architecture of Edmund Thomas Blacket and John Horbury Hunt from Australian Art and Architecture, 1980; Typescript memorial to C.A. Brown, (n.d.); Communion Certificate Rupert Seymour Timbury, 1902; Press clipping of obituary to Mr. F.A. Timbury, (n.d.).

A6140
Australia's first bishop : a brief memoir of William Grant Broughton, by the Rev. P.A. Micklem, 1936; From sunset to sunset: our Saviour's last day of suffering represented in fourteen panels… by George Tinworth. London, Royal Doulton Potteries, [c.1914+]; Newcastle Business Men's Club: Vision, Vol.12, No.37, November, 1979; Tales of Talbot House, 1915 - 1918, by P.B. Clayton, 1919; TOC H Petition for lamp of maintenance, 1926.

B7891-B7892
Prayer books presented to Arthur Renwick, 1902.

B7893
Bible, 1903.

B7894
Prayer book, 1855.

A5368
Prayer book, 1905.

A5366
Closebourne: Morpeth, 1949 [published by Church of England Grammar School for Boys]; The Right Reverend George Merrick Long… a memoir, by the Reverend W.H. Johnson; Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury, (n.d.); The accord of Winchester, 1072 [anonymous typescript, n.d.]; Page from Newcastle Churchman, April, 1913, with photograph of Cathedral built 1818, demolished 1884; Program of Newcastle Bach Festival, October, 1950.

A5366
Christ Church Cathedral every member canvass, 1958; Mission to youth, 1950.

A5367
Christ Church Cathedral Columbarium; Newcastle Cathedral Magazine, 1912; 1916; The Certosa of Pavia, by Mario Salmi [plate 22 shows a bronze standard candlestick similar to the one in use at Christ Church Cathedral]; A Treasury of prayers and praises for use in TOC H, [1924].

A5368
Press clippings, 1891 - 1968.

B7895-B7896
Press clipping books, 1925 - 1956.

A5368
Newspapers: The Maitland Mercury: Synod Centenary facsimile issue, Sunday, 30th May, 1965; The Anglican, Friday, 7th April, 1961.

A5368
The Catholic Weekly, Sydney, 12th March, 1959.

A5369
Text of a sermon preached in the Cathedral by the Bishop of Armidale, 1926; Australasian Performing Right Association Subscribers Certificate, 1933; Statistics relating to the Diocese of Newcastle Official Yearbook, 1883 - 1884; Architect's report on restoration and maintenance of the Anglican parish Hall (formerly Pro-Cathedral), May, 1980.

A5369
The Architectural Review:
Wagnerian High Church, (1965).
Byzantium Brighton, (1966).
Visitors book, 1973 - 1974.

B7882-B7890
Cathedral service books, 1867 - 1970.

A6137
Bishop Crotty file, January, 1952.

A6138
Cathedral School of Religion lectures, 1951 - 1955; 1959 - 1960.

B7897
Bishop's visitation book, 1892 - 1905.

A5369
Church and Sunday School returns, 1890.

A5356
Printed and written material on the Centennial Fund, 1888; The Cathedral and modern life (n.d.).

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7. Photographs:

Original church

Original church, 1882

 

A5370
Cathedral in various stages of construction, 1893+; Cathedral and Cathedral Cemetery, 1962; Interior and exterior photographs, 1962; Belfry before its restoration in 1965; Interior photographs, 1970.

A5370
Photographs of Cathedral erected 1819 (copies); The first telecast from Christ Church Cathedral, 5th July, 1959; Stained glass window, (n.d.); Photograph of architects drawing of an archway; Bishop of Ballarat; Bishop of Kalgoolie; Group of Bishops? (n.d.? Bishop Tyrrell era); Clergy, Guild of Service, Servers, Choir, Newcastle Cathedral, 1914; The Rev. Leslie Stibbard and the Ven. A.N. Williams, (n.d.); The Installation of the Right Revd. Leslie Stibbard at the Synod Evensong, June, 1964; Dean Falkingham and Newcastle Herald reporter discussing conversion of the Cathedral Cemetery into a rest part, 1964; The Verger Edward Pritchard mopping water after a storm, beside the eagle lecturn, 1963; Christ Church Cathedral Sunday School picnic, Toronto, October, 1902; Group photo of men and women, (c. 1890 - 1905).

A6139
Pro Cathedral and Cathedral, 1909 - 1979; Bishop Housden; Photographs of Horbury Hunt's Cathedral drawings; The Old Deanery; Stained glass window; George Merrick Long; Dean Beal laying the first brick of completion; Dean Beal on the Cathedral roof; The Book of Gold; Reredos, Whippingham Church; W.R. Campion in uniform; Michael Erikson, 1975.

A5371
Dean Beal; Box of colour transparencies of the Cathedral.

M2270
Cathedral at night, 1979.

A5351
Cathedral (c.1970s); Pro Cathedral.

A5189
TOC H Newcastle, Chapel interiors; Newcastle soldiers; George Merrick Long; Cyril John Mooney; Russell Clifford; Group photograph, 1926 - 1930.

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Christ Church with horse

Original church, ca.1880s

Christ Church under construction

Cathedral under construction, n.d.

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8. Maps, Plans, and Drawings

M79-M80
Drawings for windows, (n.d.).

M2470
Plan for windows.

M81-M82
Cathedral plans, 1965.

M83
Cathedral Close and Cemetery plans.

M84
Alterations to Cathedral Hall, 1975.

M86-M86a,M86h
Cathedral Park.

M86b
Proposed parking area beside the Newcastle Club.

M86c
Newcastle: engraving, 1889.
Wickham subdivision plans:

M86d
Wickham-Carrington, 1964.

M86e
Hamilton-Wickham, 1963.

M86f
Hamilton, 1963.

M86g
Merewether, 1964.

M2271-M2273
Drawings of Cathedral from the harbour and Church Street.

M2274-M2275
Plans of Cathedral seating arrangements.

M2276
Belfry design.

M2277
Sketch plan for Hall of Remembrance, 1953.

M2278-M2279
Deanery plans, 1947, 1949.

M2280
Clergy House.

M2459
Cathedral: ground plan.

M2460
Cathedral: architectural sketch, 1970.

M2461-M2467
Horbury Hunt's plans for the

M2530-M2531
Cathedral [c.1882].

M2468-M2469
Cathedral plans, [c.1816].

M2471
Plans of second church, 1817 - 1884.

M2472
Cathedral: pen drawing.

M2473
Drawing of cross, 1984.

M2474
Plan of Paterson Cemetery, 1887.

M2475
Plan of Church property at Pokolbin, 1863.

M2494
Cathedral plan.

M2495-M2496
Cathedral: porch and door details, 1946.

M2497-M2499
Plans of re-roofing, 1951 - 1952.

M2500
Floor plan showing seating.

M2501
Details of chapel screen, 1950.

M2502
Space beyond south transept, 1950.

M2503
Proposed setting for sculptured memorial panel to Reredos, 1936.

M2504
Photograph of sculptured memorial panel completed.

M2505
Arch on east side of south transept, 1950.

M2506
Detail of Reredos.

M2507
Proposed porch and alterations to St. Christopher's Chapel and gallery front, 1951.

M2508
Space beyond south transept, 1950.

M2509
Pencil sketches of exterior of Cathedral Hall.

M2510
Address in memory of Australian dead, by the Bishop of Amiens, (coloured print).

M2511
Plans of Sedilia, 1909.

M2512
Annie Fowler Berkeley memorial

M2514
Reredos.

M2513
Internal porch to door next to south transept, 1950.

M2515-M2516
Proposed re-arrangement of St.Christopher's Chapel, 1950.

M2516, M2523-M2525
Nickson Memorial Porch, 1949 - 1950.

M2517-M2519
Alterations and additions to electric lighting.

M2520
Correspondence and specifications for Cathedral construction, 1947 - 1952.

M2520
Cathedral tower specifications, 1939.

M2521, M2523-M2525
Sketch designs for internal porch, 1949.

M2522
Diagram of tower requirements for bells.

M2526
Plan of tower, 1950.

M2526-M2629
Transepts and tower, 1950.

M2532
South-west porch specifications and correspondence, 1946 - 1947.

M2533
Cathedral exterior.

M2534
Font and cover.

M2535-M2536
Newcastle maps: Cathedral area.

M2537-M2539
Plans of Cathedral and church property, Newcastle.

A5367
Drawings of Cathedral.

M2540
Vestry residence plan, 1961.

A5369 Plan of Newcastle Showground.

A5241 Maps and documentation relating to Newcastle inner-city parish boundaries.

9. Artefacts:

A5371 Wooden mallet; Tape recording of Dedication, 1979.

A5369 Tape recording of Enthronement of Bishop Shevill, 6th August, 1963.

Original Christ Church Newcastle

Photograph of original church ca.1880

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