TASMANIA

I Archives

Baptist Union of Tasmania

22 Wellington St, Launceston Tas. 7250

Contact Person

Secretary of the Baptist Union

Tel: (003) 31 4104 Fax: (003) 31 3946

Business days and hours - by arrangement

Access: Records are available to researchers after permission has been obtained from the Council of the Baptist Union. Appointments have to be made by letter. No fee is charged, but an SAE or reply coupon is appreciated.

Holdings

The Baptist Union of Tasmania stores most of its earlier records in the archives strong room of the University of Tasmania. Access is as above with the addition of arranging with the University Archivist (GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tas. 7001)

Manuscripts and Correspondence

Material relating to local clergy

General finance

Minutes of Assembly and Council

Correspondence to the secretary

Committee papers

Minutes of local church meetings, marriage registers

Clergy list: Booklet containing lists of all Baptist clergy who have served in Tasmania since 1862 by church, giving dates of arrival and departure, where they came from and where they went to, compiled by L.F. Rowston, 1994.

Publications

Around the Country Circuits: Reminiscences of the Baptist Family throughout “Tassie’s Top Half”, 1996, Jennifer Hemsley,

Baptists in Van Diemen’s Land, the story of Tasmania’s first Baptist Church, Harrington Street, 1835-1886, L. F. Rowston

Beside All Waters, Mrs S. M. Churchward Kelly - an account of missionary life in India from c1916

A Church and its People: the Story of Elphin Baptist church 1905-1994, Olive Dowling,

One Hundred Years of Witness, the story of the Hobart Tabernacle, 1884-1984, L. F. Rowston,.

This Corner: Stories of Newstead Baptist Church, 1936-1996, Evin Fist

Periodical

Tasmanian Baptist periodicals from 1886 (titles varied)

Photographs

Large collection of identified photographs of clergy, church buildings, groups of deacons etc all copied into negatives by L. F. Rowston

Finding Aids

A 40 page (A4 size) list of the University holdings

Facilities

Services available - reading room at University. Photocopier below in library

II Historical Society (no society)

III General

a) Current Publications

Baptist Union Handbook & Assembly reports

Advance, the Tasmanian Baptist bi-monthly

b) Standard Publications

C. H. Spurgeon’s influence in Tasmania through his Sermons and his Students, J. E. Walton, 1901

Henry Reed: an eventful life devoted to God and man, M. S. E. Reed (London, Morgan and Scott, 1907)

Henry Reed: Van Diemen’s Land Pioneer, H. Fysh, (Hobart, 1977)

William and Mary Ann Gibson, Greg Luxford, (Perth, Tas.: Gould Books, 1984)

IV Other Relevant Bodies

Other Public Bodies

State Library of Tasmania, Archives Office of Tasmania

77 Murray St, Hobart Tas. 7000

Tel (03) 6233 7488 Fax (03) 6233 7471

Web address: www.tased.edu.au/library/library.htm

Harrington Street Baptist Chapel: Letter book 1834-1852 of Francis Edgar, trustee of the Chapel

York Street Baptist Chapel documents: Baptismal register 1841-1873; Marriages 1883-1888; Burials 1842-1862