ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0196 Canberra Baptist Church Records
Scope and content notes
Call Number | HMSS 0196 |
Collection | Canberra Baptist Church Records |
Date Range | 1896-2017 |
Quantity | 2m (10 manuscript boxes) |
Access Conditions | open |
Copying Conditions | with attribution |
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Canberra Baptist Church, located within the Australian Capital Territory, was formally established on 17 October 1927 during the visit to Canberra of the Chairman of the Federal Home Mission Board and Vice-President of the Baptist Union of Australia, The Rev. A.J. Waldock D.D.
On that occasion Dr Waldock met with thirteen Canberra residents and secured their pledge of support to his proposal to establish a Baptist work in Canberra. Less than three weeks later on 6 November 1927 the first church service, led by Mr H.L.Walters, was held in the Presbyterian Hall, Braddon which had been made available for services to the new Baptist group and to the Congregationalists on alternate Sundays. Five months later on 21 March 1928 the foundation stone was laid for the new church building. The President General of the Baptist Union of Australia, the Rev.J.H.Goble performed the stone-laying ceremony in the presence of a large gathering of Baptists from many parts of Australia.
On 23 February 1929, sixteen months after the formal establishment of the Church, the church building was completed and officially opened amidst great rejoicing among Baptists and wide publicity was given in the local and interstate Press. The Rev. Dr. Arthur J Waldock was installed as the first minister during the Sunday services on 24 February 1929.
The original deposit of Canberra Baptist Church records were received by the ACT Heritage Library in May 2007. A second deposit comprising Church financial records was received in February 2018.
Box List
BOXNO. | DESCRIPTION | QTY | DATE RANGE |
| MARRIAGE RECORDS kept by Rev Dr A J Waldock | 5 vols | 1896-1963 |
7 | Register of Marriages celebrated at Hinton, Newcastle, Raglan, Glenoad, Rookwood, Auburn, Petersham, Leichhardt, Goulburn, Strathfield, North Sydney, Granville, Woollhara, Killara, Temora. | 1 vol | 1896-1909 |
1 | Receipts for Marriage Certificates Lodged - places of registration include Mosman, Coolamon, Drummoyne, Petersham, Gloucester, Grenfell, Granville. | 1 file | 1917-1929 |
1 | Register of Marriages celebrated at Canberra | 4 vols | 1910-1939; |
1 | MARRIAGE RECORDS kept by Rev Harold G Hackworthy | 1 file (5 items) | 1948-1952 |
1 | MARRIAGE RECORDS kept by Rev F P McMaster | 1 file (25 items) | 1952-1963 |
7 | MARRIAGE RECORDS kept by Rev Charles Jackson Register of Marriages celebrated at Wentworth Falls, Springwood, Katoomba, Greenacre, Canberra, Newcastle. | 1 vol | 1967-1986 |
1 | BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES COUNTERFOILS | 1 vol | 1966-1971 |
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1 | DEDICATION CERTIFICATES COUNTERFOILS | 1vol | 1968-1972 |
| DEACONS’ MINUTES | 5 vols | |
1 | Deacons’ Meetings 1929-1937; Church Meetings 1931-1957, includes lists of foundation members and deacons | 1 vol | 1929-1957 |
1 | Deacons’ Meetings | 1 vol | 1937-1954; |
2 | Deacons’ Meetings | 4 vols | 1954-1959; |
3 | ANNUAL REPORTS | 1 vol; 1 file; | 1930-1957; |
3 | VISITORS BOOKS | 4 vols | 1929+; |
4 | WEEKLY BULLETINS | 2 files | 1968-1980 |
4 | CHURCH LEASE | 1 file | 1929 |
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LADIES’ FELLOWSHIP RECORDS | |||
4 | Financial Records | 1 vol | 1949/50-1966/67 |
4 | Minutes of Meetings | 5 vols | 1933-1943; |
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4 | SUNDAY SCHOOL CASH BOOKS | 2 vols | 1929-1934; |
| SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORDS |
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5 | Registers of Teachers/Students | 2 vols | 1929; |
5 | Minutes | 3 vols | 1930-1952; |
5 | Annual Reports | 1 vol | 1931-1974 |
MINUTES OF CHURCH MEETINGS | |||
5 | Minute Book | 2 vols | 1957-1961; |
6 | Minute Book | 1 vol | 1968-198? |
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6 | COLLATED RESEARCH DOCUMENTS One volume concerning the opening of the church One volume concerning establishment of the Church prior to 1929 includes newscuttings, copies of correspondence, original correspondence and fragments | 2 vols | 1929
1926-1929 |
CHURCH FINANCIAL RECORDS | |||
7 | Payment Book | 1 vol | 1993-1995 |
| 8 | Cash Books | 8 vols | 1929-1934; 1934-1936; 1936-1948; 1948-1963; 1963-1966; 1966-1977; 1977-1986; 1986-1993; |
| 8 | Journal Entries / Adjustments | 1 vol | 1984-1993 |
| 8 | Ledgers | 2 vols | 1949-1965; 1965-1993 |
| 9 | Ledger | 1 vol | 1993-1994 |
| 9 | Financial reports | 18 files | 1994-2013 |
| 10 | Annual Financial Statements | 1 file | 1937-1958 |
| 10 | Treasurer Statements Annual Budgets | 1 file | 1978-1995; 1970-1995 |
| 10 | Church Budget Speeches | 1 file | 1989-1993 |
| 10 | Annual Reports | 1 file | 2007-2017 |