[QUEENSLAND] The Blackthorn Magazine. April, 1927.

A$40 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Charters Towers, Qld. : Blackheath and Thornburgh Colleges, April 1927. Octavo (240 x 150 mm), original printed wrappers (short paper split at tail of spine, edges a little worn), stapled; pp 40; illustrated with photographic plates and advertisements for local businesses; contents in very good condition. A scarce single issue of the bi-annual magazine of Blackheath and Thornburgh Colleges, Charters Towers, Queensland. From Wiki: By 1918, representatives of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches had already met to consider establishing a college for North Queensland students under the auspices of the two churches. In 1918, Charters Towers mining magnate Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant wanted to sell his mansion, Thornburgh House, with its extensive gardens and mature trees which formed an oasis of greenery in the parched environment of Charters Towers. So the church representatives approached Plant about the purchase of Thornburgh, but on hearing the Anglican Sisters in Townsville were also interested in the property, the Presbyterian and Methodist church representative Robert Bacon quickly secured an option to purchase the house for £3,000 in November 1918. The newly formed school committee placed £50 as a holding deposit. Thornburgh College, a school for boys, began classes on 16 June 1919 with John Frederick Ward, MA, of Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, as Principal. The school was officially opened by Dr Henry Youngman, President General of the Methodist Church of Austral

• Binding: Hardcover

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