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Moreton Bay Penal Settlement 1824 to 1842
Guest blogger: Niles Elvery – Queensland State Archives This year marks the 190th anniversary of the settlement of the Moreton Bay Penal Colony. Established in 1824 the penal settlement at Moreton Bay...
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The Coltons of Lutwyche
On a humid day in December 1979 a large group of people gathered for the auction of the contents of a home which had become a closed archive of items from another era. The house at the end of Colton...
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Playback Oral History Workshop – June 5 – 6
Do you recall members of your family sitting by the wireless listening to the voice of the radio announcer in your lifetime, or the voice of a person sharing their own account of an actual experience...
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International Tartan Day and the Queensland Tartan
Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is...
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Queensland Places – Mount Carbine
The town of Mount Carbine is said to be named after the horse that won the 1890 Melbourne Cup. The town had been first settled around that time by those who had come to mine the wolfram, discovered...
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Heritage collections explored online at Dalby
Just like Ludwig Leichhardt who visited Dalby in 1844, State Library staff will set out some 170 years later to explore ways to make the region’s rich heritage accessible to all. This month, as part of...
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Frankenstein terrifies Brisbane
“To have seen Frankenstein is to wear a badge of courage! Do you dare?” tempted advertisements in Brisbane newspapers in the build-up to the premiere of Hollywood’s latest horror film on June 10, 1932....
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Golf in Queensland
Golf in Queensland is said to have had its genesis at Eidsvold cattle station, near Gayndah, with the development of a small golf course on the property by its two Scottish lessees, the Ivory brothers....
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Have Your Say!
State Library of Queensland is developing a fresh plan for the future. SLQ2020 will be a five year plan which will set a high level direction for State Library to ensure our programs and services meet...
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Play the Ball Exhibition opens 7 July – a story of strength and courage
Guest Blogger: Mark Newman with digital contributions by C. Cottle During a four-year period in the early 1960s, boxers in a small country town in Queensland held nine Australian boxing titles. Out of...
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Say “G’day” in an Indigenous language!
Many Australians can say ‘bonjour’ or ‘konnichiwa’ for hello in French or Japanese, but how many people know how to say g’day’ in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language? How many people know...
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Hot Modernism coming soon
State Library will be opening a new exhibition to the public on 9 July 2014. Hot Modernism: Building modern Queensland 1945-75 is the culmination of an ARC Linkage Grant with the UQ School of...
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Plants Worthy of Attention in an Indooroopilly Park
Recently the State Library of Queensland received a request for information regarding the early beginnings of a garden now called Thomas Park, Bougainvillea Gardens in Indooroopilly. Bougainvillea...
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Queensland Places – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Thursday Island
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church was built by the priests of the Mission of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart soon after they arrived on the island in late 1884. It is likely that the first church...
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Queensland Police Service and last police tracker, Coen
Guest blogger: Susan Boulton – A/ Manager Public Access, Queensland State Archives Established on 1 January 1864, the Queensland Police Force is celebrating 150 years of service. Since the inception of...
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Podcast: Queensland Places (A night in the JOL)
State Library of Queensland’s collections contain a wide range of material about Queensland locations. Many of the items promote these places as tourist destinations, illustrating aspects of the...
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Snapping Dinosaurs
Whilst Clive Palmer might be raising hell with the carbon tax, there’s a roaring of a different kind at his Palmer Coolum Resort, Queensland. Canberra may indeed seem like a land before time, but if...
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83 Queensland history interviews and going strong
State Library of Queensland’s project coordinator Myles Sinnamon has recently completed 83 interviews with ABC Radio, talking about Queensland history every Tuesday night at 9 pm. An employee for more...
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Electric city : trams and power in Brisbane
Brisbane in the nineteenth century was in many ways a primitive, frontier town with unpaved streets and an unreliable water supply but in other ways it was in the forefront in adopting new technology....
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Indigenous Languages Blog Launched
The State Library has launched a new Indigenous Languages Blog! SLQ Indigenous Languages Blog. This space will be a portal for State Library, IKCs, Indigenous Language Centres, Community Language...
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