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Event – Great Houses of Ipswich
Great Houses of Ipswich is a not-for-profit community partnership promoting Ipswich, its unique vernacular architecture and heritage homes. On September 12, three privately owned, heritage-listed...
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Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery hosts SLQ exhibition
Guest blogger: Jayson Althofer – Bolton Library Services Officer, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Over a century after squatters travelled between Brisbane and their stations on the Darling Downs, a...
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Queensland Ambulance Service – History in Pictures
The Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade was formed on September 12, 1892 from very humble beginnings. The idea of forming a civil ambulance service was initiated by Seymour Warrian of the Ambulance...
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Early Queensland photography – Poulsen Studios
In 1885 (130 years ago), Poul C. Poulsen opened his photographic studio at No.7 Queen Street in Brisbane and over time established himself as an important and longstanding early Queensland...
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Pop Culture Quest: Preserving Queensland’s Trekker history
Old newsletters from the Queensland Star Trekkers Fan Club. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Although the original Star Trek series ran for only 3 seasons (1966-69) before it was...
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Queensland Places – Grand Hotel, Victoria Parade, Thursday Island
The present day Grand Hotel, Thursday Island, replaces the earlier, original, Grand Hotel, which was built in around 1890, surviving for a century before being destroyed by fire in 1990. Various...
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125th anniversary of the Longreach Jockey Club
2015 marks the 125th anniversary of the formation of the Longreach Jockey Club. State Library of Queensland is very fortunate to house a large collection of historical administrative documents...
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5 heritage-listed buildings in Maryborough
On 26 and 27 September, Maryborough Open House returns with a number of buildings and gardens opening their doors and/or gates for public viewing. The following 5 heritage-listed buildings form part of...
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KISS deafens Lang Park (1980)
Are Queenslanders wowsers when it come to loud concerts? On October 13, legendary US rock band KISS are set to perform at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. It is nearly 35 years since the group first...
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Queensland sportsmen who served during WW1 – Alan Marshal
Queensland Cricket Team members, 1910. Alan Marshal is in the back row. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 130143 Alan Marshal was born in Warwick on June 12, 1883, later moving to...
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Germans in Queensland – History in Pictures
From the 1850’s onward many German migrants left their ancestral country to settle in the new colony of Queensland. According to the 1901 Commonwealth Census, 38,352 Australians had been born in...
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‘La Stupenda’ enchants Brisbane (50th anniversary)
On October 11, 1965, a packed house at Brisbane’s Her Majesty’s Theatre showered Australia’s world-famous soprano Joan Sutherland with floral tributes following her performance in Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di...
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Rare Bee Gees LP in SLQ collection
Did you know State Library of Queensland has recently acquired an extremely rare issue of the Bee Gees debut album, The Bee Gee’s Sing and Play 14 Songs by Barry Gibb to add to its collection of Bee...
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5 heritage-listed buildings for Toowoomba Open House
On 17 and 18 October, Toowoomba Open House returns with a number of buildings opening their doors for public viewing. The following 5 heritage-listed buildings form part of this year’s itinerary. 5....
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Queensland Places – Prince of Wales Island – Muralag
Prince of Wales Island – Muralag, as with other islands and places across the Torres Strait, has a long and varied history. Muralag is the largest of the Torres Strait Islands, covering some 204...
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German Empire celebration in Enoggera (1908)
German Empire celebration at Enoggera, Brisbane 1908. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 39297 On January 18, 1908, over 800 German migrants and their families gathered together at...
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Retro Fashion – Ponds clothing catalogues
Take a journey back in time and discover what Queenslanders were wearing way back when by flipping through our Queensland fashion catalogues. State Library of Queensland has recently digitised several...
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Queensland Places – Restoration
Restoration Island is located high up on the east coast of Cape York, just to the south of Portland Roads. The small island was named in 1789 by Captain William Bligh during his long and dangerous...
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Gatton’s Imperial Hotel and the 1934 fire
In the early hours of November 5 this year, Gatton’s historic Imperial Hotel on Railway Avenue was destroyed by fire. In 1934, the same hotel had a very lucky escape from a fire described by newspapers...
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Preserving our Heritage: Metals, Textiles, Photographs
Guest Blogger: Karen Barrett for Cultural Heritage Network – Toowoomba Region Do you collect memorabilia? Maybe you have a collection of 1970’s clothes you loan to friends? If so, then you would have...
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