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A BIG SCAN: SLQ’S COMMUNITY HERITAGE DIGITISATION OFFER
Some months back local Lota author Cherrie Nicholson realised she had a problem. Cherrie is the author of three books Lota – through local eyes : stories of a little-known Brisbane suburb and the...
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Newmarket, Erneton Estate, 1904 (Map of the Week)
State Library of Queensland has an extensive collection of historical maps of Queensland, some of which have been digitised and can be viewed online. Erneton Estate at the Kelvin Grove tram terminus,...
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Queensland Places – Goode Island
Goode Island, located between Cape York and New Guinea and close to Thursday Island, is said to have been named by Captain Matthew Flinders, whilst travelling through the region. The name is said to...
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Strand Theatre, Toowoomba (100th anniversary)
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Strand Theatre, located on Margaret Street in Toowoomba. Advertisement for the Strand Theatre in Toowoomba. From The Darling Downs: the garden of...
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A library in darkness (Chronicles of State Library of Queensland)
At the turn of the twentieth century, the issue of evening opening hours at State Library of Queensland (formerly Public Library of Queensland) was one that vexed regular patrons. This can be evidenced...
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The Adventures of Bill Yaxley
Brisbane art dealer Bruce Heiser with artist Bill Yaxley at the opening of The Adventures of Bill Yaxley at the Rockhampton Art Gallery on Saturday 9 April. Brisbane art dealer Bruce Heiser with artist...
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Anzac Day Today
This year marks one hundred years since the first Anzac Day Commemoration was held. Queensland’s Canon David John Garland, known as the ‘architect’ of Anzac Day, created the framework for Anzac Day...
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Cooper’s Plains, Homebush Estate, 1886 (Map of the Week)
State Library of Queensland has an extensive collection of historical maps of Queensland, some of which have been digitised and can be viewed online. Homebush Estate adjoining Cooper’s Plains Railway...
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James Trackson’s tracks : Queensland’s first motorist
On 25 October 1937 Brisbane newspaper The Telegraph published a tribute to one of the city’s most prominent citizens on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Eighty years old to-day and still hale and...
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Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton, Electricity Pioneer
Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton (1857-1942) is hardly a household name in Queensland, however as a pioneer of electricity supply his contribution to the development and modernisation of the state is...
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Prince goes clubbing in Brisbane, 1992
In early April 1992 (24 years before his death), acclaimed American pop idol, Prince began the Australian leg of his Diamonds and Pearls tour in Brisbane with two concerts at the Brisbane Entertainment...
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Shakespeare Fans
Brisbane Shakespeare Society, in costume for Henry the Fifth, 1918 This is the Brisbane Shakespeare Society, dressed up for a production of Henry V at the Exhibition Building on 23 April 1918....
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Rose Hill Estate, Rosalie [Bardon], 1914 (Map of the Week)
State Library of Queensland has an extensive collection of historical maps of Queensland, some of which have been digitised and can be viewed online. Rose Hill Estate, Rosalie, 1914 This Brisbane real...
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The New Shorncliffe Pier
The New Shorncliffe Pier March 25, 2016 saw the re-opening of the new Shorncliffe Pier, formally known as the Sandgate Pier. It was originally designed by architect F.D.G. Stanley and built by the...
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Coaching in Australia : a history of the coaching firm of Cobb and Co....
In October 1939, William Lees, historical writer and proprietor and editor of the Queensland Pastoral Gazette, died at his home in Yeerongpilly, ironically whilst reading a newspaper. Lees had a keen...
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Old Museum Building – 125th anniversary
The Old Museum Building situated in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills in Brisbane has enjoyed an eventful history since it was built in 1891. It initially served as the Exhibition Building,...
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Labour Day – History in Pictures
Labour Day returns to May this year after a short lived relocation to October. Labour Day has been an official Queensland public holiday, celebrated on the first Monday in May, since 1912 and before...
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The Baby Killer – Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup (Patent medicine in Queensland)
Browse through Queensland newspapers from the mid-1880s until the early part of the 20th century, you will discover they are filled with advertisements for elixirs, tonics, ointments and powders curing...
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Lancaster’s Gardens [Ascot], 1889 (Map of the Week)
State Library of Queensland has an extensive collection of historical maps of Queensland, some of which have been digitised and can be viewed online. Lancaster’s Gardens [Ascot], 1889. John Oxley...
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Photograph from one of The Go-Betweens earliest concerts
May 6, 2016 marks 10 years since the death of Grant McLennan, Queensland musician and co-founder of the indie rock group, The Go-Betweens. Grant McLennan and Robert Forster performing at Baroona Hall,...
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