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Queensland Places – Maytown
The town of Maytown was once the “capital” of the Palmer River goldfield and was at its most prominent and populous in the late 1870s. Maytown began as an rough bush camp for the original gold miners...
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A night with Mental As Anything and Dave Warner at UQ Refec (1979)
Among the 800+ images contained in the Paul O’Brien Collection, a series documenting Brisbane’s music scene from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, are two photographs of Sydney band Mental As...
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Looking Back: Your home and its history (Ipswich Libraries)
Event at Ipswich Libraries. Are you interested in unravelling the history of your home? Do you enjoy delving into past records to discover exciting facts? If so then the Ipswich Libraries Looking Back:...
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Gympie on track : opening of the Brisbane – Gympie railway 1891
Railway building in Queensland initially concentrated on routes from various ports on the coast into the interior of the state to the extent that by 1890 there were eleven separate railway systems...
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Unidentified Gympie couple
Two quarter plate hand coloured ambrotype photographs of a prosperous-looking, unfortunately, unidentified couple. The exposed images are housed in their original thermoplastic Union case with “Angel...
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Baynes’ Paddock, [Greenslopes], 1887 (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. Bayne’s Paddock Estate, [Greenslopes], Brisbane,...
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40th anniversary – official opening of Brisbane’s Riverside Expressway
On July 22, 1976, Brisbane’s Riverside Expressway was officially opened by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Colin Hannah in front of approximately 300 invited guests and a crowd of onlookers. The...
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12th Australian Library History Forum at SLQ – July 7-8
Many followers of SLQ would be aware that State Library (SLQ) hosted the 12th Australian Library History Forum – Diverse Voices in July. If you didn’t, below are some images and links to the content...
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Queensland Places – Normanton
The Cape York town of Normanton takes its name from the nearby Norman River which was first navigated and chartered in the mid 1860s. The selection of the site and Normanton’s establishment came about...
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East Ipswich Station Estate, East Ipswich, 1911 (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. East Ipswich Station Estate, 1911. John Oxley...
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The French pedestrian and the mystery woman
One of the treasures in the State Library collection is a diary unearthed by French language scholar Dr Colin Dyer some years ago. The diary is the work of French journalist Henri Gilbert who set off...
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Einbunpin Festival 2016
Einbunpin Lagoon, Sandgate. Photograph courtesy of Janette Garrad Bunpin. Photograph courtesy of Janette Garrad It’s time to dust off your dancing shoes and join in the fun with Bunpin, the monster...
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SLQ acquires rare piece of Queensland music history
2016 marks the 40th anniversary of a limited release single, by a then unknown Brisbane band, which would become one of the seminal anthems for the punk rock movement. Recently State Library of...
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Missing heritage – The Canegrower Weekly from Mackay
There is nothing worse when searching through old Queensland newspapers and magazines to discover gaps in our collection; missing issues which for some reason were never acquired by State Library of...
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Barcaldine fire, 1909
About 3.30am on August 10, 1909, a train cleaner saw flames coming from Joseph Dias’ store in Oak St in Barcaldine, between Emerald and Longreach in Central Queensland. Devastation caused by a fire in...
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Queensland Places – Normanton – Wreck of the Steamer Amy
The Amy was an small iron steamer of around thirty-four tons, which had been built in Brisbane in 1863, by shipbuilder G. McLean. The Amy served in a number of locations and in a range of roles up to...
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St Stephen’s School Pittsworth : 100 years
On the 6th of August 1916 a new convent and school was dedicated at Pittsworth on the Darling Downs. The occasion was reported in the Brisbane Courier. The advent of the Sisters of St Joseph to...
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Queensland Places – Thursday Island – Federal Hotel Visitors’ Book
The Federal Hotel, as with Thursday Island’s other hotels, was a well-known and popular destination for both residents and visitors alike. The State Library of Queensland’s John Oxley Library holds an...
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Queen of the Nurses Quest
Guest blogger, Madonna Grehan, John Oxley Library Fellow for 2015. The Centaur Fund Series highlights Queenslanders’ special acknowledgement of the nursing profession, in the years after World War II....
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Harry Angel and ‘ham’ radio
The State Library of Queensland recently received a donation of an extensive collection of amateur radio QSL cards, previously belonging to Brisbane amateur radio enthusiast Harry Angel. Born near...
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