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Rocklea Township, [Moorooka], 1884 (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. Rocklea Township, 1884. John Oxley Library, State...
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How to crown a Queen
In this episode of “The Centaur Fund Series”, Madonna Grehan, guest blogger and John Oxley Library Fellow for 2015, sheds light on Toowoomba’s first Queen of the Carnival of Flowers. On Saturday...
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Queensland Places – Cape York – Tabletop
The town of Tabletop, located in the Croydon area, was first surveyed and laid out in 1887, at the time when the Croydon goldfield was at its most productive. The new town’s surveyor was W.A. Irwin and...
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Queensland’s Navy : The Queensland Marine Defence Force
Many will not be aware that prior to Federation Queensland maintained its own naval defence forces consisting of two gunboats and sundry other vessels and a force of several hundred trained officers...
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Robinson’s Paddock, Banyo, 1928 (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. Robinson’s Paddock, Banyo, 1928. John Oxley...
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Local Family Business Spans 142 years and four generations
To our valued customers. Photograph courtesy of Janette Garrad Hawgood Jewelers. Photograph courtesy of Janette Garrad Last month saw the closure of an iconic Sandgate business after...
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100th anniversary – C&K Paddington Community Kindergarten
This month marks the 100th anniversary of C&K Paddington Community Kindergarten located on Charlotte Street. The Paddington branch was officially opened on September 23, 1916 by Lady Goold-Adams,...
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Early ballet in Queensland
Students of Marjorie Hollinshed striking a pose in the production “Gymnastics”, ca. 1930. From OM76-03 Marjorie Hollinshed Papers and Photographs. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg...
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Rona Joyner and the Society to Outlaw Pornography
The founder of STOP (the Society to Outlaw Pornography) and CARE (the Committee Against Regressive Education), Rona Joyner was either a crackpot or a defender of society’s morals, depending on your...
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Oxford Estate, Paddington, 1899 (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. Oxford Estate, Paddington, Brisbane, 1899. John...
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Queensland Places – Gooloowan, Ipswich
The prominent Ipswich landmark, Gooloowan, was built for the well known Ipswich storekeeper and businessman Benjamin Cribb and his second wife, Clarissa, who was a member of the Foote family. Benjamin...
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Ride anyone!
Guest blog: Bowen Historical Society and Museum Members of the Bowen Historical Society and Museum are proudly showcasing a valued collection item that dates back to the 1920s, thanks to the small...
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150th anniversary – Brisbane’s Bread or Blood Riot
2016 marks the 150th anniversary of Brisbane’s Bread or Blood Riot which occurred on the evening of September 11, 1866. The riot stemmed from a period of economic and political turmoil leading to high...
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Graceville Estate, 1885 (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. Graceville Estate, Brisbane, 1885. John Oxley...
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Muscular womanhood – the formidable Lynch Sisters of Gympie
The Australian bush, and Queensland probably in particular, has produced many heroines, who have faced dangers, privations, and adversities with stout hearts. In the great work of pioneering they took...
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Brisbane’s First Street Markets – the Spring Hill Fair 1973
Having located a snippet of ephemera in the Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses collection at SLQ, Madonna Grehan, guest blogger and 2015 John Oxley Fellow, revisits the Spring Hill Fair, a vibrant...
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A history of Fish Lane, part 2: The Eodone Aerated Water Company
During the 1880s South Brisbane was thriving. A busy hub developed around ‘the bridgelands’ near the entrance to the Victoria Bridge. When the parishioners of St. Thomas’ Church left their modest...
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Sherwood Township Estate, 1885 (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. Sherwood Estate, 1885. John Oxley Library, State...
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Sharing the stories from Maryborough
Last weekend (October 7 – 9) members of the Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum sector were given the opportunity to focus on the unique ways the sector is re-interpreting heritage experiences through...
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Queensland Places – Marburg – Marburg Hotel
The Marburg Hotel has been an important part of the Marburg community for more than 130 years. The hotel was initially constructed in 1881 as a single-story building by Marburg farmer Weigand Raabe...
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