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Where did we park? History in Pictures
In the earliest decades of the 20th century car parking was simply a matter of leaving your car where you happened to stop. Rarely in the years before the First World War would you have found more than...
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Gairloch Bridge – 125th anniversary
Gairloch Bridge, ca.1904. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 42625 In November 1891, construction of the Gairloch Bridge, a low level bridge crossing the Herbert River near Ingham,...
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Queensland’s first Sheffield Shield match – 90th anniversary
Although Australia’s domestic first-class cricket competition, the Sheffield Shield, had been in existence since 1892, Queensland was not admitted until 1926. Prior to this Sheffield Shield matches...
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Wickham Estate, Hamilton, 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. Wickham Estate, Hamilton, Brisbane, 1885. John...
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Brisbane From The Air: Illustrated (1919)
Brisbane From The Air, 1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland In September 1919, The Queenslander newspaper published a series of aerial photographs of Brisbane and its surrounding...
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Mount Coolum Beach Estate: 2nd section, 1923 (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. Mt. Coolum Beach Estate : 2nd section, 1923. John...
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Donor contributes to His/Her Majesty’s Theatre Programs collection
A small sample of theatre programs from SLQ’s HIs/Her Majesty’s ephemera collection Recently Queensland Library Foundation donor Ben Kehoe kindly donated a number of Her Majesty’s Theatre programs to...
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Bengal tiger at large in Brisbane (1888)
Sepia drawing of Brisbane, 1888. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 15249 On November 21, 1888, Duncan Forbes was crossing Turbot Street in Brisbane’s CBD when he witnessed a...
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Brick additions – a donation and a pamphlet digitised@SLQ
State Library of Queensland recently received a small donation of ephemeral material from Stanton Library in North Sydney. This donation includes several leaflets from Brick Supplies Pty. Ltd., an...
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Separation Day: the “true birth of Queensland”
10 December 2016 is the 157th anniversary of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, first Governor of Queensland, proclaiming the State of Queensland. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, first governor of Queensland. State...
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Queensland Places – Thursday Island – RMS Quetta – What happened after the...
The sinking of the SS Quetta on the night of February 28, 1890 remains one of Queensland’s most tragic events, but what happened in the period after the sinking and loss of life? Public feeling over...
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Nashville Estate, Sandgate, 1882 (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. Plan of Nashville Estate, Sandgate (1882). John...
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A Very McWhirters Christmas (1951)
Advertisement from Brisbane Telegraph, November 22, 1951 On November 23, 1951, Santa officially arrived at Brisbane’s McWhirters department store to mark the opening of the Christmas retail season....
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Life in front of the camera: the Bennett Family Films
Sir Arnold Lucas Bennett was born in Toowoomba in 1908 and educated at Toowoomba and Brisbane Grammar schools. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1931, completed his Barrister’s Board...
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Christie’s: the Cloudland of Queen Street
Guest blogger: Toni Risson, 2016 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellow From the 1930s to the 1950s Greek cafés did their best to fulfill the dream of elegance and glamour that drifted down...
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Queensland Places – Thursday Island – Burns Philp & Co.
Burns, Philp and Co. was formerly one of the largest business operations in the Torres Strait, with its history dating well back into the nineteenth century. By 1900, the company was carrying on the...
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Beauty and the Beast, Marburg style
In early April 1913, the citizens of Marburg, 60km west of Brisbane, were eagerly anticipating the upcoming amateur performance of operetta Beauty and the Beast, with a cast of locals (pictured). Cast...
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Starstruck Queenslanders harass the Oliviers (1948)
Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on holiday in Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 141104 On June 20, 1948, film stars Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh...
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Claudius Buchanan Whish Diaries 1855-1906
Claudius Buchanan Whish. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 69359 The State Library of Queensland wish to thank all volunteers that have been involved in the transcription of the...
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Waterloo Bay Estate, Wynnum, 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. Waterloo Bay Estate, Wynnum, Brisbane, 1886. John...
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