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Medical legacy in Far North Queensland
Guest blogger – Cairns Historical Society. Charles Campbell Baxter-Tyrie, born in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland in 1871 graduated at Edinburgh University in 1892. In his early career he wrote...
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Adams Estate, Newmarket, 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. The Adams Estate, Newmarket, 1911. John Oxley...
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Queensland Places – All Saints Anglican Church, Erub (Darnley)
The All Saints Anglican Church on Erub dates from 1919. It was constructed below the site of the original London Missionary Society Mission, house and school using local materials, including lime...
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Becoming death literate: grief, death, and end-of-life care in Queensland
Deathfest – Metro Arts foyer. Image courtesy of Metro Arts. Photographer Dave D’arcy Late last year, Brisbane’s Metro Arts held its inaugural Deathfest – a weekend-long cultural event to explore and...
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Wheelbarrow mania hits Queensland
In June 1935, newspapers around Australia featured news of a wheelbarrow race from Beechworth to Mt Buffalo in Victoria. The result of a wager believed to have originated over a couple of beers at a...
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Lilley Estate, Toowoomba, 1902 (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. Lilley Estate, Toowoomba 1902. John Oxley Library,...
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McDonnell & East Summer Sale catalogue, 1922
McDonnell & East Summer Sale 1922 catalogue. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland At the beginning of January 1922, McDonnell & East department store, situated on George Street in...
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A woman’s place in political ephemera
Guest blogger: Dr Lorann Downer, 2016 John Oxley Library Fellow When white women won the right to vote in Queensland elections from 1905, political campaigners had to consider how to appeal to this new...
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Lutwyche Domain, [Kedron], 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. Lutwyche Domain Estate, Kedron, 1889. John Oxley...
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Queensland Places – Thursday Island – Bain’s cash Store
By 1897, the date of the pictured advertisement, Mrs. D. Bain was operating this mixed business on Thursday Island. Her husband, Donald Bain had been a commission agent on the island as well as being...
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Maroochydore’s first aeroplane (1922)
Crowds on the beach to see the first aeroplane at Maroochydore on 1 February 1922. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 61976 About noon on February 1, 1922, the first landing of an...
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‘The great apostle of physical culture’ arrives in Brisbane (1902)
Photograph of Sandow from Steele Rudd’s magazine July 1906. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 147977 In October 1902, Brisbane theatre audiences were treated to two world-renowned...
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Waterview Estate, North Booval, 1920 (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. Waterview Estate, Booval, 1920. John Oxley Library,...
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UNESCO listing for JOL collection
State Library’s contribution to an internationally significant collection has just been recognised. The James Tyson Papers, held collectively by the Deniliquin & District Historical Society,...
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Vale Carol Lloyd
This week Queensland lost influential singer-songwriter Carol Lloyd, who passed away in Brisbane after a long illness. Lloyd was part of Brisbane’s music scene during the 1970s as frontwoman of the...
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Orange Grove Estate, Coopers Plains, 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. Orange Grove Estate, Coopers Plains, 1885, John...
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Commemorating 70 years of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Guest blogger: Dr Martin Buzacott – Mittelheuser Scholar-in-Residence, State Library of Queensland. Ever since I began writing my e-book commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Queensland Symphony...
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The Gum Leaf Letter
In 1910, a newly married couple honeymooning in Yetman, New South Wales, took it upon themselves to mail a gum leaf up to Brisbane to a Mrs F. Humfress at the Commercial Union Chambers, Eagle Street....
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Early rain-making experiments in Queensland
In Australia, water can be a scarce commodity, with various areas of the country suffering through prolonged droughts at times. Its no wonder then that several ‘cloud seeding’ (rain-making) experiments...
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Christy Freeleagus, Prince of Commerce
Guest blogger: Toni Risson, 2016 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellow Freeleagus brothers ca. 1929 (Christy front right). John Oxley Library SLQ neg. 50133 Prospects were bleak on the...
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