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A big thank you to our Queensland Memory volunteers!
This week we celebrate and acknowledge the contributions by volunteers who have generously given their time to work on projects within Queensland Memory at the State Library of Queensland. We wish to...
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The Cautious Amorist
‘The Cautious Amorist’ by Norman Lindsay. 1st pub. N.Y., 1932 The Cautious Amorist was banned in Australia from May 1933 to October 1953, with the authorities citing both indecency and blasphemy. A...
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75th anniversary of the Hope Valley evacuation
At the height of the Second World War, on May 17 1942, military authorities closed the Hope Valley Mission (later named Hope Vale) operated by the Lutheran Church, due to fears that the community might...
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Len Shillam’s 2/3 AHS Centaur Memorial, 1957
Sunday 14 May 2017 marks 74 years since the loss of the 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur. In this blog, Dr Madonna Grehan 2015 John Oxley Library Fellow, explains the origins of plaque at ANZAC...
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Wilston 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. Wilston Estate, 1885. John Oxley Library, State...
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A home of your own
Guest blogger: Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt, curator of Freedom Then, Freedom Now. Members of the Rolley and Croker families cooling off on Christmas Day in Beaudesert, Queensland, 1972. John...
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New Accession: Patricia Ward (nee Meadows) Papers, 1942-1986
Accession 30928 Accession 30928: Patricia Ward Papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Patricia Phyllis Mary Ward was born at Wynnum in 1916, the youngest of the strongly Catholic...
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Groveley Lodge Estate, [Mitchelton], 1918 (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. Groveley Lodge Estate, [Mitchelton], 1918. John...
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Age of Consent
Age of Consent (1938) The Age of Consent came out on both sides of the Atlantic in the same year, 1938. At the time most books were published overseas and imported into Australia, which made Customs...
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50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum
The 1967 Referendum changed the Australian constitution, with the record breaking ‘yes’ vote to count Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the census for the first time. The referendum...
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Sylvan Park Estate, Cannon Hill, 1926 (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. Sylvan Park Estate, Cannon Hill, Brisbane, 1926....
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Queensland Places – Gilliat
The town of Gilliat, located in the Cape York area, was initially surveyed as a railway town on 17 November 1900 by James Stroud. The settlement was originally located adjacent to Eddington Station,...
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People’s Walk for Reconciliation (4 June 2000)
On June 4, 2000, between 50,000 to 70,000 people joined a rally in Brisbane’s CBD to show support for reconciliation with the People’s Walk for Reconciliation. Aborigines performing a corroboree in...
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Bella Sutherland – ‘The Vital Spark’
Recently unearthed among the extensive State Library of Queensland glass plate negative and lantern slide collections, was this seemingly unspectacular slide. At first glance it appears to be a quite...
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25th anniversary of the Mabo decision
The date 3 June 1992 is forever remembered as a victory for Indigenous land rights with the High Court of Australia’s landmark decision in the case Mabo v Queensland (No 2) – more commonly known as...
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Watson Estate, Booval [Booval/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. Watson Estate, Booval, Ipswich, 1911. John Oxley...
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Phil Dickie Collection
Investigative journalist Phil Dickie at State Library of Queensland, March 2012. Photograph SLQ Among the recipients of the 2017 Queensland Greats Awards, announced on 6 June (Queensland Day), was...
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Yehudi Menuhin arrives in Brisbane (1951)
On June 11, 1951, violinist Yehudi Menuhin arrived in Brisbane to give two recitals at City Hall. Accompanying him was his wife, former ballerina Diana Gould, his sister Hephzibah and Leon Pommers, an...
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Cremorne Estate, [Woolloongabba], 1888 (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. Cremorne Estate, Woolloongabba, 1888. John Oxley...
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Queensland Places – Hamilton Goldfield and Ebagoola Township
The Hamilton Goldfield was officially proclaimed on 13 July 1900, following the discovery of gold by John Dickie the previous year. The Hamilton field was named for gold miner, investor and member of...
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