Clik here to view.
Just not cricket : A J Hunting ahead of his time
A J Hunting was an inventor and innovator, an entrepreneur and sports promoter. His most successful venture was the development and promotion of speedway racing in the 1920s. In 1933 Hunting sought to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The deadly cyclone season of 1918
One hundred years ago this summer, two of the deadliest cyclones recorded in Australian history struck north Queensland within months of each other. On January 21, the Mackay Cyclone devastated Mackay...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fiesta Gardens 1948 – a touch of Hollywood at Slacks Creek
In this entry for the Centaur Memorial Fund Series, Dr Madonna Grehan, 2015 John Oxley Library Fellow and Dr Hilda Maclean, Logan City Council Libraries Local Heritage Specialist, re-discover a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noble Estate, [Clayfield], 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. Noble Estate, [Clayfield], Brisbane, 1886. John...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Digitised @ SLQ – Photographs from Rockhampton’s Great Flood of 1918
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rockhampton’s Great Flood of 1918, State Library of Queensland recently digitised seven images from our historical photograph collection documenting the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Could you be an SLQ Fellow in 2018?
Applications are now open nationwide for several fellowships as part of the 2018 Queensland Memory Awards. 2017 John Oxley Library Fellow Dr Lauren Istvandity with Max Walters, Queensland Library...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Souvenir of Floods: Southern Queensland, February, 1893 – Digitised @ SLQ
Steamer in Queen Street, Brisbane, February 19. Sketch from ‘Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893’. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Souvenir of floods: Southern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Destruction of the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge – 1893 Brisbane Flood
One of the causalities of the devastating Great Flood of 1893 was the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge (Albert Bridge) on February 5. Railway Bridge at Indooroopilly, Queensland, ca. 1890. John Oxley...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten years on – Responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations :...
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. Following the Apology, State Library of Queensland captured...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten years on – Responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations :...
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. Following the Apology, State Library of Queensland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten years on – Responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations :...
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. Following the Apology, State Library of Queensland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thorne Estate, [Thorneside], 1917 (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. This real estate map from 1917 advertises 603...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Just not cricket : A J Hunting ahead of his time
A J Hunting was an inventor and innovator, an entrepreneur and sports promoter. His most successful venture was the development and promotion of speedway racing in the 1920s. In 1933 Hunting sought to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten years on – Responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations :...
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. Following the Apology, State Library of Queensland captured...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten years on – Responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations :...
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. Following the Apology, State Library of Queensland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brisbane’s Vietnamese Community Photographs (2005)
In August 2005, the Vietnamese community commemorated the 30th anniversary of Vietnamese refugee settlement in Queensland. The first group of 326 refugees from Vietnam arrived in Brisbane on 9 August...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Centaur House Memorial Hostel, Magnetic Island
In this entry for the Centaur Memorial Fund Series, Dr Madonna Grehan, 2015 John Oxley Library Fellow, discusses the history of Centaur House Memorial Hostel on Magnetic Island. Centaur House, Magnetic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prickly Pear Poisoning Paraphernalia
Arsenious chloride gassing machine, 1913. From ‘Information about pear poisons and apparatus. 1927’, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Reckless amounts of arsenic were thrown at prickly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Galloway’s Hill Estate, [Hawthorne / Norman Park], 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. Galloway’s Hill Estate, [Hawthorne / Norman Park],...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prince Alfred and the train to nowhere
150 years ago the Australian colonies were buzzing with excitement as they were visited for the first time by a member of the Royal Family. Prince Alfred, or His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh,...
View Article