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Norwood Estate, Paddington, 1883 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1883 advertises 63 allotments of land for sale at the Norwood Estate in the Brisbane suburb of Paddington. The allotments were situated along Norwood Terrace, Latrobe Terrace...
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Remembering Margaret Thorsborne
Margaret Thorsborne AO generously donated First World War mementos and precious letters which encapsulate the courage and compassion of her mother, Sister Constance Mabel Keys. These items have been...
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Childhood revisited: cultural exchange through children’s art
Guest blogger: Zhang Shiming, Huanghang, Hubei, China. On 28 September 2018, I went to the State Library of Queensland to meet Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM. We had briefly met once before – on Christmas...
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Brisbane Retrospect – film footage taken during the 1970s
Among a series of short films made by amateur filmmakers Bill and Bev Rahmann is a five minute film entitled Brisbane Retrospect. Parliament House, Brisbane. Still from Brisbane Retrospect film, 1960s,...
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A visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef home movie, ca.1948
A visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef home movie, ca.1948 is a recently digitised film from the Sylvia Brown Films collection. Still from A visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef home movie, ca....
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Hemmant Park Estate, Hemmant, 1924 (Map of the Week)
Hemmant Park Estate, Hemmant, Brisbane, 1924. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This real estate map from 1924 advertises 104 allotments of land for sale at the Hemmant Park Estate,...
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Opening of Brisbane’s Merivale Bridge, 1978
Image from 31653 Merivale Bridge Cross River Rail Link opening. In copyright. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 31653-0001-0008 On Saturday, 18 November 1978, the new Merivale...
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Gympie’s haunted fire station
I was recently researching fire brigades in Queensland for a new album of fire brigade images on Flickr. In searching for information about the Gympie Fire Brigade I came upon an article in the the...
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Mt Jukes Coffee Plantation
It was with great optimism that Messrs Blaxland and Synge arrived in the Mackay district from Sydney in the mid-1890s. Harold Forster Blaxland, grandson of the renowned explorer Gregory Blaxland, and...
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Broadmere Estate, Annerley, 1884 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1884 advertises 209 allotments of land for sale at the Broadmere Estate in the Brisbane suburb of Annerley. The allotments were situated along Clara Street, Frederick Street,...
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All the world’s a stage – but do you remember this one?
Guest blogger: Emeritus Professor Peter Roennfeldt – recipient of the 2018 Letty Katts Award Interior of the Albert Hall, Brisbane, 1967. From Acc.84-8-12. John Oxley Library, State Library of...
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Small Museums acknowledge Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Last weekend on October 26 – 28, Maranoa Regional Council and the townships and communities that make up the vast region hosted the Small Museums Conference with 85+ delegates travelling to the region...
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Brighton Heights, Sandgate, 1919 (Map of the Week)
Brighton Heights, Sandgate, 1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This real estate map from 1919 advertises 74 allotments of land for sale at the Brighton Heights estate in the Brisbane...
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Welcome Ephraim Jose, art conservator and 2018 Mittelheuser scholar in residence
Guest Blogger Jennifer Loubser, Conservator, Preservation Services at State Library of Queensland In late November 2018 Mittelheuser Scholar in Residence Ephraim (Eddie) Jose will be teaching a...
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End of an Era – Film of Brisbane Trams, 1969
Still from End of an Era film, 1969, 29226/13 (part of 29226 Bill Rahmann films). In copyright. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland On the evening of 13 April 1969, tram no.554 was the last...
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Wyborn Reef Light photographs and short film, 2017
Aerial view of Wyborn Reef lighthouse, Wyborn Reef, Queensland, 2017. From 31399 Dean Saffron Wyborn Reef Light short film and photographs. In copyright. John Oxley Library, State Library of...
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Toohey’s City View Estate, [Greenslopes], 1914 (Map of the Week)
1914 real estate map of Toohey’s City View Estate, Greenslopes. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This real estate map from 1914 advertises land for sale at the Toohey’s City View Estate,...
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Footage of the Queen Mother at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, 1958
From 18 to 21 February 1958, the Queen Mother visited Queensland in a whistle-stop tour which included a State Reception at Parliament House, a North Brisbane School Children’s Welcome at the...
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Queensland Places – Albany Island
Albany Island (Papaju) is situated at the tip of Cape York, within the Adolphus Channel, some twenty kilometres to the east of Bamaga. It forms part of the Manar Group of islands as well as being part...
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Longlands Estate, [Woolloongabba], 1881 (Map of the Week)
Real estate map of Longlands Estate, [Woolloongabba], 1881. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This real estate map from 1881 advertises 232 allotments of land for sale at the Longlands...
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