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1960s home movies of Queensland – Walton Roy Sinclair collection
A collection of five 8mm home movies from the 1960s were recently digitised by State Library of Queensland and made available online. The films, taken by engineer Walton Roy Sinclair, contain footage...
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Mayfield Railway Station Estate, [Carina], 1926 (Map of the Week)
Real estate map for Mayfield Railway Station Estate, [Carina], 1926. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This real estate map from 1926 advertises land for sale at the Mayfield Railway...
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Reverend James Gibson Ward
The Reverend James Gibson Ward was one of the first missionaries at Mapoon arriving with the Reverend J.N. Hey on 28 November 1891 to establish the new settlement. Soon after arrival at the Port...
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The CCM Goes to War – The Canada Cycle and Motor Agency (Qld) Ltd, 1915-18
Guest blogger: Dr Hilary Davies, 2018 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellow. The Canada Cycle and Motor Agency (Qld) Ltd (CCM) was a major company in Queensland between 1905 and 1929,...
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Under your very nose – the attractions of Longreach
Guest blogger: Tony Brett Young. Bridge over the Thomson River, Longreach, ca.1935. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 142950 There’s a saying that if you cross the Thomson River, one...
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World War I soldiers in daily life
This digitised image shows a light-hearted moment during World War I as Robert Cyril Vickers lies on his horse while in Egypt. Australian Light Horseman Robert Cyril Vickers lying on his horse while in...
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School Estate, Salisbury, 1921 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1921 advertises 75 allotments of land for sale at the School Estate, located in the Brisbane suburb of Salisbury. The allotments were situated along Henson Road, School Street...
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Three sopranos : two visitors and one who came to stay
150 years ago Brisbane, Maryborough and Rockhampton were treated to a series of concerts featuring Madame Carandini and her daughters Rosina and Fanny with Mr Walter Sherwin. Madame Carandini and the...
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Anzac Day minute book added to the Australian Memory of the World Register
Did you know that the elements of Anzac Day, our national day of remembrance, are believed to have originated from an Anzac Day Commemoration Committee meeting held in Brisbane in 1916? The minute book...
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From Brisbane trainee nurse to U.S. war bride: the diary of Elvie Geissmann
Guest blogger: Debbie Terranova – QANZAC100 Fellow. In January 1941, the Brisbane General Hospital accepted twenty-year-old Elfriede (Elvie) Geissmann as a trainee nurse and she moved into the nurses’...
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Greenwood Estate, [Ashgrove], 1917 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1917 advertises land for sale at the Greenwood Estate, now part of the Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove. The allotments were situated along Quandong Street, Greenwood Street and 3...
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Alexandra Camp Park – photograph albums
Six albums of photographs of Alexandra Camp Park from between 1953 and 1964 were recently donated to State Library of Queensland. Nola Warrick, guest blogger, tells the story behind this new...
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Being busy at State Library
On the fourth floor of State Library we’re working towards an exhibition about Greek cafés. These shops, run by Greek migrants from the early twentieth century, were the heart of regional towns across...
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Greek Day 1941
Julie Christofis selling buttons to a sailor Brisbane 1941. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 101795. With the events of May 1941 still to befall Crete, on Wednesday 19 March 1941...
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Sherwood Junction Estate, [Corinda and Sherwood], 1883 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1883 advertises land for sale at the Sherwood Junction Estate, now part of the Brisbane suburbs of Corinda and Sherwood. The allotments were situated along Hilda Street,...
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Brisbane had television in 1934
Television was officially introduced in Queensland in 1959 and there had been a public demonstration of television technology in 1949 but as early as 1934 a small group of radio enthusiasts were...
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Remembering the Revolution
In his compelling conversation with former fellow radical Di Zetlin – during which they explore the origins and direction of the protest movement that transformed a university campus (and ultimately,...
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Florence Chatfield Photograph Album
Matron Florence Chatfield (centre) with nurses from the Diamantina Hospital, ca. 1905. Accession 31231-01-0008 Recently digitised is a beautiful photograph album compiled by nurse, Florence Chatfield,...
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Red Flag Riots – One Hundred Years Ago
The Red Flag Riots were spread over three days and involved up to 8000 men, but for a long time they disappeared from public memory in Brisbane. Russian Society Hall (Daily Mail, 26 March 1919 p7)...
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Chelmer Railway Station Estate, Chelmer, 1914 (Map of the Week)
This real estate map from 1914 advertises land for sale at the Chelmer Railway Station Estate in the Brisbane suburb of Chelmer. The allotments were situated along Oxley Road, Appel Street, Plumridge...
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