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Queensland Events 1913
Guest blogger: Niles Elvery, Manager, Public Access, Queensland State Archives The Royal Historical Society of Queensland (RHSQ) is celebrating the centenary of its founding in 1913. Dedicated to...
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Bands and the ‘burbs – a Live! Queensland Band Culture Talk
Bands and the ‘burbs is a Live! Talk, presented as part of Live! Queensland Band Culture , which explores 160 years of band activity in Queensland and celebrates the soundtrack of our state through...
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James Maccormick Expo 88 Plans Now Digitised!
As we are now celebrating the 25th anniversary of Expo 88 in Brisbane it is timely that the initial plans which led to this transformative event have now been digitised. The James Maccormick Expo 88...
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A Frail Farewell – the Cyclone Yasi experiences of Cardwell’s old folk
Guest blogger: Cardwell & District Historical Society In keeping with its pledge made last year to repay the trust placed in it by being the recipient of the 2012 John Oxley Library Community...
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Queensland Places – Queen’s Park, Ipswich
The genesis of the present day Queen’s Park can be traced back to the early 1840s, but not at the same location. In 1842, a reserve was set aside for the purposes of a botanical and agricultural...
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Crocodile found in the Logan River (1905)
Crocodile found in the Logan River On June 22, 1905, rumours a crocodile had been living in the Logan River, south of Brisbane, were confirmed when local storekeeper Alf Hinds spotted something...
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Pennefather Journal
Charles Pennefather On 23 July 1879 Captain Charles Edward de Fonblanque Pennefather set off aboard the Queensland Government Schooner (QGS) ‘Pearl’ on an expedition to the Torres Strait. His...
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Pitch In! and become a digital volunteer
SLQ’s new digital volunteer program Pitch In! is a opportunity for anyone, anywhere to add value to our digital collections and get involved in Queensland’s history. Transcribing historical documents...
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Identifying main words of Bundaberg tribe Taribelang (Kalkie language) within...
Phil Brown, Central Queensland Language Centre Guest blogger: Phil Brown, Central Queensland Language Centre My two week residency at the State Library of Queensland began by locating archival...
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Queensland’s first band contest
The very first band competition in Queensland was held in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1877. Advertised in the Brisbane Courier on 15 August, the contest was for brass bands, to be held on 21...
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England v Australia 1928 : test cricket comes to Queensland
The year 1928 saw the culmination of a long campaign to bring test cricket to Queensland. The admission of Queensland to the Sheffield Shield competition in 1926 had opened the door. International...
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Hey! Is this you?
Moorooka State School Band welcoming home soldiers from World War II in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1945 This marvellous photo stands at the entrance to our current exhibition ‘Live! Queensland Band...
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Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2013
2012 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame event The latest inductees to the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame will be announced at the annual induction dinner on Thursday 25 June. Each year...
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Howzat! Pricless cricket memorabilia discovered in 1920s Pugh’s Almanac
Disappointed in Australia’s Ashes performance so far? So am I…although our Ashton Agar’s brilliant knock in the 1st Test was at least one great revelation. Another fantastic Ashes discovery occured...
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Queensland Places – Bigge’s Camp – Grandchester
Grandchester was originally known as Bigge’s Camp, so named for pioneer pastoralist Frederick Bigge, who was the older brother of Francis Bigge, a Cleveland pioneer. Frederick Bigge had camped by the...
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Navigating Our Business History
On June 19th, 2013, Queensland Memory presented the Navigating our Business History symposium at SLQ. QUT Business School is a significant stakeholder in this event, and are a founding partner of the...
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The House of Winston Blaker : business front and centre in a 1947 novel
Last month State Library hosted a fascinating symposium on Navigating our business history. Generally sources for discovering the histories of commercial enterprises consist of official histories...
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Queensland Coat of Arms
Guest blogger: Niles Elvery – Manager, Public Access, Queensland State Archives Queensland’s Coat of Arms is the oldest State Arms in Australia. The Coat of Arms is a heraldic device, symbolising the...
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Brisbane rejoices as the US Navy comes to town (March 1941)
Women with visiting American sailors, Brisbane, Queensland, 1941 On 25 March 1941, a US Naval squadron visited Brisbane on a three-day goodwill visit. The United States had not yet entered the war –...
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Mrs Rawson’s Tips and Tricks
Mrs Lance Rawson’s “Australian enquiry book of household and general information” is a popular transcribing assignment currently online for the State Library’s digital volunteer program Pitch In!...
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