Queensland Museum & Community Collections

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  • “I got a bit tired at the last”

    In the dusty back blocks of the tiny hamlet of Ilfracombe in central western Queensland sits a small house with a big story.  Known as the Langenbaker House, this modest timber and corrugated iron dwelling is not only a remarkably preserved example of life in the central west from the…

  • Museums and Marcia

    While communities in the Livingstone and Rockhampton Regional Council areas are still recovering from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Marcia, Lydia (MDO for Southern Inland Queensland) and I have been visiting museums in affected communities to offer collections care advice and assistance. The rapid increase of Marcia from a relatively…

  • Anticipating Anzac: upcoming exhibition on the Atherton Tablelands

    Are you Anzac-ready? Or busy working on an Anzac-related project? As museums and historical societies across the state continue preparations for a suite of Anzac projects for the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, let’s take a sneak preview of a project underway in far north Queensland. Anzac Treasures…

  • Conserving Mareeba’s “Portraits of the North”

    Last week, volunteers at Mareeba Historical Society worked with Queensland Museum Conservator, Sue Valis, and FNQ MDO, Jo Wills, to conserve their First World War related collections in a project called “Portraits of the North”. Funded through the Queensland Anzac Centenary grants program administered by the Anzac Centenary Coordination Unit,…

  • Way Out West

    As the new kid on the MDO block, I have recently had the privilege to travel to the western areas of Central Queensland to meet groups caring for cultural heritage in the west.  In a trip that covered Nebo, Clermont, Emerald, Springsure, Barcaldine, Muttaburra, Winton, Longreach, Ilfracombe and Isisford, I…

  • North West Queensland’s First World War collections

    In this first year of the First World War centenary commemorations, it’s hard for the MDOs not to notice World War One collections as they work with Queensland’s regional museums and communities. As we write grants and work on a variety of projects, we’re all keenly aware of the importance…

  • Heritage North – bringing local museum communities together

    Heritage North is an association of museums and historical societies from north and far north Queensland that meets quarterly to discuss issues affecting the region. When the organisation meets, members have the opportunity to share ideas and stories about the region’s history and their museum collections. Members work closely with…

  • Defending the Pacific – North Queensland and the First World War

    MDOs from North Queensland, Ewen McPhee, and Far North Queensland, Dr Jo Wills, have curated Defending the Pacific, an exhibition that commemorates Australia’s (and North Queensland’s) first action in the First World War. Using material drawn from collections from the Cairns Historical Society, Zara Clark Museum, Army Museum of North…

  • “Play the ball” at the Ration Shed Museum

    MDO Lydia Egunnike began her NAIDOC week by attending the launch of a new exhibition celebrating the extraordinary sporting history of Cherbourg, a small town in the South Burnett region. Cherbourg, or Barambah as it was originally called, was established by Salvation Army member William Thompson in 1899. It became…