Queensland Museum & Community Collections

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  • Gayndah Flood Recovery Phase Two

    In February 2013 communities in the Bundaberg, Burnett and Frazer Coast region were inundated by flood waters in the wake of ex tropical cyclone Oswald. In an initial disaster response, Queensland Museum’s MDO team worked with museums at Gayndah, Bundaberg and Maryborough to salvage collection material, and provided assistance to…

  • LETTERS and the Zara Clark Museum collection

    As part of the month long Charters Towers Heritage and Cultural Festival, Zara Clark Museum developed a new exhibition with the help of North Queensland MDO, Ewen McPhee.  The theme for the festival is “Letters Around the World” with many events happening around the town.  The festival will culminate in…

  • Recycled Brass Band exhibition a hit at Yarrabah

    In mid July, MDOs Ewen McPhee and Dr Jo Wills worked with Bradley Higgins, archivist from Yarrabah’s Menmuny Museum, to install the “Blow ‘Im: The Yarrabah Brass Band Story” exhibition in time for the Yarrabah Band Festival. In just over three days, the museum space was reinvigorated, whilst maintaining the…

  • Volunteers bring Cairns’ Chinese heritage to life on Vimeo…

    For those of you not familiar with Cairns’ Chinese heritage, here is a chance for a sneak peak into CADCAI’s (Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc) collection rooms and activities. Recently, four volunteers from CADCAI – Julie, Jackie, Ann and Emma – participated in a video making workshop run by…

  • Reinvigorating FNQ’s museum workers and volunteers

    Museum workers and volunteers from a range of FNQ museums have been involved in three different workshops over the past six weeks. Workshops offer participants an opportunity to acquire new skills so that they can care for and promote their collections and museums. But it’s important not to overlook the…

  • Cyclone Display now open in Cardwell

    The Cardwell and District Historical Society recently hosted Ewen McPhee and Dr Jo Wills for two days to prepare the museum for opening.  The Museum Development Officer (MDO) program has been assisting the Cardwell and District Historic Society and Cassowary Coast Regional Council since Cyclone Yasi caused widespread damage to…

  • Tambo township turns 150!

    Tambo township turns 150 this year and to celebrate the community is co-curating an exhibition of significant objects at the Grassland Art Gallery. This is the first time local history has been displayed at the gallery. Plans for the exhibition are well underway with community members sharing some of their…

  • Hinkler Hall of Aviation – MDO flood recovery work

    Following the floods in Bundaberg from ex Tropical Cyclone Oswald, Queensland Museum Development Officer for southern inland Queenland, Lydia Egunnike, also received a call for assistance from the Hinkler Hall of Aviation. The facility suffered minimal damage in comparison to Gayndah Museum, the Bundaberg Railway Historical Museum and the Australian…

  • Gayndah Museum flood recovery

    Queensland Museum, Museum Development Officers Lydia Egunnike (Toowoomba) and Helen Pithie (Ipswich) recently answered a call for help from the Gayndah Museum.  The following summary is provided by Helen as she recounts the work they did. Once the call for help from the Gayndah Museum came to Lydia Egunnike, the…