Queensland Museum & Community Collections

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  • Croydon Cemetery project

    During a recent joint thematic mapping trip I was introduced to Croydon by Dr Jo Wills (Cairns MDO). Jo has been working with Jana Kahabka (Croydon Shire Council) on a number of collection management and museum development projects.  Jana is also mapping the local cemetery using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to document…

  • Cardwell wins history prize

    The Cardwell and District Historical Society (CDHS) was recently awarded the John Oxley Library Community History Prize.  The Prize recognises excellence and innovation in recording of Queensland history by individuals and community organisations.  The CDHS were awarded for their efforts in retrieving their collections in the J.C Hubinger Museum from the…

  • Luscious Locks a thing of the past

    To all my museum colleagues, Why has this little girl lost her luscious locks? Bronwyn

  • Mossman Shire Hall 75th Anniversary Exhibition

    In June 1937, Mossman celebrated the opening of it’s new shire hall with an Opening Ball. Seventy five years later, Cairns Regional Council will celebrate the anniversary of this Queensland Heritage Register-listed building (and its refurbishment this year) with an old time dance and a small exhibition on 22 June…

  • Cairns Museum: installing a new exhibition

    Cairns Museum will soon be opening a new exhibition called Cairns 1942: War in a northern town. Last weekend 10 volunteers worked tirelessly to help prepare the exhibition space for the new display. Old displays were dismantled and stored. New walls were installed. The exhibition space and object cases were…

  • Underwood Noiseless Typewriter

    In keeping with the typewriter theme, I found this gem in a private collection near Tambo.  It looked like any other typewriter until I saw the brand name.  The UNDERWOOD NOISELESS…I think not!  But then again, it appears to be silent now. Bronwyn

  • New life for old typewriters

    Got a typewriter in your collection marked for deaccessioning?  How about this for an idea.  A company in the US have come up with a DIY kit which hooks your old typewriter to a computer or iPad.  What a great experience this would be for our younger visitors and those…

  • Blue Shield Australia Disaster Recovery Workshop – Townsville

    Don’t forget tomorrow is the last day to RSVP for the Blue Shield Australia Disaster Recovery Workshop being held at the Museum of  Tropical Queensland (Qld Museum) in Townsville on May 16.  This is the only workshop being held in Queensland so if you are able to attend please RSVP…

  • Contemporary collecting in Julia creek

    I had a busy week working at the museum in Julia Creek – we  themed the collection into areas of strength and started a collection management process for storage and exhibition purposes.  One of these themes is station life – and I was lucky enough to visit Isobel Downs with…