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Did you cruise on the Kookaburra Queen in the last 25 years?

Dear Nnub, 

I work for the Kookaburra River Queens and This year we are celebrating the 25th birthday of one of our boats, Kookaburra Queen II. This coincides with the 25th anniversary of the World Expo 88, where KQII first sailed the Brisbane River.

We have recently noticed that we are not a part of most of the major public archives here in Brisbane and in Queensland. In order to fix this and to celebrate our 25th Birthday, we would like the public to help us with gathering any photos, stories and memorabilia that feature our boat. These can be related to Expo 88, family outings on the boat, weddings, school formals and even first dates! 

We would like to get Brisbane citizens involved in our campaign as much as possible, so we can reminisce together. Any assistance would be much appreciated! 

Thanks very much, 

Nadia

Marketing Co-ordinator
Kookaburra River Queens

My email is: moc.liamg@aveagihzzar.aidan

My address is:

"Navigating our business history" symposium at SLQ

The State Library of Queensland will host a symposium for historians, business leaders, educators and researchers, Navigating our business history on 19 June 2013 .

The symposium will be an opportunity to open up discussion around the important role of Queensland business history in the broader historical context of Queensland and Australia.

The symposium will challenge participants to consider and discuss the impact and influence of Queensland’s business history on our cultural, economic and social landscape.     

Designed for historians, business leaders, researchers, students, educators, librarians, and those working with their own business stories and heritage collections, the symposium will feature keynote addresses from Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO, distinguished Australian historian and author, and Dr David Allison, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.  Each keynote will be followed by a panel discussion facilitated by renowned Australian journalist and broadcaster Geraldine Doogue.

For further information regarding this event and bookings please consult the following webpage - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-us/media-releases/2013/navigating-our-business-history

Radio in Australia the first National Wireless Network!

The National Archives is holding a free seminar looking at the history of the development of Radio in Australia and a national wireless network.  Thanks to the Section 51(v) of the Australian Constitution the Commonwealth Government has the power to legislate/regulate all forms of communications in Australia.  The development of Radio was initially slow to get off the ground in Australia and there was reluctance until Andrew Fisher had plans for nation building which included a costal wireless network for Defence.  Radio was first used to relay moss code messages, voices and then photographs.  Finally by 1932, the Commonwealth nationalised the Australian Broadcasting Company and the Australian Broadcasting Commission was formed, but this is just a small part of the story!  The National Archives hold many records relating to development of Government, Commercial and Amateur Radio in Australia. 

The free seminar is being held at the Brisbane office of the Archives: 

National Archives of Australia

16 Corporate Drive

CANNON HILL  QLD  4170 

Wednesday 15 May and also on Saturday 18 May 2013 from 10.00am to approx. 11.30, morning tea is provided. 

Plenty of parking on site, also short walk to Cannon Hill Railway Station. 

For bookings or further information please contact: Greg Cope on (07) 3249-4224   

Gregory Cope

Director

Queensland State Office

National Coordination

National Archives of Australia

16 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill QLD 4170

PO Box 552, Cannon Hill QLD 4170

t +61 7 3249 4224 f +61 7 3399 6589 

m 0400 753 854

e  gregory.cope@naa.gov.auwww.naa.gov.au

Style and Grace

Style and Grace

Until Sunday, 7 July 2013

Flowing fabric, elegant beading and matching accessories, Style and Grace showcases the clothing people wore for special occasions from the 1910s to the 1970s.

Featuring key pieces from different time periods from the 1910s to the 1970s which reflect the clothing people wore when they dressed up to attend a dance, church, the cinema, shopping or a trip on the excursion boats.

We hope you enjoy some of the fabulous pieces from the Moreton Bay Regional Council Museum textile collection.

Bribie Island Seaside Museum   

1 South Esplanade, Bongaree, Bribie Island.

Open: Wednesday to Friday 10am to 4pm

Saturday and Sunday 10am to 3pm

Free Entry

Ph 3408 0007

Email: seaside.museum@moretonbay.qld.gov.au

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@muesum.edisaes

My address is: 1 South Esplanade Bongaree QLD 4507

My phone number is: (07)34080007

My website is: www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

The Heritage Talks

10am

10 JULY 2013

Jo Besley, 2009 Churchill recipient

From Churchill to Cherbourg Connecting communities with their culture.

Morning tea supplied. Please book for catering purposes. Phone 3285 7213 or email museum.pinerivers@moretonbay. qld.gov.au for more information

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@hcnyl.eiram

My address is: Pine Rivers Heritage Museum Old Petrie Town Dayboro Road Whiteside QLD 4503

My phone number is: (07) 3285 7213

My website is: http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/pinerivers-museum

The Heritage Talks

10am

12 JUNE 2013

Julie Arye, Integrated Pathology Centre and Jim Nixon, Marks Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History Medical Collections, global health issues and recent research

Morning tea supplied. Please book for catering purposes. Phone 3285 7213 or email museum.pinerivers@moretonbay. qld.gov.au for more information

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@hcnyl.eiram

My address is: Pine Rivers Heritage Museum Old Petrie Town Dayboro Road Whiteside QLD 4503

My phone number is: (07) 3285 7213

My website is: http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/pinerivers-museum

The Antipodean Steampunk Show

Sunday 21 April to Sunday 26 May 2012

The Antipodean Steampunk Show

Steampunk is a new craft-based movement that is taking the world by storm. It merges an 18th century aesthetic with scientific invention, salvage and new technology.  This exhibition demonstrates how Steampunk aesthetics can be fantastically applied to artistic media including photography, fashion and sculpture. Many of the objects on display are handcrafted from classic materials such as iron, wood and polished brass.  This is an artisan touring exhibition.

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@hcnyl.eiram

My address is: Pine Rivers Heritage Museum Old Petrie Town Dayboro Road Whiteside QLD 4503

My phone number is: (07) 3285 7213

My website is: www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/pinerivers-museum

Bicentenary Pageant Anniversary - 08.06.13, 10:30am

Saturday, 8 June 10:30am

Salute Australia was a momentous Australian bicentenary celebration.  Come along and celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the pageant, hear from the organisers of the event and relive the magic as you watch the pageant 25 years on.

Redcliffe Museum

75 Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe

Open: Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm

Free Entry

Ph: 3883 1898

Email: redcliffe.museum@moretonbay.qld.gov.au

Time: 10:30am

Date: Sat 8th Jun, 2013

Location: Redcliffe Museum

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@muesum.effilcder

My address is: 75 Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe QLD 4020

My phone number is: (07)3883 1898

My website is: http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

Diary returns to Australia after 150 years

This diary is an account of Tom Bird’s experiences, observations and thoughts recorded on board the ship Sultana during a voyage from England to Australia in 1862. The ship sailed from Plymouth and reached Moreton Bay, Queensland 90 days later on the 31st October.

Having arrived at his destination, found lodgings and taken up employment he resumed writing the diary and recorded details of his daily life and work in Brisbane, from the 1st January to the 16th January 1863. He added the date 17th January clearly intending to continue the diary but at this point something happened….

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2013/04/15/new-accession-return-of-diary-to-australia-after-one-hundred-and-fifty-years-in-england/

New collection at SLQ: James Toohey World War One Diaries

With the centenary of the outbreak of World War I approaching in 2014 the John Oxley Library has been fortunate to receive the diaries of a young World War I soldier, Gunner James Toohey, from South Brisbane.

James Toohey was born in 1895, the son of Peter Toohey and Kate O’Kane of Logan Road, South Brisbane.  Toohey Forest in Brisbane’s south is named after the family.  Before World War I James was a telephonist and enlisted on 7 September 1915 as a gunner with the Field Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcements 14.  His unit embarked from Sydney on board the RMS Osterley on the 15th January 1916, arriving in Egypt in February. 

More on the John Oxley Library Blog -

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2013/04/30/new-accessions-james-toohey-world-war-i-diaries/

Results of Queensland’s Collections, Access and Digitisation

The State Library of Queensland has completed the Queensland’s Collections, Access and Digitisation Survey 2013. Sent to organisations throughout Queensland that house historical collections, the survey shows a very busy and diverse state of collecting of Queensland memory. Survey participants let us know that Queensland memory can be found in libraries, Indigenous Knowledge Centres, archives, museums, historical societies, associations, family history centres and small collecting institutions.

Find out more about the result on the John Oxley Library Blog - http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2013/05/06/queenslands-collections-access-and-digitisation-survey-summary/

Land Records Seminar - GSQ Southern Suburbs - 20.05.13, 7:00pm

 GSQ Southern Suburbs branch is hosting a seminar on land records.

The seminar looks at the variety of real estate records available in the Queensland State Archives collection and explores the information available that relates to family and local history. It is a good starting point for those interested in tracing the history of their home or block of land.

Examples of historic records are included in the seminar which is presented by an experienced Archivist.

To make a booking contact GSQ Southern Suburbs Branch directly via their website:http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ssbgenie/welcome.htm

Time: 7:00pm

Date: Mon 20th May, 2013

Location: Scout Hall, Logan Road, Mt Gravatt

My website is: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au

CANCELLED - Using Microform workshop - State Archives - 09.05.13, 9:00am

Due to the installation of new microform equipment in the Publci Search Room the May 21 workshop has been cancelled.

For future workshops watch this space and What' s On on our websitewww.archives.qld.gov.au

State Archives apologises for any inconvenience that may have been caused by this cancellation.

For further information on future workshops, please call 07 3131 7777 or email info@archives.qld.gov.au  

Time: 9:00am

Date: Thu 9th May, 2013

Location: 435 Compton Road, Runcorn

Our own piece of dirt – Real Estate records seminar - 01.01.70, 10:00am

Arana Hills library is hosting a seminar on town real estate records to be presented by an experienced Archivist from Queensland State Archives.

The seminar looks at the variety of real estate records available in the Queensland State Archives collection and explores the information available that relate to family history and those interested in tracing the history of their home or block of land. Examples of historic records are included in the seminar.

To book contact the library on: 07 3351 3401  

Arana Hills Library is located at: 63 Cobbity Crescent,  Arana Hills  Qld   4054

Time: 10:00am

Date: Thu 1st Jan, 1970

Location: Arana Hills Library

My website is: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au

Deciphering Old Handwriting workshop - Strathpine - 14.05.13, 1:30pm

Queensland State Archives is presenting a workshop at Strathpine Library on how to read old handwriting with examples of old handwritten text from the QSA collection.

Come along to learn the tips and tricks needed to read archival documents and enhance your research skills. This is a good workshop for anyone interesting in transcribing and indexing old records and provides an opportunity for researchers and family historians to learn tricks for reading old handwritten documents such as letters and official reports, which can be difficult for those starting out.

Contact the Moreton Regional Council Library service for bookings - 07 3408 1388 or the library directly on 07 3480 6698 .

Strathpine Library is located at: Cnr Gympie and South Pine RoadsStrathpine  Qld   4500

Time: 1:30pm

Date: Tue 14th May, 2013

Location: Strathpine Libary

My website is: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au

'P.S. Wish you were here!'

Wednesday, 3 April to Sunday, 30 June

PS. Wish you were here!

In the days before cars and the surfing culture, Redcliffe was one of Queensland’s prime ‘getaways’. This nostalgic collection of postcards harks back to summers on the peninsula when ‘getting away’ meant no phones, email or facebook - and the joys of snail mail!

Free entry to museum.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm.

Wheelchair accessable. Please ring (07) 3883 1898 for more information.

My email is: ua.vog.dlq.yabnoterom@muesum.effilcder

My address is: 75 Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe QLD 4020

My phone number is: (07)3883 1898

My website is: http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au