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Three years, thousands of km’s, endless laughs
The last three years have seen a journey across Central Queensland that I never quite imagined – full of dirt roads, emus, scones, brilliant sunsets, fantastic archives and collections, plenty of tea and coffee, hard yakka and heavy lifting, and many, many laughs, with so many wonderful communities. As I wrap up my time as…
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Connection through Yarning
To Yarn is to share; to connect, to learn, to grow. To have a yarn invites anyone with a story to tell and a listening…
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Queensland Museum Solves 25-Year-Old Coral Mystery Off the Coast of Mooloolaba
For more than two decades, scientists and the public thought they knew what the soft coral Moolabalia nevillecolemani looked like. Described in 2000 from specimens collected in the waters off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine…
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Sago Pot: A spiritual and practical vessel
Written by Imelda Miller This sago storage pot called Damarau comes from Aibom Village, Chambri Lake, Ambunti sub-district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. This particular pot was collected in 1971, prior to Papua New Guinea independence in…
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Brass and borders: Augustus Gregory’s theodolite
Written by Judith Hickson On Queensland Day, A C Gregory’s theodolite offers an interesting way into thinking about not just the physical creation of Queensland’s borders, but also…
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