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Stories Woven, Written and Shared: Celebrating the artisan women of the QM Shop
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we honour the creativity and strength of women whose stories shape our communities and cultural landscapes. At Queensland Museum, those stories are woven into handcrafted Bilum bags, printed across vibrant textiles, layered into contemporary design, and shared through powerful children’s books that carry language and knowledge forward.
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Serving in style
An icon of the tennis fashion world and regarded as the twentieth century’s foremost designer of tennis wear, Cuthbert Collingwood ‘Teddy’ Tinling’s dresses adorned the best-known female players throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including Billie-Jean King, Martina…
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Five in Focus with Dr Maddy McAllister, Senior Curator of Maritime Archaeology
Maddy, could you please take us through a typical day for you as the Senior Curator of Maritime Archaeology for Queensland Museum Tropics? A typical…
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Protest and Pride: The Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in Queensland
In December 1990, Queensland reached a turning point. After decades of activism, resistance and courage from LGBTQIA+ communities and allies, homosexuality was decriminalised in the state – a moment that…
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Sweetheart: The saltwater crocodile who became a legend of the Northern Territory
In the rivers and floodplains of the Northern Territory, few animals have earned a reputation quite like ‘Sweetheart’ – a large male saltwater crocodile whose extraordinary behaviour made him both…
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