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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 Navratilova, Chris Evert, Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong. In 2023, three of Teddy Tinling’s distinctive creations made their way into Queensland Museum’s collections. Quintessentially Tinling, the custom-made dresses made for former Queensland and Australian tennis champion, Madonna Schacht, are characteristic of the unconventional, playfully provocative models made famous…
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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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Showcasing our collections: Queensland Museum’s Mobile 3D Digitisation Lab
Queensland Museum recently installed a Mobile Photogrammetry Rig in our QMK Photography Studio on Level 5. The prototype of this innovative rig, affectionately known as ‘Mo-Pho’, began capturing detailed 3D scans of collection…
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