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Written by Robyn Blucher, compiled by Dr Madeline Fowler This is Part 1 of a blog series written by undergraduate students at James Cook University, who undertook…
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Written by Jeff Powell, Cobb+Co Museum The race named for George Watson is held at Flemington in July, but his name should also be linked…
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Written by Jeff Powell, Cobb+Co Museum The 31st of October marks 100 years since one of the most the successful and audacious cavalry maneuvers of all time…
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Written by Jeff Powell, Cobb+Co Museum October 2017 marks the end of motor vehicle building in Australia, but the industry goes back further than most people realise.…
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Written by Jeff Powell, Cobb+Co Museum Contemporary newspapers which are now accessible via the TROVE website may help clear up the confusion. Regarding when it first
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Written by Dr Maddy Fowler, Museum of Tropical Queensland Following from Part 1 Shipwrecks, which detailed the 17 named shipwrecks represented by artefacts in the…
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Written by Dr Stephen Beck, Honorary Officer (Volunteer) with the Cultures and History Program at Queensland Museum. The wreck of the Foam provides amazing archaeological insights…
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Written by Nicholas Hadnutt, Curator, Archaeology. In the 1890’s, work relations in Australia were a hot topic. Working conditions and wages were at an all-time low…
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Written by Dr Maddy Fowler, Museum of Tropical Queensland As the recently appointed Senior Curator Maritime Archaeology, I have faced the challenge of familiarising myself…
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Written by Nick Hadnutt , Curator, Archaeology. Many of the artefacts recovered from historical archaeology sites in Australia are essentially the same types of material.…
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Written by Dr Geraldine Mate, Principal Curator, Industry, History and Technology. It’s a nerdy boast, I know, but I love maps! Colourful touristy maps, contour maps,…
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Written by David Parkhill, Assistant Collection Manager, Archaeology. The need to extend daylight hours, for either pleasure or the day to day business of living, or…
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Guest contributor: Jodie Muraca, Visitor Services Officer, Hadron Collider: Step Inside the World’s Greatest Experiment exhibition As a Queensland Museum Visitor Services Officer I have the…
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Written by Dave Parkhill Assistant Collection Manager, Archaeology, Cultures and Histories Program In 2015 the Queensland Museum commenced an expansion of the Secret Sacred Room…
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Written by Senior Curator of Archaeology, Dr Brit Asmussen, Curator of archaeology Nick Hadnutt and Principal Curator Science and Technology, Dr Geraldine Mate Archaeology staff at the…
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Written by Curator of Archaeology, Nick Hadnutt. Queensland Museum is the custodian of a significant and extensive archaeological collection. The collection is so large it…
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Written by Dave Parkhill, Assistant Collection Manager (Archaeology). In 2015 the Queensland Museum commenced a rehousing of the Archaeological Collection, which includes almost 1000 pieces…
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Geraldine Mate and Nick Hadnutt Whenever you go into the field, the preparation seems to take over, until that moment when you get out of…
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Written by Senior Curator, Social History, Mark Clayton. At 4 a.m. on the morning of February 5, 1916, Mr W.J. McLaughlan who was on sentry…
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Written by Assistant Curator, Social History, Lyn Petrie. Do you remember attending an ANZAC Day ceremony at school and learning about the ANZAC tradition?
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