Category: MDO
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I’ve had the good fortune to have worked with the museum team at the Cobb and Co Changing Station Museum in Surat in 2022 and…
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In February 2023, Ewen McPhee and I headed to Mapoon on Western Cape York Peninsula to attend two important community events. First, we joined elders,…
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Just after returning home from the official opening of Babinda Museum on 21 January 2023, my phone beeped. I opened a message from Tanya, one…
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The Cardwell Bush Telegraph recently opened a new exhibition focusing on cyclones that have impacted the Cassowary Coast Regional Council. They have many to choose…
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Spend long enough being an MDO and you soon learn that the communities you work in are where you find some of your closest colleagues.…
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Ewen and I are coming to the end of our MDO odyssey – while the jokes are getting worse, the welcomes we receive and the…
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With the weather now well and truly glorious, Ewen and I departed Thargomindah for Quilpie, a two hour drive through scenic country, unusually green after…
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The rain had set in as we departed Cunnamulla for Thargomindah, with road closures and flooding causing havoc for tourists all over the Outback. Luckily…
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Since heading out from Goondiwindi on Wednesday morning, the on-the-road MDOs have headed further west into cotton country, with the first stop Thallon. This little…
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As part of the MDO role, every so often we hit the road to reconnect with some of the more far-flung communities in our region…
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Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council holds a piece of tapa (bark cloth) that is believed to date from the 1900s. It was one of several items…
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Last year I wrote about the Eleanor, the 22 foot motor launch built in 1913 by Henry Charles Rose and now on display at the Mackay…
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Sometimes I fall head over heels in love with the objects and collections I work with in far north Queensland. I remember them. I seek…
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A new permanent exhibition has opened at the Maritime Museum of Townsville – Rise of the Port City. The exhibition showcases the Port’s contribution to…
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Two new exhibitions at Gab Titui Cultural Centre, THURSDAY ISLAND On June 17, Gab Titui Cultural Centre opened two new exhibitions to commemorate 150 Years…
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As Museum Development Officers, significance assessments of community collections are a regular and important part of our work. Responding to a request for an assessment…
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A new exhibition for Cairns Museum On Friday 28 May, Cairns Museum opened a new temporary exhibition called Reef Productions: migrants, makers and merchandise. Timed…
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Bama mara-nyiwul ngurral-na maying Queensland Museum MDO malim.(Six people from the Djabugay region have attended Queensland Museum MDO training in Kuranda to learn more about…
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On 25 April 1910, Rachel Rose Campbell of Kilburnie Station married James Joseph Daley in Johannesburg, South Africa. The couple had eloped there as the…
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After four months of closure due to COVID 19, the National Trust of Queensland (NTQ) have been preparing to reopen the Hou Wang Temple and…
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