Category: MDO
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While undertaking the significance assessment of the collection at Greycliffe Homestead recently (see here), I came across a small stoneware bottle of a patented cold branding…
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Last week, after almost three months working from home, MDOs Jo Wills and Ewen McPhee traveled to Croydon in western Queensland. While it was great…
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In part 2 of our Pesky Pest blog, we will look at monitoring buildings and collections to ensure early detection of pest and fungal activity.…
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Recreational boating is an avidly pursued pastime in the tropical waters around Mackay, and this was as true 100 years ago as it is today.…
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“Rarely if ever before has so deep and so general a gloom been cast over the community of this colony as that which has been…
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Protecting collections from pest and fungal damage is one of the greatest challenges faced by cultural heritage custodians. The most effective approach to controlling pest…
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I decided to follow the Pomona lead suggested by the museum staff with a quick search on Trove. The name “Hodge” and “Pomona” limited to…
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As you may have read in Melanie’s significance post , a key component of a significance assessment is understanding the provenance of individual items, or…
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Significance. It’s a term we use frequently in museums. But what does it actually mean, and how can we apply it to our collections? Having…
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The Museum Development Officers (MDOs) are currently engaging with their communities while working at home. This unfortunately means no workshops, display installation, oral histories, conservation,…
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Community collaboration has always been central to my work as a MDO. And, in our current climate, with the restrictions that COVID-19 is placing upon…
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“Everybody… it’s going to get LOUD!” So warned Cairns Museum Manager, Susan Gibson, as CADCAI’s lion dancers and musicians geared up to begin their performance.…
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On 26 August 1939 Queensland Premier William Forgan Smith officially opened Mackay’s new harbour. The construction had commenced in 1935 and was the largest infrastructure…
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It has been a long road for the volunteers at Pioneer Valley Museum since a leak during the rain event in February forced them to…
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To be honest I thought I was ‘done’ with First World War projects. But when I was asked to speak about the Anzac Treasures Program…
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While all eyes were on Townsville during the floods at the beginning of the year, the steady rain also occurring in the Mackay region was…
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Earlier this week, I was contacted by Don Lawie, one of the volunteers at Gordonvale’s Mulgrave Settlers Museum. His email contained a link to a…
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What do you get when you bring together a wedding gown, a ‘fashions on the field’ racing dress, a kaftan, a Chinese silk skirt panel,…
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Last week, Jo Wills and Melanie Piddocke traveled to Townsville to assist groups affected by the recent severe flooding. Although most collections have emerged unscathed…
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