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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A Day of Sentiment
Written by Senior Curator of Social History, Mark Clayton
In 1988 the Queensland Museum was gifted a collection of twenty-eight purple Anzac Day ribbons documenting Miss Jean Hardie’s [almost] unswerving attendance at the nation’s annual day of commemoration.
The Gallipoli Campaign from above the clouds
Written by Mark Clayton, Senior Curator, Social History, Queensland Museum.
You won’t find the name Alfred Warner mentioned in any Australian military history, but as Australia’s only airship pilot, you’ll discover his story is a remarkable one.
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Quinn’s Post: Gallipoli
Written by Mark Clayton, Senior Curator, Social History, Queensland Museum.
This hand-drawn map of Quinn’s Post, Gallipoli, documents – in great detail – the disposition of Australian forces including the location of mines, trenches, tunnels, and winzes. The right-hand table also chronicles the forty-seven mine explosions that occurred there during the eight month campaign.
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Lost Love Letters inspire Gallipoli Art Prize
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, yet the haunting images of the Remember Me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt exhibition currently on at the Queensland Museum seem to be worth so many more. Continue reading Lost Love Letters inspire Gallipoli Art Prize
