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Racing on the River: Tambo backs 150 years of winners!
Trial starts, Tambo c.1890Image courtesy of Charmaine Bailey Keen punters from Western Queensland and beyond gathered in Tambo this year for a very special race meet to mark 150 years of horse racing....
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A Golden Opportunity for Gold Coast Community Museums
Recently, members of the Gold Coast Heritage Voice network were treated to a behind the Scenes tour of both the John Oxley Library, and the Southbank campus of the Queensland Museum. Heritage Voice...
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ANZAC: a day in the life of…
With the Anzac Centenary Commemorations well under way, many organisations are working towards projects remembering their community’s contributions and experiences of the Great War. One such project...
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“Black Diggers”: Scenic Rim Aboriginal Soldiers
Mary Geary in her Land Army uniform, c. 1943. Ruth James & Geary family collection The ANZAC Centenary has provided a stimulus to reflect on impact of war on communities. The emotional distance...
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Scenic Rim Story Skills
Remember the connection between a pencil and cassette tape? Chances are a younger audience won’t. Interpretation and labels share the important stories. Image courtesy RHiNO Neal (via Flickr) In this...
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The only good typewriter is a provenanced typewriter…
It’s probably no secret that typewriters in museum collections generally aren’t my favourite kind of object. There are a few reasons for that, all based on principles of good museological practice. Let...
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Schools out…surf’s up!
From cult to culture: these early boards are a far cry from the mass produced polyurethane and resin versions of today. For me, the bulk of the subject matter of Surf World is completely foreign....
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Chapter 1: A mysterious chair begins to share it’s secrets
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 the collection as a whole. But what happens...
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Chapter 2: Mysteries revealed… who is behind the chair?
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 the decade in question turned up quite a number of results....
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