dedicated to the study of
the peoples and lands of
Australia, initially focusing
on early 19th century
Queensland.
The Centre aims to facilitate access to published and unpublished information for early colonial Queensland, which represents an era of intercultural encounters. It seeks to document particularly the lives and experiences of those persons, groups and organisations that have not been the subject of historical investigation by collating an inventory of the diversity and claims on country that made up the early colonial period. This includes Indigenous diplomats and resisters, interpreters and guides, convicts and free-born, shipwrecks and settlers, religious and military – the whole range of contributors to a new era.
Latest Projects
Digital dialogues on diet: harvesting the archive for alternative patterns in Queensland food culture
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In support of the Commandants: subaltern officers of the Moreton Bay settlement, 1824 – 1850
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Offenders, paupers and pioneers
View ProjectLife stories of early 19th century Queenslanders
The core work of the centre is the collating of life stories of residents of early colonial Queensland.
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LAtest news and events
AFFHO Congress on Norfolk Island
August 30th, 2022
Dr Lee Butterworth, Research Fellow at HGRC, delivered a talk on the forthcoming Harry Gentle Resource Centre Dictionary of Biography at the recent Australasian Federation of Family History Associations (AFFHO) Congress 2022, held on Norfolk Island in August. Great interest was shown in the ‘Dictionary’, with a number of attendees volunteering to share their family […]
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Sands of Time Local & Family History Conference
August 18th, 2022
History Redcliffe is partnering with History Queensland to host the 4th Queensland State, Local and Family History Conference at the Redcliffe Dolphins Leagues Club on Friday 21 October to Sunday 23 October. Guest speakers include Jennifer Harrison, Shauna Hicks and Michelle Patient. The conference will feature a wide variety of interesting speakers and topics, DNA […]
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Vale Rod Pratt
July 4th, 2022
It is with great sadness that the HGRC team learnt of the sudden passing of our past visiting fellow, Rod Pratt, on Thursday 23 June 2022. Rod was a visiting fellow with the Centre from July 2020 to October 2021. He was extremely generous in sharing with the HGRC his research of over 30 years into […]
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QSA Talks: ‘Woollen threads’
June 7th, 2022
Join HGRC Visiting Fellow Janis Hanley at the Queensland State Archives on Thursday 16 June at 12.00pm for a presentation titled ‘Woollen Threads’ exploring the heritage of the woollen textile industry in Ipswich from the 1850s to the 1870s. Register to attend this free talk in person at the QSA premises at Runcorn or via […]
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Moreton Bay History Seminar
April 15th, 2022
This year’s Moreton Bay History Seminar, organised by Moreton Bay Regional Council, explores the discovery, preservation and importance of history in the Moreton Bay region. The all-day event at Morayfield on Thursday 19 May includes presentations by respected guest speakers and stalls from the region’s historical groups and societies. Speakers include Dr Ray Kerkhove, Dr […]
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Harry Gentle Fellowships
We offer generous programs for innovative scholars in any discipline relevant to digital history, to aid the research of our centre.
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Robert Henry (Harry) Gentle
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre was created from a generous bequest of Griffith University alumnus Harry Gentle, who sadly passed away, aged 95, in 2015. His wish was for Griffith University to form a digital resource centre dedicated to the study of the lands and people of early 19th century Australia. We are honoured to fulfil his wishes.
Harry Gentle’s Biography