August 3, 2017
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre is hosting Emma Post, a Griffith University Community Internship student, one day a week for 3 months. Emma, working under the supervision of Dr Ray Kerkhove, will be identifying the 20 ‘most significant’ and most view-worthy sites of confrontation, injustice or conflict in the history… Read More
August 3, 2017
We are pleased to announce that Lisa Jones was recently awarded a full PhD Scholarship funded by the Harry Gentle Resource Centre. Lisa’s research focuses on a comparative study of Moreton Bay policing with that of Van Diemen’s Land policing across the period 1842 – 1859. Read More
August 3, 2017
The inaugural Harry Gentle Honours Scholarship for 2017 has been awarded to Dean Kerrison, a recent Griffith BA graduate and university medalist, to write a creative non-fiction account of the encounter between an Indigenous diplomat and a German missionary in the Moreton Bay region from the 1840s to the 1860s. Read More
July 31, 2017
On Sunday 10 September 2017 Redcliffe Remembers will transform the Redcliffe foreshore Precinct into historical hot-spots, celebrating and honouring the Peninsula’s iconic people and places, both past and present. Read More
July 28, 2017
The second Harry Gentle Resource Centre seminar was held at the Queensland State Archives on 16 June 2017. Dr Ray Kerkove spoke about his project of mapping the tide of Aboriginal resistance on the frontier. The video of Ray’s presentation can be assessed here. Read More
July 28, 2017
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre invites eligible Griffith University students to apply for the Harry Gentle Honours Scholarship. Applications close 4 February 2018. The Centre is developing a portal of research dedicated to the study of Australian history to the 1850s, with an initial focus on the territory that… Read More
July 21, 2017
HGRC visiting fellow Dr Anastasia Dukova gave a public talk at the Queensland State Archives on 14 July 2017. Anastasia spoke on the key aspects of town life and policing of today’s Brisbane in its transition years, from the arrival of the first immigrant ships in the Moreton Bay settlement… Read More
May 20, 2017
Harry's brother Neil provided insight into the man who so generously bequeathed part of his estate to Griffith University. The family was thrilled .test test Read More
May 20, 2017
The seminars will feature presentations from the Harry Gentle Resource Centre visiting fellows. The seminar series will be held in May, June and July. Read More
May 20, 2017
Professor Regina Ganter will be a guest speaker at the Moreton Bay History Conference. The conference is part of the Queensland Heritage Festival. Read More
May 20, 2017
The Brisbane History Group is hosting a seminar “Policing Colonial Brisbane” at St Joseph’s School, Gregory Terrace on Saturday 27 May. Read More
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