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Moreton Bay History Seminar

Moreton Bay History Seminar

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 Margaret Kowald, Greg Hallam and Jan Richardson, with a special performance by Leena Salim.

Jan Richardson, PhD candidate and Research Assistant in the Harry Gentle Resource Centre, will focus on convicts and ex-convicts who escaped to, lived in, and travelled through the Moreton Bay region, from the hills and valleys of the Pine Rivers district to the shores of Moreton Bay and Bribie Island.

Date and time

Thursday 19 May 2022, 9:00am – 3:00pm

Address

298 Morayfield Road, Morayfield 4506

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

Capt. Patrick Logan’s coatee

Capt. Patrick Logan’s coatee

The full dress coatee of Captain Patrick Logan is part of the online collection of the National Army Museum in London. Captain Logan, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, was Commandant of the Moreton Bay penal settlement from 1826 until his death at the hands of Aborigines while undertaking a survey of the territory. Military historian, Rod Pratt, believes the coatee may have been donated by his wife Letitia upon her arrival back in the UK. View the coatee here.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

George John Arnold Mackenzie Cameron

George John Arnold Mackenzie Cameron

George John Arnold Mackenzie Cameron was an Ensign in the British army who served at the Moreton Bay penal settlement from November 1848 to July 1850. He retired from the army in 1852 while residing in Brisbane and married Maria Feeney in July 1858 at Ipswich. In March 1865 the Camerons boarded the Fiery Star for London but the ship caught fire east of New Zealand. They boarded one of the overcrowded life-boats but were never seen again. Read Cameron’s biography.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

The Military at Moreton Bay, 1824-1850

The Military at Moreton Bay, 1824-1850

HGRC Visiting Fellow, Rod Pratt, has spent over 30 years researching the role of the military in Queensland and has led him to author and co-author almost fifty journal articles, books and book chapters. As a Visiting Fellow with the HGRC, Rod’s research on the British Army at Moreton Bay, 1824 – 1850 has contributed greatly to the development of the Centre’s biographical and historical database. Rod’s research report on the roles of the subaltern officers at Moreton Bay can be accessed here.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

What is Trove?

What is Trove?

Have you heard of Trove? Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia. It is a single point entry to a treasure trove of artefacts, curiosities and stories from Australia’s cultural, community and research institutions. These include libraries, museums, galleries, the media, government and community organisations and more. On Trove you can find more than 6 billion digital items on any topic.  You can search thousands of digitised newspapers using key words search or explore by title, place, and date. Start searching Trove here.

Trove welcomes feedback which is used to improve their services. Click here to access the contact page that asks for feedback, as well as offering technical support and research assistance. Also, don’t forget to give them some positive feedback about this great resource.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

HGRC 2022 Visiting Fellows

HGRC 2022 Visiting Fellows

The HGRC is delighted to announce the appointment of its 2022 Visiting Fellows. Congratulations to Dr Dorothy Wickham and Dr Deborah Jordan who will join us for 12 months as they undertake original and innovative research.

Dorothy Wickham is a Director of a successful boutique publishing house, educator, author and historian. Dorothy intends to create a comprehensive database and biographical sketches of the immigrants on the Artemisia that arrived in mid-December 1848 carrying the first free settlers from Britain to Queensland. The database has the potential to unlock stories, linkages, and associations that have previously been overlooked and under-researched.

The links between early colonisation and the later successes of the nineteenth century women’s movement is the focus of Deborah Jordan’s project. Some of the women from early colonial families who experienced Queensland’s transition from penal to free settler colony in 1859 went on to play a leading role in the call for women’s rights as the century progressed. Re-visiting the women’s stories will enrich and deepen our understanding of the distinct achievements of the early women’s rights movement in colonial Queensland.

Welcome and congratulations to Dorothy and Deborah. We look forward to learning more about your research during your time with the Centre.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

HGRC QSA Native Mounted Police Seminar

HGRC QSA Native Mounted Police Seminar

Assoc Professor Lynley Wallis delivered a presentation at QSA on Thursday 21 October 2021  titled ‘Understanding Queensland’s Native Mounted Police: A free online database to help communities research and understand the lives and work of an infamous police force’. Access  the talk here.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

RHSQ Seminar Recording

RHSQ Seminar Recording

A recording of Jan Richardson’s talk, ‘Making a Fresh Start: Tasmanian Female Ex-Convicts in Free Settlement Queensland’, is now available to view on the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (RHSQ) YouTube channel. Held at the Commissariat Store Museum on 10 November 2021, Jan’s talk explores the stories of ex-convict women and their families who sought to make a fresh start as ‘free settlers’ in the colony of Queensland.

Jan Richardson is a is a PhD candidate in the School of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences at Griffith University. She is also a Research Assistant at the Harry Gentle Resource Centre in the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research.

View the talk here.

 

 

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

Newly Digitised Indigenous Resources

Newly Digitised Indigenous Resources

Many wonderful Indigenous resources have been digitised recently and are available online. Join Dr Hilda Maclean online on 17 November 2021 at 7.30 pm to learn about the material which can be accessed from home for free and what it tells us about Indigenous communities and their histories. Register here.

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more

RHSQ Lecture Series

RHSQ Lecture Series

Making a Fresh Start: Tasmanian Female Ex-Convicts in Free Settlement Queensland.

Jan Richardson is a is a PhD candidate in the School of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences at Griffith University. She is also a Research Assistant at the Harry Gentle Resource Centre in the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University.

Jan’s lecture, to be held at the Commissariat Store Museum on 10 November 2021, will explore the stories of ex-convict women and their families who sought to make a fresh start as ‘free settlers’ in the colony of Queensland. Purchase tickets here.

 

Latest news and events

Dr Ray Kerkhove launches new publication

March 20th, 2023
Dr Ray Kerkhove, a HGRC past Visiting Fellow, has a new publication titled How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars. As he states ‘The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few […] Read more

Female ex-convicts in Queensland’s benevolent asylums

February 18th, 2023
Jan Richardson’s research on female ex-convicts admitted to Queensland’s benevolent asylums at Dunwich and Rockhampton has been published in the Journal of Australian Colonial History and is now available for download from the UNE Convict History Research Collective website. Jan’s article — ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent […] Read more

Dr Henry Reece – HGRC Visiting Fellow

February 16th, 2023
The HGRC welcomes Dr Henry Reese. Henry’s project is titled ‘The trial of Joseph Vos: A blackbirding scandal in 1890s Queensland’. Henry proposes to research and produce a scholarly article and short podcast series based on the life and 1895 trial of Joseph Vos. In the mid-1890s, Captain Vos claimed to have used recorded sound […] Read more

Please sign petition to save Trove

February 14th, 2023
Trove, Australia’s expansive digital repository of published work, may shut down after Federal Government funding runs out in July 2023. Historical researchers from Australia and internationally access Trove daily via its online access to digitised sources. The digitalisation and searchability of historical newspapers, books, images, maps, music, and more, held by over 900 cultural institutions across Australia have […] Read more

QSA Talks – The Artemisa (recording)

January 27th, 2023
In this recording of her QSA Talk, Griffith University Visiting Fellow Dr Dorothy (Dot) Wickham discusses her research into the Artemisia, the first immigrant ship of free settlers from England. The Artemisia’s maiden voyage arrived in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay area in mid-December 1848, with about 240 men, women, and children on board. Many stayed in […] Read more