Queensland Timeline pre-1600s to 1859
November 3, 2017
A Queensland Timeline pre-1600s-1859 has been added under projects. Read More
The HGRC welcomes intern Deklan Kelly
October 31, 2017
During Trimester 3, Deklan Kelly, a Griffith University Community Internship student, will be undertaking research for the Harry Gentle Resource Centre, under the supervision of Dr Margaret Shield. He will spend one day a week for 12 weeks transcribing and analysing archival documents related to the operation of the Border… Read More
Register of convicts at Moreton Bay 1824 – 1839
September 29, 2017
This updated register was compiled using a variety of primary and secondary sources by Marilyn England in 2014. It is published under Rare Books and documents. Marilyn has kindly given us permission to publish the register on the Harry Gentle Resource Centre website. Read More
Captain Patrick Logan’s Diary
September 4, 2017
A transcription of Captain Patrick Logan’s Diary is now published under Rare Books and Documents. Logan’s diary contains regular entries related to the daily running of the settlement as well as details of his exploration of the region. Included is a letter written by Lt George Edwards of the… Read More
Book of Public Labour Performed by Crown Prisoners commonly known as Spicer’s Diary
September 1, 2017
A transcription of Spicer’s Diary is now published under Rare Books and Documents. Peter Beauclerk Spicer, superintendent of convicts, compiled a journal describing daily life at the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement during the year 1828. The diary was transcribed by Marilyn England who has kindly given us permission to… Read More
Brisbane Times Article on HGRC
August 10, 2017
An article was published in the Brisbane Times on 16 July 2017 covering Dr Anastasia Dukova’s public lecture on colonial policing in Queensland. The Harry Gentle Resource Centre joined with the Queensland State Archives to present a Seminar Series featuring the projects of our three Visiting Fellows. Read More
Mapping the massacres of Australia’s colonial frontier
August 7, 2017
University of Newcastle historian, Professor Lyndall Ryan and her team of researchers, have created an online tool that records massacre site locations, details of the individual massacres and for the first time in the world, the sources corroborating evidence of the massacres. The map is publicly available here. Read More
A Dynamic Map of Native Police Movements
August 7, 2017
Dr Jonathan Richards, Griffith University Visiting Fellow, discusses his digital mapping project, based on pre-separation records of the Native Police held at Queensland State Archives. Using historical maps and documents – and GPS software – Dr Richards located the places identified in QSA records to build a picture of… Read More
Early NSW Legislative Council papers online
August 4, 2017
Papers from the First Legislative Council of NSW can now be viewed online via the NSW parliamentary site. According to the site it includes ‘tabled papers, SMH newspaper reports of debates, and documents relating to the administration of the First Council (classified as “non-tabled papers”)’. Read More
HGRC Hosts Community Intern
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
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre awards PhD Scholarship
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
Inaugural HGRC Honours Scholarship
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
