June 13, 2018
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre congratulates Dr Bill Metcalf, recipient of the 2018 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction for research and writing of Queensland history. The award is presented by the Royal Historical Society of Queensland at the Queensland Day Dinner held on 6 June each year. Dr Metcalf… Read More
June 8, 2018
The new Mapping Brisbane History website went live on 7 June 2018. The resource is an online interactive history map of Brisbane from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. It is an evolving research tool that presents the history of Brisbane in the spatial dimension, revealing local… Read More
May 31, 2018
Dr Annemarie McLaren has been appointed Visiting Fellow in the HGRC from April 2018 to April 2019 to examine the original documents relating to the Zion Hill Mission in Nundah (1838-1848): While the Nundah Missionaries are celebrated as the first free settlers of Brisbane, there is far more to their… Read More
May 3, 2018
Dr Ray Kerkhove will continue as a Visiting Fellow at the HGRC for another 12 months. Ray’s research will concentrate on the unofficial exploration of Moreton Bay through timber and fishing camps in pre-Separation Queensland. Read More
May 3, 2018
We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of Brisbane History Group’s new book “Brisbane: Training, Teaching and Turmoil, Tertiary Education 1825-2018”. The publication represents a significant contribution to the examination of early education practices and policies, including education and training in Queensland prior to 1859. Contributors, such as Dr Bill Metcalf,… Read More
April 19, 2018
We have acquired the excerpts from the Gossner Mission journal pertaining to the Zion Hill mission in Moreton Bay (now Nundah), 1838-1844, with kind permission from the translator, former John Oxley librarian Colin Sheehan, and Frank Uhr for whom he translated them into English. They provide interesting glimpses into… Read More
April 13, 2018
On 20 April the Queensland State Archives in conjunction with the Harry Gentle Resource Centre will present the first in our seminar series for 2018. Visiting Fellow Dr Margaret Shield explores the significant impact the Crown Lands Commissions had on land policies and practices, administration of justice, the treatment of… Read More
February 22, 2018
The closing date for applications for a Visiting Fellowship with the HGRC as been extended to 31 March 2018. Read More
February 22, 2018
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre is calling for applications for a $5,000 Honours Scholarship. Applications close 31 January 2019. Read more here. Read More
February 22, 2018
Constance Schoelch has volunteered to undertake research for the Harry Gentle Resource Centre and is currently writing biographies on some of the early colonial policemen of Brisbane. Constance is eager to increase her knowledge about Australian history and her work with the Centre will help meet that goal. Constance completed a… Read More
January 25, 2018
We are again offering a $5,000 Honours Scholarship for 2018 with a closing date of 4 February. Read more here. Read More
January 25, 2018
The HGRC again calls for applications for a Visiting Fellowship with a closing date of 31 March 2018. We are looking particularly for proposals involving the timbergetters, escaped convicts, the convict sites at Stradbroke Island and Redcliffe, station diaries, and topics dealing with the poly-ethnic society emerging around the various industries in Queensland… Read More
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