Queensland Local Studies Group Meeting, 13 June 2014
Venue: Brisbane City Council Archives, Moorooka
Attendees:
Raylene Jensen
Joanne Secombe
Leonie Taylor
Kyla Stephan
Jayne Fitzpatrick
Kate Harbison
Annabel Lloyd
Catherine Cottle
Elizabeth Alvey
Pat Gee
Sue Prenzler
Beth Wilson
Kelly Ashford
Eileen Dwane
Stephanie Ryan
Scenic Rim Library Services
Queensland State Archives
Redland Libraries
Gold Coast Libraries
Toowoomba Library
Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council Archives
State Library of Queensland
Fryer Memorial Library, UQ
Moreton Bay Regional Council
Logan City Council Library Service
Gympie Regional Libraries
Moreton Bay Regional Libraries
State Library of Queensland
State Library of Queensland
Apologies:
Sunshine Coast Libraries
Various SLQ
Jane Harding, Noosa
Welcome and introduction by Annabel Lloyd, Brisbane City Council Archivist
Elizabeth Alvey (UQ, Fryer) – Fryer Library
The origins and history of Fryer Library.
Open to the public but closed access.
Retrieve on demand but some off-site storage so may take 3-5 days if at Gatton.
Some restricted collections.
Collecting areas
 Australian literature: Every title published in Australia that is literature (although s and
self-publishing are muddying the waters here)
 Personal Papers – primarily in the area of Australian literature
 Records, including trade union history and history of Queensland radicalism.
 8000 Rare books (including Woodcock collection of rare books)
 Artworks – mainly those attached to collections
 Photographs.
 Hayes collection
 Eunice Hangar collection of drama
 Ephemera in the areas of gallery files, theatre groups, political organisations
 Architectural plans and drawings (arranged by company but there is a map searching
tool)
Photographs being digitised on UQ espace (https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/)
Annabel Lloyd (BCC Archives) – Information about the Archives and resources for
searching for House Histories
Roles of archivist: Retention, appraisal, disposal all to preserve the record.
Providing community access becoming increasingly important - community, planners,
historians and researchers, students, council officers.
BCC archives started in 1994- and had moved through various locations. Is now co-located
with Museum of Brisbane storage which makes roles and overlaps easier.
Three collections archive, reference collection (published material), Brisbane Images 200k
(13k digitised)
House history
Brisbane heritage control provides for additional controls over pre 1946 buildings in ‘heritage
areas’ and all buildings built before 1911. This means you require a heritage study for any
DAs.
Annabel uses and email template and a guide for this research to send to people enquiring.
Also advises them about professional historians if they do not have cannot do it themselves.
Have to be careful about providing advice about construction dates etc.
Brisbane City Council holds building records and other materials that can be used for
research.
Tour of BCC Archives and the MoB storage area
Round table and cool tools session
Joanne Secombe - Queensland State Archives
 Demonstrated the “Resources for History Curriculum” pages at QSA
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/historycurriculum/Pages/historycurriculu
m.aspx
 Resources for teaching WW1 – particularly aimed at Grade 9
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/historycurriculum/Pages/World-War-I(1914-1918).aspx
 WW1 resources http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Resources/Pages/First-World-War.aspx
 Discussion about promotion of these resources to groups and schools.
Kyla Stephans – Gold Coast City Council Libraries
 Demonstrated Museum Dance Off http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/
 ABC open object (https://open.abc.net.au/projects/object-stories-29ff4ez#/discover0
came to GC for workshop but no attendees – good though!
 Conferences are turning up that we have not been alerted to – are there any tools we
can use to ensure we know about them in advance?
 Held their first cemetery tour in collaboration with heritage unit – very successful
though some unanticipated problems with moving people round.
 Mini museum in the box
 Boag exhibition
Kate Harbison – Brisbane City Council (Wynnum Local History)
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Demonstrated the Australian Curriculum ( http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/)
and Queensland Studies Authority (https://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/) websites
Demonstrated Scootle (https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/p/home) and the Learning
Place (http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/). Both have some publicly
available content, and you may be able to get access to scootle.
Demonstrated the Atlas Obscura – just for fun! http://www.atlasobscura.com/
Planning for LH section in new library
New LMS so making information pages for these.
Beth Wilson – Gympie Regional Libraries
 Has been contacting the Teacher librarian network with great success. Having them
come to library and see what is available.
 Next pupil free day they are coming to create collections/tools that will be useful for
their teaching.
 Started a WW1 discussion group – good attendance.
 Has started working on oral histories.
Eileen Dwane -State Library of Queensland
 New resources for genealogy and WW1 at SLQ
Jayne Fitzpatrick -Toowoomba Library
 Library moves mean she has part of the regular library at the front of the LH library less staff and longer hours
 Planning for LH section in new library.
 Got a staff member digitising images one day a week.
Raylene Jensen - Scenic Rim Library Services
 Workshop using Comic book! App to create Anzac Day comic strips. Worked well
with older children.
 Borrowed a box of stuff from Q Museum – great hands on material.
Sue Prenzler - Logan City Council Library Service
 Her role is as the local heritage specialist.... within Cultural Services, rather than the
library although she sits in the library. The role is evolving and more about this will
be shared at future meetings
 Logan Witness will be added to Trove
 Part of her role will be applying for and using grants so seeing ideas for funding
sources and projects. Discussion about this and the project at Stradbroke, where
Lisa and Elizabeth did had kids ask 5 questions of people they admire, also a photo
story in Toowoomba of Sudanese community
Leonie Taylor - Redlands City Council
 Got funding from SLQ for Playback Project . However their OH collection is largely
digitised so is doing sections of remainder. Workshop at SLQ. Planning to embed
the audio into history pin.
 Had history pin training and invited social media and communications people.
 Maker Space.
 Small museums conference in August
Stephanie Ryan - State Library of Queensland
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Researching John leak. First VC but a difficult person to actually find!
Indexed names of people in photos of The Queenslander
Talks
Family history month in August ... Shauna Hicks pushing
Kelly Ashford - Moreton Bay Regional Libraries
 Playback
 Three events for heritage week - All about journeys.
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Pat Gee - Moreton Bay Regional Council
 Cemetery tour too
 New library opening at a North Lakes
Next meeting: June 2014 – Gold Coat City Council, Helensvale Library