Cultural Heritage
Brilliant Careers
This book is a tribute to 34 women who, as scientific collectors and
illustrators, have enriched our knowledge of the Queensland environment
and people. All have left a public legacy in their contributions to
museums and herbariums in their publications and advocacy of conversation.
Until now, their achievements have been largely unknown. The careers of
many are recorded here for the first time.
Author: Judith McKay
ISBN: 9780724276936
Chasing the Sunshine - The Story of Queensland's Sunshine Express
David Burke, well-known Australian railway historian, traces the Sunshine Express train and the
35 years of construction on the North Coast Line from Brisbane to Cairns. The publication contains more than 175 historical images showcasing the politicians, contractors, engineers and railway workers who created one of the greatest feats of Australian railway construction.
Author: David Burke
ISBN 9780980569230
Cobb & Co. - Coaching in Queensland
For more than 70 years Cobb & Co. coaches and horses travelled over
millions of kilometres of unmade outback roads to provide vital
communication links for many isolated communities.
This book traces the rise and decline of this historic company in
Queensland. The richly illustrated text is certain to be of great
interest to local heritage groups and family historians.
Author: Deborah Tranter
ISBN: 072424140X
Ellis Rowan - A Flower-Hunter in Queensland
Painter, writer, adventurer - Ellis Rowan is one of Australia's most acclaimed
wildflower artists.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, she visited Queensland, where she found
the tropical flowers more beautiful than all, on several occasions. The Queensland
Museum holds 125 Ellis Rowan paintings, all of which are illustrated in this tribute
to a remarkable woman.
Author: Judith McKay
ISBN: 0724238476
A Good Plain Cook
Recipes, historical photographs, household lore and anecdotes from Queensland kitchens since European settlement.
Authors: Susan Addison and Judith McKay.
ISBN: 0724280596
Pandora - An Archaeological Perspective
The story of the Pandora, one of Australia's best known shipwrecks, is the
tragic sequel to the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty. Sent to the South Pacific to recapture the Bounty mutineers, the
Pandora sank after running aground in the treacherous and unchartered
waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Thirty-one crew and four mutineers
perished. Today the wreck of the Pandora is a storehouse of artefacts that
offers a tantalising insight into our seafaring past.
Author: Peter Gesner
ISBN: 0724244824
Portraits of our Elders
A studio-posed, photographic collection of the Aboriginal people of southern Queensland, from the 1860s through to the 1920s. This 72-page book records the transition in the lifestyle of Aboriginal people during this period.
Author: Michael Aird
ISBN: 9780724257171
Queensland Architects of the 19th Century
In 1883 an English visitor to the Australian Colonies made a condescending
comment that many of the architects were self-taught and had served no
apprenticeship in the profession, 'which should rather be called a trade'.
In this first biographical dictionary of Queensland architects, almost 800
architects and firms, who practised in the colony before 1900, have been
identified. Their backgrounds, careers, buildings and their legacy to the
state's heritage is examined in succinct, well-researched entries, enhanced
by more than 800 mostly contemporary illustrations.
Author: Donald Watson and Judith McKay
ISBN: 0724256571