Church remembers trapped souls of Brisbane's past
Thousands of bodies remain under the concrete slabs and busy roads of inner-northern Brisbane.
View ArticleHistoric cemetery vandalised
Vandals destroyed some 19 grave stones at the Goodna General Cemetery west of Brisbane.
View ArticleIpswich celebrates 150th birthday
There's a milestone for Ipswich, west of Brisbane, today with the city celebrating its 150th birthday.
View ArticleFollowing in their footsteps
As part of their own cricketing tour to England as part of Australia's Indigenous XI team, two Brisbane players retraced the steps of Australia's very first international sporting team - the Aboriginal...
View ArticleUniversity of Queensland's murky past
The University of Queensland is about to celebrate its centenary. Like every university it's experienced tremendous growth from 80 students when it opened to 40,000 today. But how the University's main...
View ArticleTracking down the trackers from the Boer War
A shameful story has emerged about the participation of Aboriginal Australians in the Boer War at the turn of the 20th century. While 22,000 Australians fought in the war and survived, 50 Aboriginal...
View ArticleClaims 50 Aboriginal trackers left behind during the Boer War
On this day in 1902 the Boer War in South Africa ended. The 22,000 Australians who had survived the war were then repatriated. But it's claimed 50 Aboriginal trackers were left behind because they were...
View ArticleWar veteran honoured during ceremony
A veteran of the American civil war has received a headstone after his unmarked grave was found in a Brisbane cemetery.
View ArticleHistoric Brisbane home saved from demolition
The Brisbane City Council has rejected an application to demolish a historic South Brisbane house.
View ArticleQueensland's historical atlas online
The atlas is one of those sad books gathering dust on our 21st century home bookshelves, becoming obsolete now that internet sites like google maps and google earth offer new perspectives on where we...
View ArticleSusannah Fullerton
Writer Susannah Fullerton is president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia.
View ArticleArchaeologists discover historic streetscape under Brisbane City Hall
Brisbane City Hall renovations hit a hurdle that could cost taxpayers, as archaeologists discover a 160-year-old streetscape under the building.
View ArticleQueensland's journey from Telegraph to Twitter
150 years ago the first telegraph message in Queensland was sent from Brisbane to Ipswich. The technology revolutionised communication across the world, and Australian's took to it like a duck to water.
View ArticleRare books to be auctioned in Brisbane
A collection of rare books, including an original copy of Matthew Flinders A Voyage to Terra Australis will be auctioned in Brisbane this week.
View ArticleKirsten McKenzie
Historian and author Kirsten McKenzie has explored the colonial history of Australia through the eyes of some fascinating characters.
View ArticleHistory buffs who know their stuff: Re-enacting history
It's the closest you'll ever come to Knights, Roman Legionaries, and Napoleon's men in the 21st century. History buffs who know their stuff will invade Fort Lytton National Park to re-enact their...
View ArticleSilence falls on the City Hall restoration project for a day
The excavators have shut down, and the digging has stopped. This is one of the rare moments where silence has fallen on the construction site that is the Brisbane City Hall since the $215 million...
View ArticleThe Bush Telegraph reading group examines Ion Idriess and 'The Cattle King'
The Bush Telegraph Book Club this month looks at two larger-than-life men, author Ion Idriess and pastoralist Sir Sidney Kidman who was the inspiration for Idriess's book 'The Cattle King'.
View ArticleLudwig Leichhardt exposed in a new book
Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt is a man who is both revered and reviled for his place in the history of Australia. And his disappearance and the fruitless search for his remains has only added to the...
View ArticleOld Cleveland Point Lighthouse
The Old Cleveland Point Lighthouse was built between 1864-1865 on Cleveland Point, South of Brisbane. One of Queensland's earliest lighthouses, it was erected to light the way for small coastal...
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