Battle of Brisbane – Australian masculinity under threat

When thinking of the great battlefields of World War II it is Stalingrad’s rooftops, London’s skyline and the jungles of Burma that come to mind, not the sleepy 'big country town' of Brisbane.

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Painting a dinghy in wartime Cairns, 1945

The progressive writer Jean Devanny journeyed through north Queensland during the war years to research an idealistic book she planned ‘about the national integrity of the Australian people during

1 January 1945
15 November 2010
15 November 2010
15 November 2010
Frank Johnson
Sydney
Fortress Queensland 1942-45

Fortress Queensland 1942-45

Queensland was a frontline of Allied efforts in the Pacific War of 1941-45, and especially in the crisis year of 1942.

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Torres Strait Islander dance headdress

Location

Australia
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28 October 2010
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
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Conflict
Conflict: how people contest the landscape

The Wills Tragedy, 1861

The Wills Tragedy. The arrival of the neighboring squatters & men collecting & burying the dead, after the attack by the blacks on H.S. Wills Esq's Station, Leichhardt District, Queensland. October 19, 1861. Watercolour  by T.G. Moyle. Collection of the State Library of Queensland

Location

Cullin-la-ringo Station, QLD
Australia
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Centaur poster, c1943

Centaur poster, c1943. 'Work, save, fight and so avenge the nurses!', poster by unknown artist. Collection of the Australian War Memorial

Location

Australia
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Staunch but conservative – the trade union movement in Rockhampton

At the start of the twentieth century, many workers in Rockhampton laboured more than 56 hours a week, earned low pay and suffered poor conditions.

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Rally against Skyrail, 1994

Rally against Skyrail, 1994. Flyer produced by a group formed to protest against the Skyrail,  People Against Kuranda Skyrail, (PAKS). Collection of Rosita Henry

Collection of Rosita Henry

Nature tourism is our future, 1994

Cairns, QLD
Australia
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1 January 1994
30 September 2010
30 September 2010

Location

Cairns, QLD
Australia
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30 September 2010

Collection of Rosita Henry

Skyrail Cairns (Research notes)

Nature tourism is our future, 1994. Anti-Skyrail protest material. Collection of Rosita Henry

Once it's there, it's there forever, 1994

Once it's there, it's there forever, 1994. Anti-Skyrail protest material, 1994. Collection of Rosita Henry

Collection of Rosita Henry

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