Queenslanders

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Location

Solomon Islands

E4508

Queensland Museum

Solomon Islands

1 January 1884

28 October 2010

Solomon Islands

Dimensions

1412mm

413mm

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Locations

Makira

Solomon Islands

E310

Queensland Museum

Makira, Solomon Islands

28 October 2010

Makira

Solomon Islands

Griffith Taylor's Climograph, 1918

Australia

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1918

30 August 2010

Location

Australia

See map: Google Maps

30 August 2010

Queensland Geographical Journal

Griffith Taylor’s climographs comparing selected Australian towns with the ideal climate for the white race. Taylor’s climographs combine wet-bulb temperature and humidity data for each month of the year, producing a twelve-sided polygon for each location to allow easy comparison between them. Other climographs compiled by Taylor show the close similarity between tropical Australia and India.

Griffith Taylor, ‘Geographical factors controlling the settlement of tropical Australia’, Queensland Geographical Journal, No18-19, 1918, vols 32-33.

Chinese shrine, Cooktown, slide by George Laws, 1968. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

A translation near the shrine in 1968 read: The large symbols on the altar read 'Praying Table'. The large symbols on the stone read 'Respect & Dignity'.

Aboriginal heroes: episodes in the colonial landscape

Five narratives retell episodes of Queensland history to reinstate knowledges that have been buried in police and government files, as well as documents put together by explorers, stockme

Chinese restaurant, Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise, slide by Robin Barron, 1969. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Chinese temple, Innisfail, slide by John Zwar, 1970. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Detail of Chinese-influenced design on building lacework, Cooktown, slide by Ruth Read, 1972. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Chinese Joss House interior, Cooktown, slide by Ruth Read, 1972. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Chinese shrine, Cooktown Cemetery, slide by Ruth Read, 1972. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queenslanders

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Location

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Locations

Griffith Taylor's Climograph, 1918

Location

Chinese shrine, Cooktown, 1968

Aboriginal heroes: episodes in the colonial landscape

Chinese restaurant, Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise, 1969

Chinese temple, Innisfail, 1970

Detail of Chinese-influenced design on lacework, Cooktown, 1972

Chinese Joss House interior, Cooktown, 1972

Chinese shrine, Cooktown Cemetery, 1972