couriermail.com.au/ourqueensland Check the tour dates and locations at www.archives.qld.gov.au Plus, discover stories and over 3,000 classic images at couriermail.com.au/ourqueensland Top 150: Documenting Queensland is an inspiring visual timeline of the decisions, events, people and places that are instrumental in Queensland’s identity, through 150 of the State’s most significant historical documents. 50 milestones that shaped a state. From the first land rights claim to the world’s first general strike, Queensland Firsts promises an intriguing view through the window of Queensland’s cultural, economic, political and social soul. Our Queensland captures some of the memorable moments and people of our great state through iconic photos from The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail archives. TP 150 DOCUMENTING QUEENSLAND Queensland State Archives Coming to a venue near you in 2009... Visit Queensland’s past at these fascinating Free Exhibits EXHIBITION VENUE DATES TOP 150 QUEENSLAND FIRSTS OUR QUEENSLAND Gold Coast City Art Gallery 135 Bundall Road, BUNDALL 21 February – 5 April 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Rockhampton Regional Library 230 Bolsover Street, ROCKHAMPTON 6 – 25 April 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Southport Library Cnr Garden and Lawson Streets, SOUTHPORT 7 – 30 April 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Maroochydore Library 44 Sixth Avenue, COTTON TREE 6 – 30 May 2009 ✓ Caloundra Regional Art Gallery 22 Omrah Avenue, CALOUNDRA 6 – 31 May 2009 ✓ ✓ Juandah Historical Site 92 Windeyer Road, WANDOAN 8 – 29 May 2009 ✓ Jan Eckford Memorial Centre Julia Street, JULIA CREEK 9 – 17 May 2009 ✓ ✓ Mount Isa Civic Centre 23 West Street, MOUNT ISA 25 May – 27 June 2009 ✓ ✓ Brisbane Square Library 266 George Street, BRISBANE 2 – 27 June 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ ^ Biloela Library Cnr Melton and Grevillea Streets, BILOELA 13 June – 3 July 2009 ✓ Gympie Art Gallery 39 Nash Street, GYMPIE 30 June – 26 July 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Bowen Historical Society and Museum 22 Gordon Street, BOWEN 10 – 24 July 2009 ✓ ✓ Redland Museum 60 Smith Street, CLEVELAND 13 – 31 July 2009 ✓ Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum Cnr Goondoon and Bramston Streets, GLADSTONE 3 – 29 August 2009 ✓ ✓ Brisbane Exhibition RNA Showgrounds, Gregory Terrace, BOWEN HILLS 6 – 15 August 2009 ✓ ^ ✓ ^ ✓ ^ EXHIBITION VENUE DATES TOP 150 QUEENSLAND FIRSTS OUR QUEENSLAND Waterfront Place 1 Eagle Street, BRISBANE 17 – 28 August 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Jondaryan Woolshed 264 Evanslea Road, JONDARYAN 17 – 30 August 2009 ✓ Toowoomba Cobb & Co Museum 27 Lindsay Street, TOOWOOMBA 30 August – 27 September 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Hugh Sawrey Art Gallery, Information Centre and Library, Stockman’s Hall of Fame, LONGREACH 12 – 27 September 2009 ✓ Cooktown Archives and Research Centre 121 Charlotte Street, COOKTOWN 14 September – 9 October 2009 ✓ ✓ The Workshops Rail Museum North Street, NORTH IPSWICH 29 September – 25 October 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Blackall Cultural Centre Hawthorne Street, BLACKALL 5 – 14 October 2009 ✓ Port Douglas Community Hall Mowbray Street, PORT DOUGLAS 19 – 31 October 2009 ✓ ✓ Quilpie Information Centre, Museum & Gallery Brolga Street, QUILPIE 23 October – 25 November 2009 ✓ Queensland Museum Cnr Grey and Melbourne Streets, SOUTH BANK 27 October – 29 November 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Museum of Tropical Queensland 70-102 Flinders Street, TOWNSVILLE 9 November – 13 December 2009 ✓ ✓ St John’s Cathedral 373 Ann Street, BRISBANE 1 – 11 December 2009 ✓ ✓ ✓ Millmerran Library 2-16 Campbell Street, MILLMERRAN 11 December 2009 – 30 January 2010 ✓ Somerset Regional Council Library Ipswich Street, ESK 18 January – 7 February 2010 ✓ ✓ Maryborough Art Gallery Kent Street, MARYBOROUGH 10 – 21 February 2010 ✓ Wondai Regional Gallery Haly Street, WONDAI 5 – 28 March 2010 ✓ ^ Venue to be confirmed, visit www.archives.qld.gov.au for the latest touring schedule Celebrate 150 Years Presented by Queensland State Archives