RHSQ Annual Seminar: 2 September 2017
Building Brisbane: Preserving heritage values in changing landscapes at the Commissariat Store Museum, 115 William Street, Brisbane TICKET PRICES: $25 members / $30 guests Coffee on arrival, morning tea provided 9:00 am Registrations & coffee on arrival 9:30 am...
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC – 2017 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction for Historical Research and Writing Recipient
Citation at the Queensland Day Dinner 2017, read by Timothy Roberts, Vice President, PHA (Qld) Emeritus Professor Blainey has, through his research, publications and involvement with the historical community, provided new insights into Australian history. Emeritus...
The Commissariat Store is open for visitors
Please note that despite the road closures and works during the Queen's Wharf Development Project, the Commissariat Store Museum remains open for visitors as usual: Tue-Fri from 10am to 4pm. To assist with your travel plans in the area, Queen's Wharf...
Exhibition and seminar: Ties that bind – Lebanese in Queensland
Join us for the launch of Ties that bind - Lebanese in Queensland exhibition and seminar on 22 April 2017 at 10am. Lebanese presence in Queensland stretches back to the 1880s. As non-Europeans, these early immigrants faced not only the difficulties of making a new...
Nominations open – John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction
Nominations are now called for the John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction in Research and Writing Australian History. Nominations close on 31 March 2017. This is a prestigious history award in Australia. The award is presented at the Queensland Day Dinner on 6 June...
Birthday wishes for Rockhampton historian, Lorna McDonald OAM, who turned 100 this week
The RHSQ wishes to congratulate and honour the achievements of our member and John Douglas Kerr Medal winner Lorna McDonald who turned 100 on 10th August 2016. Lorna moved to Rockhampton with her family in the 1960s and has continued to live there to the present...
Congratulations to Prof. Ann McGrath – 2016 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction for Historical Research and Writing Recipient
The Society extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Ann McGrath, the 2016 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction for Historical Research and Writing recipient. The award was presented to Professor McGrath by His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC,...