Published Saturday, 24 January, 2009 at 08:45 AM
Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts
The Honourable Rod Welford
Queensland Stories exhibition celebrates state's birthday
A new exhibition showcasing the people, places and events that have shaped Queensland over the past 150 years opens at the Queensland Museum South Bank on Australia Day.
Arts Minister Rod Welford said Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present was part of Queensland’s 150th birthday celebrations.
“This exhibition illustrates the diversity of Queensland and traces the changes in our culture and society since separation from New South Wales in 1859,” Mr Welford said.
“Queensland Stories also looks at some of the influential people who have played a key role in shaping this state, including the first Governor of Queensland Sir George Ferguson Bowen and Sir Samuel Walker Griffith through to more recent figures such as former Premier Peter Beattie.
“Souvenirs of past Jubilee and Centenary celebrations will also be on show, featuring prominent and powerful people of the time and reflecting the aspirations that were important such as progress, richness and resources.
“Promotion of Queensland in the 1950s gave us that famous ‘Sunshine State’ tag and images of sun, surf and sand still resonate with many Queenslanders as part of our identity today.”
The exhibition also includes the first film footage shot in Queensland, which was captured with a Lumiére Cinematographe in 1899, showing trams and the daily pedestrian traffic in Queen Street and on Victoria Bridge.
Other highlights include objects from the Queensland Museum collection such as an Eddie Mabo T-shirt, an original state boundary post marker and former Premier Peter Beattie’s Akubra.
Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present runs from 26 January through to the end of December as part of Queensland’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Queensland Museum South Bank is located on the corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank. The Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 5:00pm (closed Christmas Day and Good Friday, open Anzac Day from 1.30pm).
For more information on Queensland Stores: People Places Past Present and Queensland Museum South Bank visit www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au or call (07) 3840 7555.
Media contact: Emma Clarey on 3237 1000 or 0417 791 336
Arts Minister Rod Welford said Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present was part of Queensland’s 150th birthday celebrations.
“This exhibition illustrates the diversity of Queensland and traces the changes in our culture and society since separation from New South Wales in 1859,” Mr Welford said.
“Queensland Stories also looks at some of the influential people who have played a key role in shaping this state, including the first Governor of Queensland Sir George Ferguson Bowen and Sir Samuel Walker Griffith through to more recent figures such as former Premier Peter Beattie.
“Souvenirs of past Jubilee and Centenary celebrations will also be on show, featuring prominent and powerful people of the time and reflecting the aspirations that were important such as progress, richness and resources.
“Promotion of Queensland in the 1950s gave us that famous ‘Sunshine State’ tag and images of sun, surf and sand still resonate with many Queenslanders as part of our identity today.”
The exhibition also includes the first film footage shot in Queensland, which was captured with a Lumiére Cinematographe in 1899, showing trams and the daily pedestrian traffic in Queen Street and on Victoria Bridge.
Other highlights include objects from the Queensland Museum collection such as an Eddie Mabo T-shirt, an original state boundary post marker and former Premier Peter Beattie’s Akubra.
Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present runs from 26 January through to the end of December as part of Queensland’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Queensland Museum South Bank is located on the corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank. The Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 5:00pm (closed Christmas Day and Good Friday, open Anzac Day from 1.30pm).
For more information on Queensland Stores: People Places Past Present and Queensland Museum South Bank visit www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au or call (07) 3840 7555.
Media contact: Emma Clarey on 3237 1000 or 0417 791 336