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Jessica Watson’s Pink Lady left to rot at museum

An historic treasure that should have been protected by the museum it was placed at has instead been allowed to...

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12th Dec. 2020 4:12 PM

Why Brisbane needs a Holocaust museum

My Grandad finally told the story of how he escaped Nazi Poland on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Auschwitz.

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12th Oct. 2020 7:10 AM

Main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau World War II German concentration camp in Poland.
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Sneak peek: Inside stunning new Gold Coast attraction

A hotly anticipated new Gold Coast attraction is about to open featuring dozens of classic cars and an on-site restaurant...

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01st Oct. 2020 7:10 AM

GOING DEEP: Underwater museum coming to life

A final cash injection will mean a major tourism attraction of Townsville’s coast will be complete by next year.

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19th Aug. 2020 7:08 AM

The concept design of the Magnetic Island Marine Walk. Picture: Contributed

Townsville’s Museum of Underwater Art in pictures

Spectacular images of Stage 1 of the Museum of Underwater Art off the coast of Townsville.

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18th Aug. 2020 4:08 PM

The Museum of Underwater Art in Townsville is the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

Explore secrets of the past from home in online exhibition

Townsville has stepped onto an international stage to share the secrets of the past with the world. How you can check out...

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02nd April 2020 11:04 AM

Museum of Tropical Queensland is featured in the international online exhibition "Uncovering Pacific Pasts". Assistant Curator Sophie Price with a Stone Adze

Australia Day at Hervey Bay Historical Village

Australia Day at Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum.

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26th Jan. 2020 6:01 PM

Australia Day at Hervey Bay Historical Village - 9yo Aaron and 7yo Melissa Jarvis enjoying the festivities with an ice cream in hand. Photo: Cody Fox

Tourist accidentally cracks 40yo mystery

On a visit to a museum, Stephen Mills had a one-in-216,000 lucky break when he was shown a safe that had eluded people for...

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07th June 2019 1:06 PM

A man visiting a museum has cracked a safe that hasn't been opened for 40 years.

First same-sex married couple immortalised

Luke and Craig Burns were one of the first same-sex couples to marry. Now, the suits they wore during that special moment...

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12th May 2019 12:05 PM

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA — JANUARY 09: Craig Burns and Luke Sullivan kiss during their wedding ceremony at Summergrove Estate on January 9, 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Moments In Time Book Launch

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum book launch - "Moments In Time" by museum historian John Andersen.

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10th April 2019 9:04 AM

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum book launch - "Moments In Time". Author John Andersen with the new book and (L) Mayor George Seymour, museum pres. Harold Collins and State Member for Hervey Bay Ted Sorensen.

Grand Canyon tourists ‘exposed to radiation’ says worker

US officials are investigating claims three buckets of uranium sitting in a Grand Canyon museum for 18 years may have put...

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19th Feb. 2019 7:02 PM

A worker at a museum close to the Grand Canyon claims visitors may have been exposed to radiation over 18 years. File image.

Flying high every Thursday

A GROUP of dedicated military history buffs are flying high after securing a temporary home for their aviation and naval...

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13th Feb. 2019 10:02 AM

AIR TIME: Maryborough Military Aviation Museum president Jenny Elliot shows a mechanic uniform donated by a former RAAF officer, a Wackett replica and model planes that will be on display at the temporary museum, open every Thursday at 108 Bazaar St, Maryborough.

The snow must go on in Switzerland

Christmas in Switzerland offers so much, and plans to experience this special time are coming together like clockwork.

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30th Sept. 2018 2:09 PM

Sunrise on the Matterhorn Mountain, a perfect scene to enjoy at Christmas time.

Snapshot exhibition opening

INSPIRED by the picturesque environment around us, Snapshot by Maclean artists Malcolm King and Julie McKenzie opened on...

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04th Sept. 2018 4:09 PM

‘Disturbing’ origins of dead bodies

AN EXHIBITION featuring dead bodies opens in Sydney this week. But there are “grave concerns” of the origins of the bodies...

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09th April 2018 4:04 PM

‘Real Bodies: The exhibition’ explores life by displaying real, perfectly preserved human bodies and over 200 anatomical specimens. But it’s also proved controversial.

Aviation history to be shared in museum

"This is just an extension of that so we can share the stories that need to be told and bring more people to the...

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07th March 2018 11:03 AM

HOPING TO TAKE FLIGHT: Discussing the development of the Maryborough Military Aviation Museum are (from left) historians and members of the MMAM association Jenny Elliot and Greig Bolderrow with Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Paul Truscott at the Maryborough Airport.

Hervey Bay Museum Australia Day

Australia Day at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum.

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26th Jan. 2018 3:01 PM

Australia Day at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum - official opening of the new fire station at the museum. Museum president (L) Nigel Kilpatrick and former Hervey Bay fire chief (1975-1991) Barry Kelsey with the 1933 Dennis fire engine on show.

The new Louvre Abu Dhabi is open

After a decade in the making, the first museum to bear the famous name is finally open to the public. We step inside the...

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28th Dec. 2017 12:12 PM

Louvre Abu Dhabi’s exterior. Picture: Louvre Abu Dhabi/Mohamed Somji

Museum appeals to Springfield developers to find fossils

IPSWICH fossils dating from about 50 million years ago are the focus of renewed interest from the Queensland Museum.

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03rd Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

Andrew Rozefelds, head of geosciences at the Queensland Museum, showing some of the 50 million year old fossils from Augustine Heights. Photo AAP/ Ric Frearson

Bauple Museum offers coffee on the veranda

AFTER perusing the region's history at the Bauple Museum, take a load off in their new coffee shop.

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09th Nov. 2017 10:11 AM

LOTS TO SEE: Artefacts and information at the Bauple Museum is on display seven days a week.

Hervey Bay Museum 1903 Oldsmobile

A restored 1903 Oldsmobile replica takes pride and place at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum.

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06th Sept. 2017 5:09 PM

TRAVEL: Best be an artful dodger when it comes to museums

Haven't we all done as many museums as we can face?

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13th May 2017 5:05 AM

The Louvre Museum in Paris - one of the world's greatest - and, right, the Uffizi in Florence.

Pens carved from old pier pylons

Brian Taylor has spent countless hours carving through dry and hard timber to hand craft 75 pens, all made out of original...

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16th Feb. 2017 8:02 AM

PERSERVERANCE PAYS: Each pen took museum volunteer Brian Taylor 30 minutes to make.

Carols in the Village 2016

Carols in the Village at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum.

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05th Dec. 2016 10:12 AM

Carols in the Village at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum - (L) Michaela and William Whittemore and Olivia Webber pose for a photo on the old railway station.

New vintage fashion museum needs help

Former model's goal to preserve Australian history in honour of her late husband

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06th Aug. 2016 5:08 AM

Edna-Mae Grimmett-Green has accumulated a large collection of vintage fashion and antiques with the intention of opening a museum at her Lower Mt Walker property. Models Beckie-Lee Harley and Kiralye Harley.

Hervey Bay Museum Stump Carving

Wood sculptor Keith Gall works his magic to turn an old stump into a work of art at the Hervey Bay Historical Village &...

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31st July 2016 5:07 PM

Hervey Bay Museum Xmas in July

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum - Xmas in July.

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31st July 2016 5:07 PM

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum - Xmas in July. Troy and Cody Godfrey from Hervey Bay take a ride in the 1932 fire engine.

Painting a picture of the Guggenheim's marvels

THE Guggenheim Museum in Venice is a serene and charming place, an oasis of traditions away from the crowded streets and...

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06th Feb. 2016 2:02 PM

American art collector Peggy Guggenheim poses between early paintings by Jackson Pollock.

After 30 years Vic Hislop’s infamous shark show will close

THE future of an 18ft, two-tonne great white shark is uncertain after Vic Hislop announced his Hervey Bay Shark Show would...

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24th Jan. 2016 1:01 PM

In 2013 Mr Hislop refurbished the show, adding whale exhibitions and new documentaries.

Nicolas Cage to return stolen skull worth $276k

NICOLAS Cage has agreed to return a dinosaur skull he bought in 2007 to the Mongolian government after it emerged the...

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23rd Dec. 2015 12:12 PM

Carols in the Village

A large crowd turned out for carols in the Village to support the Hervey Bay Historical Village & Museum after the...

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06th Dec. 2015 4:12 PM

Carols in the Village

A large crowd turned out for the annual Carols in the Village at the Hervey Bay Historical Village & Museum.

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06th Dec. 2015 4:12 PM

Carols in the Village at the Hervey Bay Historical Village & Museum. (L) Catharina Sharpe and Wynne Peacey from Hervey Bay enjoying the night. Photo: Alistair Brightman / Fraser Coast Chronicle

VIDEO: Volunteers in tears after fire destroys museum shed

THERE were tears from all corners as news broke that a fire had gutted a shed at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and...

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03rd Dec. 2015 6:12 AM

SOOT AND TEARS: Investigators at the scene of a fire at the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum.

Hervey Bay Museum Fire

The president of the Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum, John Andersen, talks about the fire that destroyed their...

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02nd Dec. 2015 12:12 PM

Maryborough museum shut for a revamp

MARYBOROUGH’S Customs House Museum will be closed for refurbishment until Monday, September 21.

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12th Aug. 2015 7:08 AM

M'boro museum entrusted with precious war documents

A PRECIOUS collection of wartime documents has been entrusted to the care of Maryborough’s Military and Colonial Museum.

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31st March 2015 2:03 PM

Second World War veteran Reg McCubbin at the Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum for the handover of wartime documents.

Keen knitters wanted for museum war tapestry

KAREN Mann has a big job ahead of her: that’s why the seasoned knitter and Cobb and Co Museum are looking for some help.

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10th Feb. 2015 6:02 AM

Cobb + Co Museum are hoping keen knitters will come forward and assist them create a fifty metre timeline as part of the WW1 centenary exhibition. Karen Mann, who works as a volunteer at the Museum is busy creating panels.

Carols in the Village

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum put on their Carols in the Village at the PCYC due to the wet weather. Guests were...

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08th Dec. 2014 5:12 AM

Carols in the Village - held at the Hervey Bay PCYC due to rain - (L) Chloe Ellis and Helen Murray with a can full of jelly beans for a guessing competition. Photo: Alistair Brightman / Fraser Coast Chronicle

Twelve Days of Fraser Coast Christmas

Carols in the Village was treated to a command performance by Mansong with some help from FC Direction and a special guest...

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08th Dec. 2014 5:12 AM

Seeing home in a new light is classy cuisine

VISITING a city you grew up in, long after you have left it, is exhilarating.

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18th Oct. 2014 6:10 AM

Interactive elements to be added to Portside precinct

ADDING interactive elements to museum and heritage tourism activities in Maryborough's Portside precinct will be part of a...

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16th Oct. 2014 5:10 AM

Maryborough's historic Portside Precinct will undergo a technological facelift after council was awarded $160,000 in funding.

Fraser Island shipwreck artefacts handed to museum

THIRTY years ago Bruce McCullough looked at artefacts he had dug from the Chang Chow shipwreck and decided he didn’t really...

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23rd Sept. 2014 2:09 PM

Bruce McCullough (right), with an engine room throttle signal from the Chang Chow shipwreck, stands next to fellow diver Neal Black holding lead piping. The handover of artefacts was part of the Open House launch.

Lindy Chamberlain's yellow Torana now on display

THE Torana which played a central role in the conviction and then exoneration of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain can be seen...

Bauple Heritage Trail opening

Bauple residents and visitors turned out to celebrate the opening of the Bauple Heritage Trail that starts from the Bauple...

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20th June 2014 10:06 AM

Bauple Heritage Trail opening - Brian Phillips from Maryborough takes a tour with Bauple museum president Trevor Keightley. Photo: Alistair Brightman / Fraser Coast Chronicle

Crowd gets taste of early times at Brooweena Pioneer Day

A CROWD of 300 people enjoyed Pioneer Day at Brooweena Museum on the weekend.

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31st March 2014 11:03 AM

Norwegian museum returns priceless art to Jewish family

A MUSEUM has agreed to return a priceless Matisse painting to Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg's family after the Nazis...

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23rd March 2014 5:03 PM

Tone Hansen (R), director of the Henie Onstad art gallery, and Christopher A Marinello, member of the Rosenberg family, pose in front of the painting titled "Profil bleu devant la cheminée" (Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace) by French artist Henri Matisse in Hoevikodden outside Oslo on March 21, 2014.

Customs House Museum's cabinet shares its secrets

SECRET compartments, hand-carved features and hidden drawers housing historical artefacts form a new display at Customs...

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12th April 2013 10:04 AM

Gatakers Artspace volunteer Ann Chan pops open a hidden cupboard in the Cabinet of Curiosities.

Expo 88 opened up world of opportunities for us all

FOR many there are two Brisbanes; one before Expo 88 and the more confident one that emerged out of it.

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05th April 2013 9:04 AM

Tilda Swinton beds down in the name of art... again

TILDA Swinton, arthouse film doyenne, blockbuster actress and sometimes artist, has reprised her art exhibit The Maybe for...

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27th March 2013 6:03 AM

New bill a long-awaited win for top cultural institutions

MUSEUMS and art galleries in regional areas could soon get access to international exhibits by working with the big state...

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04th March 2013 7:03 PM

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