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The Story of Charles O’Brien: Records from Queensland State

Many of the records highlighted in the recent episode of Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 4 were located at Queensland State Archives. Kerry O’Brien, one of Australia's most revered television journalists took a tour of the archives and viewed the original records which helped him to discover the truth behind his ancestor’s tumultuous life in Queensland.   To follow the story and see digital images of a large number of records available on Charles O'Brien see the new QSA web page:  http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/History/Pages/story-charles-obrien.aspx   Queensland State Archive worked in conjunction with Artemis films and Serendipity Productions.   The fourth series of Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA) is screening on SBS ONE in 2012. Episode two, air date 3 April 2012 at 7.30 pm, follows the story of Kerry O'Brien.  WDYTYA is a co-production by Artemis International and Serendipity Productions.

My address is: 435 Compton Road Runcorn QLD 4113 info@archives.qld.gov.au

My website is: www.archives.qld.gov.au

Orphanage and reformatory indexes at Qld State Archives

Queensland State Archives now has two new indexes available on line for the Toowoomba Reformatory (Industrial Girls School) from 1881-1903.

Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Admissions 1881-1903 and  Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Discharges 1882-1903.

The entries in the diary records detail each girl admitted and discharged from the school, including date, number, name and remarks. The remarks column details the discharge of each girl whether to service or remitted from their sentence. These notes often include the name of the person to whom they were placed in service.

These new indexes link directly to the digital image of the original records in one quick and easy click of the mouse.

My address is: 435 Compton Road Runcorn QLD 4113 info@archives.qld.gov.au

My website is: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au

Innovations and Inventions Seminar - 09.05.12, 10:00am

Staff from the Queensland State Archives, National Archives of Australia and the State Library of Queensland have delved into their vast collections to source information about innovations and inventions.

Come along to this shared presentation and hear stories about creative, imaginative and historically interesting problem solvers. For more information, and to book, please call 07 3840 7896 or visithttp://www.slq.eventbrite.com/.

Time: 10:00am

Date: Wed 9th May, 2012

Location: State Library of Queensland Auditorium 2, level 2

My website is: www.archives.qld.gov.au

Categories: Archives

Tagged: events, ArchivesSearch, Queensland history, inventions, patents, archival collections, Queensland State Archives, State Library of Queensland, digitised colelctions

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