http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/
The John Oxley Library blog gives several articles each week for several areas.
These articles change each week. One is usually from the Local History
Section often more than 100 years ago, giving a detailed biography and
also some interesting and unusual event in detail. Last week, from the 25th to 30th October, all 3 articles were historical. Actually , I find their historical articles the most interesting.
Today's article (30/10) was the biographical one. It was about Sir Arthur Hodgson who bought 67,200 acres on the Darling Downs in 1840. In 1842 he married the daughter of the NSW Chief justice. She was a trained artist. They had 11 children. They produced premium wool. In 1868 Sir Arthur became a member of the Queensland Assembly. Then in1869 he became Colonial Secretary in the Lilley ministry. Soon after he returned to England with his wife. A collection of medals, pictures and accounts were bought at auction in Somerset England recently. A video shows the shipment being opened at the John Oxley, Library.
The article on 29th October was about the Tindale geological Collection. Fron 1920 to 1974 Norman Tindale mapped aboriginal tribes and their languages in Australia. This was exciting to learn. Due to the movement of tribes during the second world war, this distribution changed dramatically.
The article on 25th October was about the gas fire near Roma in 1908. It burned for 45 days and was extenguished by a special steel chamber built in Brisbane. Tourists from as far as New Zealand, paid 1 pound each to travel by train to see the fire. This story is more exciting than many engineering documentaries on "Discovery" on Foxtel.
The historical stories on the blog all capture exciting and interesting information. i found earlier local information blog entries more factual and often not very interesting.
Sounds like the articles are worth reading Colin. I'll check them out. Thanks for sharing.
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