History stories at local, state, national and global historical levels.
The RAAF has confirmed the fate of another of its missing WWII bombers after wreckage was found in mountain forests in Papua New Guinea. The wreckage was located in the rugged Baining Mountains of East New Britain. The crew of […]
A memorial avenue for Queensland’s war dead is turning 100 years old and one Brisbane suburb will host a subdued commemoration. Anzac Memorial Avenue runs from Petrie to Redcliffe and opened on December 5, 1925, by acting Premier William Forgan
Caboolture’s historical village, north of Brisbane, will keep its doors open for at least three more years thanks to council funding. Caboolture Historical Society (CHS), which manages the village, is to receive $140,000 a year for three years to keep
A historic-themed food truck and track repairs by two Ipswich heritage rail groups are among the targets for new state grant funding. The government is giving $160,000 in community grant funding for eight non-profit groups as part of Qld Rail’s
More than 130 years ago, the Crankies Plain Bridge was built to cross the Coolumbooka River near Bombala, in southern NSW. Now, it is in line for a rebuild that will take four years and enable heavy and other road
The ancient ruins of Pompeii free of tourists is the subject of a new photographic exhibition in Melbourne organised by the European Union. Inside Pompeii: Origins of a European Way of Life features photographs taken by Luigi Spina and runs until
At 4300 years-old and weighing five tonnes, a stone doorway for the dead has become a monumental sign of a US museum’s plans to recreate ancient Egyptian life. The five-tonne ‘false door’ is part of plans for a 1300-square metre
In a shipyard in Dundee, Scotland, in 1876, the SY Aurora began life seemingly destinated for a career as an Arctic whaler. It ended in mystery four decades later somewhere on the open waters in the South Pacific, only a
Shorncliffe rail station’s air raid shelter is to be restored as it closes for more than six months as part of a major facelift. Queensland Rail says the Brisbane station’s carpark will partially close on October 16 so that site
In 1935, industrialist Sir Manuel Hornibrook gave cause for Brisbane residents to celebrate amid the Great Depression and a slide to world war. The cause was a 2.6km-long bridge between Clontarf on the Redcliffe Peninsula and Brighton (Sandgate). PHOTO GALLERY:
