Dive helmet, pre 1939

This diving helmet was used by deep sea divers in the early twentieth century.

Location

Australia
H3866
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Australia

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Location

Australia
QE1477
Queensland Museum
Wrights Creek, north-east Queensland
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
480mm
450mm
300mm

Original plate from Ipswich locomotive, 1877

Plate from first Ipswich locomotive, 1877. Builders’ plates are affixed to locomotives and other rail transport to record when and where they were constructed.

Location

Australia
R5954
Queensland Museum
Ipswich
1 January 1877
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
160mm
267mm
10mm

South Sea Islander cane knife

South Sea Islander cane knife

Location

Erakala Mackay, QLD
Australia
21° 8' 28.356" S, 149° 11' 8.25" E
E16946
Queensland Museum
Mackay
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Erakala Mackay, QLD
Australia
21° 8' 28.356" S, 149° 11' 8.25" E
Dimensions
651mm
157mm

The Great Depression of the 1930s, when economies crashed world-wide, had a devastating effect on people.

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Location

Solomon Islands
E4508
Queensland Museum
Solomon Islands
1 January 1884
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum

Solomon Islands
Dimensions
1412mm
413mm

At the start of the twentieth century, many workers in Rockhampton laboured more than 56 hours a week, earned low pay and suffered poor conditions.

Carters and Drivers’ Union float in Eight Hour Day procession, just prior to World War I. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library, Rockhampton

Central Queensland University Library

Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, 1991. Celebration Theatre, Centenary of Australian Labour Movement, Barcaldine. Slide by Barcaldine Council, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Barcaldine Council and Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Queensland has always been known for its extremes.

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