Torres Strait views
Dr Jo Wills and Ewen McPhee recently visited Torres Strait and the Northern Peninsular Area (Cape York) as part of their role as Museum Development Officers. They visited Hammond Island, Green Hill...
View ArticleDefending the Pacific – North Queensland and the First World War
First troops leaving Townsville in August 1914. State Library of Queensland, Negative No: 25536 MDOs from North Queensland, Ewen McPhee, and Far North Queensland, Dr Jo Wills, have curated Defending...
View Article“Evolution: Torres Strait Masks”- MDOs working with Gab Titui
Apart from the disaster recovery work in Winton, the MDOs have been working on numerous other projects. One of these, “Evolution: Torres Strait Masks”, has been with staff from Gab Titui Cultural...
View ArticleSnapshots from FNQ
We might only be in March, but 2018 has already been busy up here in the Far North. Apart from attending a new exhibition opening in the temporary gallery at Cairns Museum, helping groups submit grant...
View ArticleThe mystery of the Quetta Tea Towel
Quetta Tea Towel for Reef Productions. Photograph: Dr Jo Wills, 2019. “Rarely if ever before has so deep and so general a gloom been cast over the community of this colony as that which has been...
View Article150ZK: Truth Telling and the Coming of the Light
Two new exhibitions at Gab Titui Cultural Centre, THURSDAY ISLAND Nancy Kiwat’s artwork ‘Papa Dabad’, 2016. On June 17, Gab Titui Cultural Centre opened two new exhibitions to commemorate 150 Years of...
View ArticleUp close & personal: falling in love… with objects
Sometimes I fall head over heels in love with the objects and collections I work with in far north Queensland. I remember them. I seek them out on site visits to make sure they are still there. I...
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