Ingham Library and Halifax Library serving the Hinchinbrook community
Search Picture Queensland for access to thousands of historical images of Queensland.....including images of Hinchinbrook's history and the Kennedy Regiment.
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The Hinchinbrook Shire Library Service has developed an excellent Local History collection which reflects our unique cultural heritage. (Please Note: The images will take a few minutes to download) |
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includes Books, Photographs, Oral histories, Birth, Deaths and Marriages records (Microfiche and CD ROM), magazines, pamphlets, local newspapers, files, Council reports, ephemera, newspaper clippings and anything relevant to the Hinchinbrook Shire region. Much of the collection has been indexed you may search for items on the libraries' OPAC computer catalogues, as you would for any other items. All members of the public are welcome to use the collection. NOTE: The Local History collection is a REFERENCE collection only. No material may be borrowed, although you are welcome to photocopy some material. Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 This National Library of Australia service contains 70,000 newspaper pages from 1803 onwards and additional pages are being added each week. It is a free online service that enables full-text searching of newspaper articles. This includes newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies. The first Australian newspaper, published in Sydney in 1803, is included in the Program. The following papers are included already:
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assist in the organisation and preservation of the Local History Collection. If you would like to help in this valuable service please just ask. Your efforts no matter how small will be greatly appreciaited.
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Meet our volunteers on a Thursday at the Ingham Library. |
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The photos in the Local History Collection cover a wide spectrum of events, people and places in our region. They include floods, well-known local people, buildings, streetscapes, geography, animals, farming and much mroe. The Hinchinbrook Shire Library Service, along with other libraries in the region, is continually digitising its Local History Photograph collection through the Regional Imaging Project. CD ROMs have already been published and those photographs digitised to date may be viewed via the library's OPAC computer. Donations of photographs of the local area are always welcome at the library.
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During 2000 the Hinchinbrook Shire Library undertook to begin recording oral histories of local residents. The interviews were conducted with a small group of interviewees and were filmed on a digital video recorder. These funds for the project were gratefully received from the State Library of Queensland, Innovations Grants. The focus of the project was to record recollections of various facets of life in the past. Being 2000 and the year the summer Olympic Games were to be held in Australia for the second time, one of the recordings concerned the participants of the 1956 Olympic Torch Relay as well. The topics covered include:
Three videos resulted from the project, each containing two interviews. The videos and a photographic booklet are for sale at the library.
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Books about people, places and events relating to our area are purchased for the collection. The collection includes family histories, school anniversary booklets and local publications.Our collection depends on you, the public, for information, for the donation of materials, and for the loan of materials to allow us to copy them. If you have information on events, people or places in our region, past or present, we would love to hear from you. Every care is taken with material lent to us for copying.
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Australian Literary and Historical texts - read the full text of numerous Australian historical books |
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The Library holds records for NSW from 1788 onwards to WWII and for Queensland from 1829 - 1919, as well as Victorian records. Some are held on computer (the OPAC terminal) and others on Microfiche in the Local History Room. Just ask the Library Staff if you have any queries.
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The Kennedy Regiment Library is housed at the Hinchinbrook Shire Library (Ingham) due to the dedication and generosity of Capt. Bob Burla |
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Books | Military history from prior to the Boer War to today. |
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Journals | Concerning the history of the Kennedy regiment as well as general Australian military history. The collection includes journals of individual battalions as well as more general military journals. As those journals collected were mostly donated there are issues missing. |
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Files | Hundreds of files covering events and personnel concerning the Kennedy Regiment have been compiled over many years. These are now available to the public for perusal. |
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Photographs | The organisation of this collection is ongoing. You are welcome to spend time looking through the collection. Staff are prepared to assist in any way they can. Many Kennedy images are available on the Picture Queensland. |
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Search the Australian War Memorial Databases |
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31st Battalion World War One War Diaries online |
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31st and 31/51st Battalion World War Two War Diaries online |
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2/31st battalion War Diaries online |
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Journal of the Australian War Memorial |
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Army News - the Soldier's newspaper (Army is published fortnightly by Defence Ministerial Services and Public Affairs; Directorate of Internal Communications.) |
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World War 2 Nominal Roll (This site allows you to print out certificates, with service details, for members of the defence forces during WWII) |
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Anzac Memories WWI |
| Queenslanders in the South African War, 1899 - 1902 State Library of Queensland Database | |
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A wide variety of military information may be found the Australia at war website. This is a Queensland based site with a strong Queensland perspective. |
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MEDALS AND ENTITLEMENTS -The Department of Defence is responsible for medals and entitlements. For contact details for each service, go to the Army History Unit and follow the links from 'Honours and Awards'. |
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Digger History An unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services Australian & New Zealand Armed Services (sponsored by the Redlands RSL Services Club Ltd) - 31st Battalion; 11th Brigade |
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First AIF Order of Battle 1914 - 1918 Includes details on all units, colour patches and ships of transportation |
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Keith Payne VC - The Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum has purchased Keith Payne's Victoria Cross and has created a display about his life and military career. |
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Hinchinbrook's Indigenous Tribes The Hinchinbrook Shire was originally inhabited by three aboriginal tribes- the Nawagi, Warakami and the Bandjin. The map and description of these tribal lands can be found below. All information is sourced from the South Australian Museum's Tindale Collection. |
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Source:Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia Norman B.Tindale (http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/page/default.asp?site=2&page=TIN_Tribal) |
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Nawagi
Source: South Australian Museum http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/aa338/tindaletribes/nawagi.htm
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Warakamai
Source: South Australian Museum http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/aa338/tindaletribes/warakamai.htm
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Bandjin
Source: South Australian Museum http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/aa338/tindaletribes/bandjin.htm |
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