Why Did Fortitude Valley Die? (The History of Fortitude Valley Part 2)

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How the History of Mt Gravatt Changed My Life! | By #walkaboutwithrob on #YouTube

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPTXxavzx_w

> It's true, the history of #MtGravatt did change my life. There is a long winded but hopefully interesting story within this documentary about what happened....

#qld #Queensland #aus #Australia #history #AusHistory #qldhistory

From Louisiana to Queensland: how American slave owners started again in Australia

As the American Civil War interrupted cotton production, plantation owners looked to the new colony of Queensland.

The Conversation

@treleanor
interesting photo 😀
this is not a catholic school.. the skirts are too short
remember the noisy “tannoy” loudspeakers in every classroom?
transom windows?
boys with short back and sides haircuts

the teacher has made an error on the blackboard. the australian dollar sign only has one line through it — though ”dollar bill” and a lot of promotional material showed a dollar sign with two lines through it… in the body of text it was $

#DismalCurrencyChangeover1966
#AusHistory

https://museum.rba.gov.au/exhibitions/the-decimal-revolution/resources/pdf/learning-about-decimal-currency.pdf

Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation 40th Anniversary

"In the late afternoon on the 27th of January in 1986, in the upstairs meeting room at (the original premises of) Jura Books in King St., Newtown, the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF) was founded. Thus began the most significant, impactful and effective organisation in the history of anarchism in Australia."

https://asf-iwa.org.au/anarcho-syndicalist-federation-40th-anniversary/

@jurabooks #anarchism #ausPol #syndicalism #ausHistory #bulgaria

Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation 40th Anniversary

In the late afternoon on the 27th of January in 1986, in the upstairs meeting room at (the original premises of) Jura Books in King St., Newtown, the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF) was founded. Thus began the most significant, impactful and effective organisation in the history of anarchism in Australia. The

ASF-IWA
I'm taking Monday off not for Invasion Day, but to celebrate that time there was a military coup d'état because the new head of state was threatening their monopoly on selling drugs.
Happy Yoiking Governor Bligh Out From Under the Bed Day to those that celebrate it.
#RumRebellion #AusHistory #InvasionDay

#AusHistory #IndigenousKnowledge #Songlines
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“The Hansens were employed at Glenormiston Station in the Channel Country, and from time to time would visit sacred sites in the region to maintain them and retell their songs and stories.

The people of the station referred to this as “going walkabout” as if it was trivial, but it was an important part of maintaining their connection to Country. Isabel was brought up on that Country”

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https://theconversation.com/stories-from-traditional-knowledge-combined-with-archaeological-work-trace-2-300km-of-songlines-269400

Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines

Rock art images show Songlines reached from Murujuga beside the Indian Ocean to the eastern Simpson Desert, 2,300 kilometers away.

The Conversation
Some photos from inside Hambledon Cottage, Parramatta, including a vintage John Broadwood & Sons piano.

#Parramatta #history #Australia #museum #piano #music #aushistory

#AusHistory #IndigenousHistory #CharlesPerkins 1936-2000

"My expectation of a good Australia is when white people would be proud to speak an Aboriginal language, when they realise that Aboriginal culture and all that goes with it, philosophy, art, language, kinship, is all part of their heritage. And that is the most unbelievable thing of all, that it's all there waiting for us all. White people can inherit 40,000 or 60,000 years of culture, and all they have to do is reach out and ask for it."

Champion of champions: Remembering Dr Charles Perkins 25 years after his death
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/champion-of-champions-remembering-dr-charles-perkins-25-years-after-his-death/hfxjo6lph?

Champion of champions: Remembering Dr Charles Perkins 25 years after his death

This weekend marks 25 years since the passing of Arrernte and Kalkadoon leader Dr Charles Perkins.

SBS News