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Retro Queensland

@History_Qld

Discover Queensland's colourful and diverse history with #onthisday info & other stuff.

 Queensland, Australia
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Joined May 2011
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Love this!!! Travel back in time! abc.net.au/news/2021-07-15/l… #toowoomba @History_Qld @twbchamber @Fashionista_com – at Toowoomba, Queensland

'Time traveller' turns back the clock

When Simone Finch steps out in public, dressed head to toe in 1940s attire, she looks out of place in the modern world. Curlers, couture, and culture combine for Thesis

abc.net.au
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Friday flashback! Anyone know what these are? 🤔
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Friday flashback! Studying in the 70s - before social distancing was the norm (and well before ear buds were invented) 🎧😂
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Friday flashback! Just a bunch of uni students - wearing some very questionable outfits - sunbaking on the @usqedu lawn between classes. Not much has changed, really 😂
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Friday flashback! Ahhh, the 80s - when computers were as big as our hair. Wonder if this bad boy came with a floppy drive? 💾
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Peter S@suggpixc9 Aug 2020
Glengallan Homestead was built in 1864. It lay abandoned for over 50 years before being restored and opened to the public. #oldbuildings #Heritage #heritagearchitecture #Rural #History #ThePhotoHour @ThePhotoHour #thisisqueensland
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Peter S@suggpixc23 Feb 2020
Main St of Bell in the Western Downs in Qld. Near the Bunya Mountains #oldbuildings #Heritage #heritagearchitecture #mainstreet #History #ThePhotoHour @ThePhotoHour @FotoRshot #FotoRshot.
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Peter S@suggpixc13 Jan 2020
Living here before phones or the internet must have been very peaceful! Workers cottage on what was a remote Cattle Station in South West Qld. Resilient people in those days! #ThePhotoHour @ThePhotoHour #History #heritage #peaceful #cottage #farming #solitude
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The very first venue the Bee Gees ever played live is under threat of demolition in England. 7NEWS.com.au @laurelirving7 #7NEWS

Bee Gees’ location of first live performance could be demolished

7NEWS | Nightly at 6pm. 7NEWS.com.au

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Peter S@suggpixc1 Oct 2019
On the banks of the Barcoo River, Blackall in Outback Queensland, population 950. @ThePhotoHour #ThePhotoHour #History #heritage #wool #sheep #Queensland
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We're not crying, you're crying!😢On Sunday we said our final farewell to the EMU01. This workhorse has been transporting commuters around SEQ since 1979, clocking up around 12,000,000 kilometres in its long career🚊A massive thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday!
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Look what we found at Oxley Ck - timber piles from bridge structures from 1852 and 1869, possibly built by convicts. The $400 million Ipswich Motorway Upgrade: Rocklea to Darra - Stage 1 is 50:50 funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments bit.ly/2yJSj9M
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Happy Queensland Day 🥳 Celebrate 160 years and discover all there is to know about this great State - from the reef to the rainforest at the Museum #thisisqueensland #qldday #WeAreQLD bit.ly/2XtjiR1
Image from Queensland Museum Tropics (@QMtropics)
Image from Queensland Museum Tropics (@QMtropics)
Image from Queensland Museum Tropics (@QMtropics)
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Anne Scheu@AnneScheu31 May 2019
Te_Papa NZ revealing facts changing hearts, changing minds and changing lives #qanzac100 @slqld Heritage Leaders Workshop being live streamed now! – at Brisbane, Queensland
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Dr Anastasia Dukova@a_dukova31 May 2019
Another article covering my #QANZAC100 project with @slqld #WW1 #Police #History
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Ian Townsend@IanBTownsend29 May 2019
Paul Lyons wins the 2019 John Oxley Library Award for saving a vast amount of North Queensland news history #Townsville #qldmemoryawards
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Gavin Bannerman@gibannerman9 Jun 2016
The #qldmemoryawards are just good for the soul. Amazing, heartfelt stories and details tonight at @slqld – at Brisbane, Queensland
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Replying to @slqld @History_Qld @Flickr
The best trips are the ones in a car, rolling through the outback with the windows down, the music up, and nothing but stunning #QLD scenery as far as the eye can see. #archives #OutbackQueensland #travel flic.kr/p/PuhdVV – at Brisbane, Queensland
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