Queensland
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Queensland
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CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY |
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Andrea Ash Faculty of Education, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton QLD 4702 Phone: (07) 4930 9585 Fax: (07) 4930 9604 Email: a.ash@cqu.edu.au
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Opening Hours: 9 am to 9 pm Location: Across campus Restricted access; small exhibitions of selected works. (232 objects; established 1973; 0.25 staff)
National significance: 49 works including Coburn, Over the hills and
far away; Rees, The rock; O'Connor, Early snow, Dartmoor; Boyd,
Double figure with shark; Pooraraar, Spirits of Australian bushland and
Turtles; Conlon, White man's destruction; Cassab, Mr BG Hiskens;
Gould, Petrogale xanthopus; Carr, New Zealand gully.
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY |
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| Art Collection, College of Art | |
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Professor Ian Howard Griffith University (Queensland College of Art) PO Box 84, Morningside, QLD 4170 |
Teaching collection with exhibition gallery; community access (300 objects; established 1992; 1.2 staff)
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| Art Collection, the Griffith University | |
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Beth Jackson Griffith Artworks, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111
Phone: (07) 3875 7414
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Location: Griffith Artworks Building, Nathan Campus (art collection on display in university buildings across five campuses). Contemporary Australian art collection specialising in works on paper, photographs, poster and electronic-based media including video. An interdisciplinary, intermedia collection, engaging in central debates within the art form and wider Australian society, serving socio-cultural, educative, and provocative functions within the University and the wider community. (1,700 objects; established 1971; 3.6 staff) National significance: Robert Macpherson, Mammal-mammal (untitled), 1979/80, ink on paper and found object (seventy sheets, each 29.5 x 21.0 cm); Keith Looby, Your motel Calvary still life flowers, 1973, oil on canvas with mirror, 240 x 305 cm (Blake Prize 1973); Colin Lanceley, Waiting for the Dalai Lama, 1978, India Ink and crayon on paper, 106 x x238 cm; collection of rare hand-made political posters late 1970s - early 1980s; and video art from 1970 to the present. The latter is fully archived in digital format and is one of the few collections in Australia.
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| Miscellaneous Collections | |
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Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111
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JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY |
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| Anthropology, Museum of Tropical | |
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May Abernethy James Cook University, Dept of Anthropology and Archaeology, Townsville, QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4497
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Opening Hours: 8.30 am - 4.30 pm, Mon - Fri Location: Humanities III, museum gallery Teaching and research collection. Access available to students, bona fide researchers, school groups, interested cultural groups eg Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, craft workers, artists. Regional resource. (c. 7,000 objects; established 1975; 2 staff)
National significance: rainforest Aboriginal material; Yirrkala carvings
and bark paintings; ooyurkas from North Eastern Queensland.
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| Archaeology Collection | |
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Professor Mike Innes James Cook University, Behavioural Sciences, Townsville, QLD 4811
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| Art Collection | |
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Dr Keith Lester James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811
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Collection is entered on central computer.
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| Biological Sciences Collection | |
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Bronwen Scott James Cook University, Zoology, Townsville, QLD 4811
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Undergraduate teaching collection, some material disposable, rare/reference
items catalogued (4,000 objects; 1.25 staff)
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| Geology Museum | |
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Greg McNamara James Cook University, Earth Sciences, Townsville, QLD, 4811 Dual research and teaching collection with secondary public museum and information science role.
Phone: (07) 4781 4796
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Location: Earth Science/Physics/Maths building (80,000+ objects; established 1965; 1.0 staff) National significance: research collections that are the scientific basis of much of the natural history research undertaken in Northern Australia in the last 30 years and rare or unique specimens from many areas of Australia. International significance: type specimens of fossils and ore and mine suites from classic Australian mines now exhausted and not represented in any other museum.
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| Herbarium | |
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Associate Professor Betsy Jackes Tropical Plant Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4574
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Opening Hours: 8.30 am - 4.30 pm, weekdays Location: Biological sciences, Room 156 Research and teaching collection (19,000 specimens; established 1970; 0.35 staff) National significance: North Queensland algal collection of turf algae built up over 28 years by Dr IR Price.
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| Medical Sciences Collection | |
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Associate Professor Ian Wronski James Cook University, Anton Breinl Centre, Townsville, QLD, 4811 National significance: living micro-organisms of special significance in tropical areas, some of which have the potential to cause disease.
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| Microbiology Culture Collection | |
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Associate Professor WA Shipton Department of Microbiology and Immunology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4123
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Opening Hours: 9 am to 5 pm Location: Biomedical Sciences, room 102 Living microorganisms (c. 300 objects; established 1969; 0 staff) National significance: the Anton Breinl Centre building as the first medical research institute in Australia, and Anton Breinl expedition equipment.
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| Monkman Cine-photomicrography Collection | |
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Leigh Winsor Central Services Office, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 5418
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Location: Room 4 Small collection of microscopes and microscope slide mounts. Primarily a historical collection. (Not catalogued; staffed by volunteers)
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| North Queensland Collections | |
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Mrs Jean Dartnall James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4595
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Opening Hours: 9 am - 1 pm, Monday to Friday. Access at other times by
arrangement. Location: Douglas Library. (10,000 objects; established 1970; 1 staff)
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| The North Queensland Photographic Collection | |
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Nanette Mortimore James Cook University, History & Politics, Townsville, QLD, 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 5378
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Opening Hours: Usually Monday, Tuesday-Wednesday, every second week Location: Room 124 (plus corridors), History and Politics Printed catalogues of specific groups of photographs in the collection. 5,000 of the images held have been catalogued. Teaching and research collection - community groups welcome. (45,000 - 50,000 images of people, events & places in Nth Qld; established 1991; 0.5 staff) National significance: Hall collection of life on the goldfields in North Western Queensland (early 1900s) and on Thursday Island; Laurie collection of Townsville, 1910 - 1960; Trotter collection of people and events in North Queensland from 1960; and a collection of Townsville photographs taken in 1888. International significance: Anton Breinl (pioneer of tropical medicine early 1900s) collection of glass negatives and prints.
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| Nursing Collection | |
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Professor Barbara Hayes James Cook University, Nursing Sciences, Townsville, QLD, 4811
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| Oral History | |
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Curator: position vacant Department of History and Politics, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4733 |
Opening Hours: By appointment Location: E Building, Room 12 Primarily a research collection. (1,500 + objects; established early 1970s; 0.5 staff) Web: http://www.jcu.edu.au/gen/Archivist/oral.html
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| University Archives | |
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Curator: position vacant James Cook University, Archives, Townsville, QLD, 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4362 |
Opening Hours: 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday Location: Ground Floor, Humanities I Building Historic photographs, some pertaining to the institution and surrounding area (276,000 records, 5,400 photos; established 1991; 1.0 staff) National significance: photographs of Eddie Mabo; photographs of the Queen opening the University; recordings of Dame Mary Gilmore, A.D. Hope and Douglas Stewart reading their poems and a VP50 flag. |
| Weights, Volumes and Length | |
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Professor John Patterson James Cook University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Townsville, QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4787 4476
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm Location: Civil and Environmental Engineering Building foyer (28 objects; 0 staff)
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UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND |
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| Aboriginal Environments Research Centre | |
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Dr Paul Memmott Department of Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3681
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Opening Hours: By appointment only; restricted access. Location: Zelman Cowen Building Consultancy service / research (25,000 objects; established 1976; 0 staff)
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| Anatomy Museum and Learning Centre | |
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Mr Robbie Boyes University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2702
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Opening Hours: Restricted access. Location: Otto Hirschfeld Building, room 307 Teaching collection. (200 objects; established 1996; 0.5 staff.)
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| Anthropology Museum | |
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Dr L Satterthwait University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2674
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Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 11 am to 3 pm Location: Michie Building, room 117 Teaching and research collection. School groups welcome. Changing exhibits. (25,000 objects; established 1948; 3 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-anthropology.html |
| Antiquities Museum | |
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Mr BA Gollan University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2646
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 5 pm Location: Michie Building, room 733 Teaching & research collection. School and other groups welcome. (5,700 objects; established 1963; 1 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/hprc/antiq.html
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| Art Museum, University | |
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Mr Ross Searle University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3046
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Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm Location: Forgan Smith Tower, Levels 5 and 6. (1,200 objects; established 1976; 1.5 staff) National significance: Robert Dowling, Group of Natives, Spring Creek, c 1885; Paul Partos (key exponent of Australian geometric abstraction), Orpheus; 18 of the 20 paintings Sydney Nolan executed on slate; works by Australia's leading post war artists including Peter Booth, Rosalie Basioigne, Joy Hester, Robert Macpherson, Sydney Nolan, Bill Robinson, Tony Tuckson and Fred Williams; significant representations of contemporary artists Gordon Bennett, John Nixon, Bill Henson and Clifford Possum Yjapaltarri; Stuart Holme/Beman collection on long term loan. Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/ArtHistory/uam.html
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| Australian Collection of Micro-organisms | |
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Dr Lindsay Sly University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2396
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Opening Hours: Restricted access Location: Molecular biosciences, room 151 Commercial services. Research collection of international importance. (5,000 objects; established 1961; 3 staff) National and International significance: extensive collection of Australian bacterial biodiversity including type cultures of species first described in Australia (20 species including: Conglomeromonas largomobilis and parooensis, Desulfovibrio longreachii, Methylomonas aurantiaca, Cellvibrio mixtus (2 subspecies), Morococcus cerebrosus and Phascolarctobacterium faecium.
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| Customs House Art Gallery | |
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Mr Ross Searle Customs House, Queen St, Brisbane
Phone: (07) 3365 3046
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Opening Hours: 7 days a week, 10 am to 4 pm (200 objects; established 1994; 3 staff) Web: http://www.admin.uq.edu.au/community/CUSTOMS.HTM
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| Dental Museum | |
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Mr Terry Daley University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Phone: (07) 3365 1403
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Opening Hours: Restricted access. (2,000 objects; established 1935; 0 staff)
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| Gatton College Historical Collection | |
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Mr Kevin Saxby University of Queensland, Gatton College, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Phone: (07) 3365 0213
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Opening Hours: Restricted access Memorabilia, photographs & records (established 1985; 0 staff)
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| Geology Museum | |
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Position Vacant University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2668 |
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.15 pm Location: Steele Building, Ground Floor. Teaching and research collection of major importance. School and other groups welcome. (250,000 objects: established 1920; 1.0 staff) National significance: 5,500 minerals, a reference collection of higher quality than available from specific sites; Somersby fossil fish collectioon (mid Triassic) now collected out; 41 Mutdapilly plant fossils (Jurassic) now collected out; first lunar seismogram signed by astronauts (only copy in Australia); 10,000 palaeontological fossils. International significance: 4,000 type specimens covering a range of phyla. Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-geology.html |
| Insect Collection | |
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Mr Greg Daniels University of Queensland, Department of Entomology, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2257
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Opening Hours: By appointment Location: Hartley Teakle Building, Rooms 502/515 Teaching and research collection of major importance. School and other groups welcome. (One million specimens; established 1927; 2.2 staff) National and international significance: 1,000 insect types and the EN Marks collection of Australian mosquitoes. Web: http://www.uq.oz.au/entomology/uqic.html
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| Map Collection, Geology | |
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Mrs Golcin Cribb University of Queensland, Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3828
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Opening Hours: During semester: 8.30 am to 9 pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am to 5
pm Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. Location: Hawken Building Research & teaching collection; linked to University Library collection; catalogue on Internet. Members of the public welcome. Topographic and thematic maps are held. (32,000 maps; established 1950; 0.2 staff)
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| Medical History Museum, Marks-Hirchfeld | |
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Dr Jim Nixon University of Queensland, Medical Faculty, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 5369
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Opening Hours: Restricted access. Location: Various, Medical School, Herston. School and other groups can view by appointment. (1,200 objects; established 1980; 0 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-medical-history.html |
| Microscope Collection | |
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Mr Windsor Davies University of Queensland, Glass Centre, Brisbane QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3356 4043 |
Location: Glass Centre, Kelvin Grove Collection of major importance. (150 objects; established 1950; 0 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/c-microscope.html
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| Parasitology Class Collection | |
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Ms Ann McKeown University of Queensland, Department of Parasitology, Brisbane, QLD 4072.
Phone: (07) 3365 2332
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Opening Hours: Restricted access Location: Seddon Building Teaching collection. (31,200 objects; established 1960s; 0 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-parasitology.html |
| Pathology Museum, James Vincent Duhil | |
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Peter Rochford University of Queensland, Medical School, Herston, QLD 4006
Phone: (07) 3365 5303
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Opening Hours: Restricted access. Location: Medical School, Herston, room M1. Teaching collection of major importance. School groups welcome by appointment. (4,000 pathological specimens & 4900 histology slides; established 1948; 2.0 staff) Web: http://gsm.herston.uq.edu.au/pathology/museum/home.html |
| Physics Museum | |
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Associate Professor NR Heckenberg University of Queensland, Department of Physics, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3369
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Opening Hours: Tuesday 1 pm - 2 pm Location: Parnell Building, Room G73 Collection of historical instruments; displayed; catalogue available on Internet. School and other groups welcome. (800 objects; established 1988; 0 staff) National and International Significance: J28 ionosphere recorder designed and built by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Radio physics laboratory, c 1947 and a Munitions Supply microscope, c 1950 Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-physics.html |
| Prentice Computer Museum | |
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Mr Nick Tate University of Queensland, Prentice Computer Centre, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3521
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm. Location: Prentice Building, 5th Floor. The computer Museum records part of the history of information technology from the first digital computer at the University, and in Queensland, a General electric Model GE225. Displays showing the development of computers and their associated peropherals from the early 1960s to the present time are permanently on display. (200 objects; established 1990; 0 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-computer.html |
| Seed Reference Collection | |
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Ms Michelle Pye University of Queensland, Department of Plant Production, Gatton College, Brisbane, QLD 4072.
Phone: (07) 3365 0487
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Location: Plant Industries Building Research collection. Commercial consultancy services. (16,000 objects; established 1985; 2 staff)
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| Seismogram Collection | |
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CJ Lynam Department of Earth Sciences University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 3197
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Research collection. Daily records. Archive of Seimography and Earthquake Felt
Report Surveys from Brisbane and Charters Towers from 1937 - present. National significance: record of 75 years of Australian earthquake history replicated nowhere else; reports and newspaper clippings of the effect of earthquakes on buildings and architectural design from the 1860s; analogue seismogram collection. International signficance: data relating to Plate Tectonic theory; data relating to nuclear testing; Charters Towers seismographic data of international earthquakes. Web: http://www.quakes.uq.edu.au/~quakes/home_page.html
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| Zoology Museum | |
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Prof G. Grigg University of Queensland, Department of Zoology, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Phone: (07) 3365 2474
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm Location: Goddard Building, 3rd and 4th Levels School and other groups welcome. Changing exhibits. (10,000 objects; established 1911; 2.25 staff) Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campus-life/things-to-do/m-zoology.html |
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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY |
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| Art Collection | |
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Stephen Rainbird Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059
Phone: (07) 3864 3240
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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 - 5 Location: Lower Level, 140 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove Campus Collection of national significance. Major holdings: early twentieth century Australian art; post 1965 Australian paintings; post 1960 Australian prints; post 1970 Australian ceramics and contemporary Queensland art. (1,500 objects; established 1945; 2.4 staff) National Significance: Oodgeroo collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art; Erminio Aili collection of naive art; 14th century bronze Laotian Dong S'On drum; Grace Cossington Smith, Wildflowers in a bucket, 1947, oil; Ian Fairweather, Row of figures, 1971-72, acrylic and gouache; John Olsen, The Simpson Desert approaching the void, 1976, oil; Alun Leach-Jones, Time and silence, 1972, acrylic. Web: http://www.qut.edu.au/admin/faf/artcol/aili/
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| Children's Art Archive | |
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Dr Barbara Piscitelli Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059
Phone: (07) 3864 3567
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Opening Hours: by appointment Location: Building B 245, Kelvin Grove Campus
Archive of children's drawings and paintings 1989 - present. (4000+ objects; established 1989.) National significance: Only university based collection of children's art in Australia. Web: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/sec/casec/childart/children.html |
| One Teacher School | |
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Professor Noeline Kylie Queensland University of Technology, Locked Bag 2, Red Hill, QLD 4059
Phone: (07) 3864 3695
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Opening Hours: Tuesday and Wednesay 9 am - 10 am; other times by arrangement Location: Original school building, Kelvin Grove Campus School building furnished with period materials and equipment; teaching and research collection; kits available for loan (2,000 objects; established 1975; 0.6 staff) Web: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/otsm/
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND |
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| Art Collection | |
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Bron Larner - Curator Faculty of Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowomba, QLD 4350.
Phone: (07) 4631 2149
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Opening Hours: Opening hours: 10am - 4pm, Mon. - Fri Location: Distributed throughout campus Dedicated Gallery area = 55 sq. metres; Gallery linear wall length = 50 sq. metres; Gallery wall height = 2.4 metres. Primarily a teaching collection; school and other groups welcomed; regional resource; changing exhibitions (500 objects; established c.1972; 0.5 staff) National significance: Gordon Bennett, The selector, 1992 and Imants Tillers, Painting for closed eyes (20 pieces).
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| Geological Research and Teaching Collection | |
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Denis Cracknell University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba QLD 4350
Phone: (07) 4631 2212 |
Opening Hours: Display - 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. Research access by
arrangement. Location: C-block Collection contains samples collected during research mapping by staff members including rock samples which have been radiometrically dated. 10,000 objects; established 1969; 0.1 staff
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