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History Queensland Inc.
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Members and the community are invited to submit news items that may be of interest to fellow historians. Please send your items to secretary@historyqueensland.org.au and newsletter@historyqueensland.org.au including the date, time, a brief description, and related images or logos plus contact details including web links, email addresses or phone numbers as applicable.
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Biggenden Historical Society
Create an archival-quality record system of hard copies of resources - a lockable bookcase and associated storage stationery.
Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails Inc.
A laptop for digital storage of resources.
Bundaberg Genealogical Assoc Inc.
Compile a history of the Drinan Area ( south of GinGin) Expenses for titles, printing, presentation, and storage.
Friends of Balmoral Cemetery
Engage a graphic designer to design and print 100 copies of the book to highlight their extensive research.
Friends of Pattemore House
10 corflute printed panels and metal A frames to uncover the stories of 9 women from the Maleny district (1879-1886).
Jimna Forest Action Group
Partial Funding for Honour Board.
Wynnum Manly Historical Society
Digitisation services by an external provider of historical resources.
2025 Grant Information
Five grants of up to $2,000 each may be awarded in 2025
Applications opened on 01 August 2025 and will close at 6:00 pm on 10 October 2025
Grants are open to all societies that are financial members of History Queensland Inc. (HQ Inc.)
The grants are to provide financial assistance for projects to enhance community knowledge and understanding of Queensland’s cultural heritage and history.
Funding will be for discrete projects only, including website development or purchase of small equipment items, but will not be provided for any expenditure incurred prior to the granting of the grant.
Approved 2025
HQ Small Grants Program
FFHS Newsletters
The UK Federation of Family History Societies publishes regular newsletters of general interest to family historians.
FFHS: News & Events
Website: familyhistoryfederation.com
AFFHO Newsletters
The Australian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. (AFFHO) publishes regular newsletters of general interest to family historians.
AFFHO Newsletters: www.affho.org/news/index.php
History Queensland welcomes a new Patron... Shauna Hicks
We are delighted that archivist and family historian, Shauna Hicks, accepted our invitation to take on the role. Shauna is well known in Queensland and interstate historical and family history circles with academic credentials to support her reputation. She has worked at the State Library of Queensland, the Queensland State Archives, National Archives Australia in Canberra, and at the Public Record Office Victoria in Melbourne.
Shauna operates her own business, Shauna Hicks History Enterprises, and is a well-known speaker at conferences, including Unlock the Past cruises and locally. Shauna blogs at Diary of an Australian Genealogist.
We welcome Shauna to her new role as Patron.
History Queensland farewells our long-term Patron... Bill Kitson
History Queensland is sad to announce that our wonderful Patron, Bill Kitson, has decided to resign from the Patron’s role for personal reasons. Bill was a fantastic patron, and we are sad to lose him. He always answered our requests for assistance. He regularly attended our AGMs and more often than not, would speak of his historical research around surveyors and their families.
We wish Bill and his family a wonderful future and hope he keeps in touch.
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