Royal Historical Society of Queensland

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added in 1913 in rendered brick. It was used as a government store until 1960. Queensland State Archives used the ground floor until 1968 and the upper floors were occupied by various government departments until 1976. Occupation was then granted to the society and extensive renovations were done before it was opened in 1978 as the society's headquarters. In 1998, a conservation plan was prepared and work done to reverse or modify inappropriate changes made during the 1970s' renovations.

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in 1909. In Queensland, a provisional committee was formed with a view to furnishing Queensland with a similar society: a constitution was drafted, prospective members enrolled (limited to 100) and the Governor approached to be patron. In August 1913 the inaugural meeting of the Historical Society of

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It maintains a resource centre at the "Commissariat Store", one of Brisbane's oldest buildings. Convict-built in 1829, it is one of only two buildings which survive from the Moreton Bay penal colony. The first two storeys were built using local stone and convict labour in 1828–9. A third storey was

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was a foundation member of the society who served as a councillor, vice-president and president. During his life he donated many letters, newspaper cuttings, documents, scrap books, and copies of his published books and in his will he made a bequest of his library of more than 2,000 volumes. The

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in historiography, historical research and writing since 2005. The medal honours John Douglas Kerr (1942 – 2003), a CSIRO statistician, railways enthusiast and historian who joined the society in 1967. He served as a councillor, editor of the Journal (from 1985) and the honorary

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In 1973, the society inaugurated an annual oration named in honour of Clem Lack. Clem Llewellyn Lack (1900-1972) was a longterm member (1949-1972) of the Society who served as a councillor and editor of publications. He was made a fellow in 1962. With Sir

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On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the society in 1963, the society established a Fellowship as an award for those who contributed to the knowledge and scholarship of Queensland history. The award entitles the fellow to the post-nominals "FRHistSQ".

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in print and online. As the Society languished in the late 1920s and into the 1930s, the journal was not published from 1929 to 1936. From 1974 to 1984 it was published under the name

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From its earliest days, the society began collecting books, manuscripts and periodicals; it also began a collection of photographs, maps, and press cutting books.

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for exceptional and outstanding service in the promotion of Queensland history. The medal is named in honour of the first patron of the society.

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The society has established a joint committee with the Professional Historians Association (Queensland) to award an annual

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Sarah Vogler, "Convict building at risk", The Courier-Mail, 18 January 2011, p 4 via factiva accessed 6 September 2011.

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society's library was amalgamated with the Welsby collection and was opened as the Welsby Library on 15 March 1947 in

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Peter Biskup, "The Politics of Preserving the Past: The Early Years of the Historical Society of Queensland", (1988)

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Peter Biskup, The Politics of Preserving the Past: The Early Years of the Historical Society of Queensland, (1988)

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Don Garden, "Historical societies" in Graeme Davison, John Hirst and Stuart Macintyre (eds),

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