Art collecting in miniature
Townsville Art Society's members' exhibition "In Miniature" is on at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Marion O'Shea is the artist and a collector herself.
View ArticleMabo lives on in JCU library's name
Thirty-four years ago in an office at James Cook University, a memorable conversation took place that would eventually lead to historic changes for Indigenous Australians.
View ArticleNorthern museum scores Australia's biggest and best diving collection
Townsville's Museum of Tropical Queensland has been lucky enough to receive a private collection of diving equipment from Hobart by donation. It's the biggest of its kind in Australia.
View ArticleRare helmet added to award-winning diving exhibition
The second oldest known diving helmet in the world will soon be on display at Townsville's Museum of Tropical Queensland, as part of the award-winning Langley Diving Colelction exhibtion.
View ArticleZara Clarke's historical legacy continues
Volunteers are determined to keep the recently re-opened Zara Clarke Museum viable
View ArticleShhhh ! revolution in progress
Next time you borrow a book from the library you may need a charger for it
View ArticleItaly through Australian eyes
A new exhibition depicts the Italian island of Sicily in a way it's never been seen before, through the eyes of an aboriginal artist.
View ArticleMTQ's mysterious treasury
The Museum of Tropical Queensland is the custodian of some of Australia's rarest and most valuable maritime artifacts. While some are on display to the public most are hidden away in a vast archive of...
View ArticleJezzine's new assignment
Vistors to the new Townsville Army Museum will notice that it is not just the location that has changed.
View ArticleFinding Indigenous identity in the library
Getting Indigenous kids excited about education and linking the stolen generation with their families are just two of the jobs of Townsville Libraries' Indigenous Resource Officer.
View ArticleThe en-plein air painter
ABC Open contributor, Ken Ditchburn, makes a film about Townsville's en-plein air painter.
View ArticleMichael Clarke gets creeped out
ABC North Queensland's breakfast presenter Michael Clarke had some creepy visitors to the studio this morning.
View ArticlePatrol boat plans
A permanent berth for retired patrol boat HMAS Townsville could be under construction by the middle of the year.
View ArticleLiterature's greatest hits on wheels
Spend a day with Townsville Citylibraries mobile library and you'll soon find out how much people value the service.
View ArticleCopyright and the virtual library
Not so long ago, if you wanted information you asked your mum or went to the library and looked in a book.These days more of us are seeking answers online, which is putting information custodians such...
View ArticleCreating positives from cyclone Yasi
You might not think there are too many positives you could draw from a cyclone, but Murray Upper resident June Perkins has collected a whole exhibition of them.
View ArticleABC North Queensland's book club
This year is the National Year of Reading and ABC North Queensland wants you to get back into books!
View ArticleFloodlines exhibition hits the road
An interactive exhibition profiling the memory of Queensland's 2011 floods and cyclone has hit the road to tour 60 regional centres in Queensland.
View ArticleLibrarians plot to sell libraries
Librarians from central and north Queensland gathered in Townsville yesterday to tackle the question of how to sell library services.
View ArticleReading in the dark
They're voracious readers with an appetite for conversation and they don't need the lights on to get their literary fix. Members of Townsville's book club for the vision impaired see huge value in...
View ArticleA clockwork rail
In a perfect world trains run like clockwork, but before the digital age made scheduling a matter for computers, the task of keeping everyone on time fell to the watchmakers.
View ArticleMutt's historic makeover
In days gone by, it simply wasn't a tour of outback north Queensland without sneaking on top of Hughenden's iconic Muttaburrasaurus before sunrise.
View ArticleDisaster proofing your documents
Townsville residents are encouraged to make digital copies of their important documents as part of their cyclone preparations.
View ArticleVandalism, arson close the book on after-hours returns
Townsville CityLibraries have closed down their after-hours book return chutes following vandalism at several branches.
View ArticlePush to get books to the bush
Literacy is low and distances are vast but north-west Queensland librarian Joan Adeville is determined to get more books outback.
View ArticleAn extra dimension to library services
Townsville Citylibraries are hoping their 3D printing workshops will give everyone the opportunity to engage with the latest technologies.
View ArticleStories of the streets
North Queensland librarian Helen Pedley says street names and the people they were named after give great insight into a town's history and development.
View ArticleLuxlumin: Lighting up Townsville city
An interactive outdoor digital exhibition will light up Townsville
View ArticleEarly crocodile hunter's legacy lives on in north Queensland
Before Steve Irwin there was St. John Robinson, north Queensland's very own crocodile hunter.
View ArticleBooks by the beach encourage young ones to start reading
Townsville librarians took advantage of the great weather on The Strand on Thursday, bringing the library to the beach.
View ArticlePolice portraits gain nationwide interest on social media
Kelly Womersley says a lot of police officers go to the gym when they want to de-stress, but Kelly has a slightly different way of taking the weight off her chest. She likes to tap into her creative side.
View ArticleMuseum of Tropical Queensland transforms into a zoo complete with cheetahs,...
Have you ever come face to face with a polar bear? Or stared eye-to-eye at a leopard? The Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville is giving patrons an opportunity to do exactly that.
View ArticleMermaids make a splash in north Queensland
Krystal Huff usually works behind-the-scenes at Reef HQ in Townsville, caring for turtles in the aquarium's hospital. But every now and then, she lives out every little girl's dream, transforming into...
View ArticleWorld War I treasures tour regional Queensland
Donning a pair of white cotton gloves, Niles Elvery delicately turns the pages of a book that is more than 100 years old. It is his favourite piece from the Queensland State Library's Anzac collection...
View ArticleAyr children's author encourages parents and children to read together
North Queensland children's author Tania Cox is fighting a battle to get more kids reading books.
View ArticleNo quiet time for outback librarian Tracey Edwards
Tracey Edwards is not the kind of librarian who is likely to shoosh you. She encourages locals to use their library as a community hub and drop by for a yarn.
View ArticleOutback publican brings quirky collection to work
Tom Duddy's passion for collecting dates back to his days as a young boy hanging around shearing sheds. Now he has used that passion to turn the Prairie Hotel into a one of a kind outback museum.
View ArticleTemporary mural honours artists and humanitarians of north Queensland
The Australian Cultural Library remembered some of the north's most important arts and humanities figures at the weekend by including them in a temporary mural.
View ArticleLooking back on life at the end of the world
The world is about to end, you can only take one memory with you, which memory would you choose?
View ArticleExplosions, fog and snow all in the name of science
Visitors to the museum of Tropical Queensland get to see some unseasonal snow and fog as travelling science presenter Steve Liddell brings his Street Science program to Townsville.
View ArticleLibrary's ideas space brings robotics and 3D technology to Burdekin region
A creative space set up in the local library is bringing robotics and 3D printing technology to the cane-growing community of the Burdekin in north Queensland.
View ArticleHistorical fiction writers use imagination to fill gaps in historical knowledge
Townsville author Ariella Van Luyn is inviting you to imagine the story behind some of north Queensland's historical artefacts.
View ArticleArmy Museum North Queensland opens new exhibit of modern-day military missions
The Army Museum North Queensland opens a new exhibit about the modern-day operations Australian soldiers have been involved in.
View ArticleTownsville library targets early childhood literacy lag using First 5 Forever...
A north Queensland library is expanding community outreach programs as part of a state-wide push to improve literacy in pre-schoolers.
View ArticleSunken historic ship Defender now on dry land with future yet to surface
After 11 months underwater, the historic timber ship Defender has finally been raised from Townsville's Ross Creek.
View ArticleTaxidermy: the dying art that gives new life
Taxidermist Beth Snewin explains how the ancient practice of taxidermy is giving a second life to Australia's native birds.
View ArticleTonka the celebrity wombat resurrected and preserved for all time
While Tonka the wombat's many fans mourned, a race was going on behind the scenes to have the celebrity wombat preserved.
View ArticleNewly discovered dinosaur species unearths diversity and evolution of ancient...
A scientist studying in North Queensland has described, named and unearthed insights about a newly discovered armoured dinosaur.
View ArticleWorld's only operational Purrey steam tram still puffing along in Rockhampton
The Queensland provincial city of Rockhampton was ahead of the game when it operated a network of steam trams from 1909 to 1939.
View ArticleUnexploded WWII shells mistaken for 'safe' bookends require police presence...
When Dave Suter donated the 'innocuous' wartime artefacts he had once used as bookends, he was shocked to learn they were unexploded WWII bombs.
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