Queanbeyan Museum is proud of its historical journal, called Quinbean to reflect the spelling of the original property of Timothy Beard. Did you know our Society History Journal Quinbean has been published for fourteen years and contains 41 journals in 14 Volumes? It was the brainchild of Andrew Blundell and Gillian Kelly way back in 2007 and since then there have been at least three a year editions printed.  So well worth celebrating! Of course, the Society has published historical items in the early versions of the QDHMS Newsletter for many, many years and we have plans to digitise thes ..read more

The theme of the 2018 Heritage Festival this year is: ‘My Culture, My Story’ According to the Macquarie Dictionary culture is  “the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings, which is transmitted from one generation to another”. History can be defined as “the record of past events, especially in connection with humankind”. It is also more simply “the story of the past”.  History requires both the events and people and a storyteller. Queanbeyan Museum explores the interactions between culture and history. You will see the embodiment of British culture in the stor ..read more

Papers presented at the conference held at St Clement’s Retreat and Conference Centre, Galong NSW Friday 7 to 9 April 2017. I was fortunate to be able to attend this conference, and benefit from the experience of meeting with like minded history enthusiasts and volunteers in the region.  Yass and District Historical Society is to be commended for the organising, advertising and implementation of an excellent event.  The range of speakers was of great relevance to historical societies and to the study of history in general.  Subsequently, the publishing of these papers in a singl ..read more

Our next Member’s Get Together – 90 Years Girl Guides is on Sunday 25 June 1-4 Member’s and Friends welcome ..read more

Queanbeyan Violinist Graeme Adler will entertain us at our Open Day on the 22 April ..read more

Queanbeyan and Region Heritage Awards will take place at 12 noon at our Museum Open Day. These QPRC awards acknowledge the hard work and dedicated building, renovation and restoration efforts to maintain a link to the region’s rich history. They include residential, commercial or landscape work and individual achievement in heritage and history preservation and promotion ..read more

Caring for Your Family CollectionsLara Montebello has studied conservation at the University of Canberra and runs a local business Family Keepsakes dedicated to “keeping safe the things you love”. Lara can give you tips on how to best care for your precious family photographs, collections and Archives. Time 2.30 – 3.30  Cost FREE https://familykeepsakes.com.au/  https://www.facebook.com/keepsakesfamily ..read more

Introduction to Scrapbooking Scrapbooking is a passion for many because it is a creative way to make beautiful pages with your photographs and memorabilia to commemorate important memories: special people, fabulous holidays, a beloved pet. Come and join us for an intro session with passionate scrapbooker Jenny Bolin who has been scrapbooking for 16 years. Once you’ve started it is a fun way to spend time immersed in a project on your own or get together with friends around a table for their inspiration, input and company. Bring: photos and memorabilia or copies. Time 10.00 – 12.00 AND 1.00 – 3 ..read more

Gillian Kelly OAM has been researching and writing about and local and regional history for many years. Gillian is a retired teacher and has a degree in Local History Studies from the University of New England. She currently edits Quinbean the Journal of the Queanbeyan and District Historical Museum Society and is a past editor of Tulle the Journal of the Australian Society of the Lacemakers of Calais. She edited and wrote two books exploring the fascinating history of the Lacemakers: The Lacemakers of Calais (1990), (editor) and Well Suited to the Colony (1998) (author). She is currently rese ..read more

Dr Mary Hutchison has decades of experience in working with oral history as part of her research and heritage interpretation activities.  She is an interviewer for the National Library of Australia and also supports and runs community oral history projects.  She is currently facilitating an intergenerational oral history project with Ainslie School students as part of the School’s 90th birthday celebrations. What the Workshop will cover What is oral history? Ethics Examples of oral history projects Developing an oral history project – in response to participants’ ideas and interests ..read more