Our Story Your Story - The Colonial Goldfields: Visions and Revisions

Public talk at the Queensland Museum by Dr Kate Quirk, Curator of Archaeology. Kate's PhD research focused on the former gold mining town of Paradise in the Burnett Region, which flourished in the late 1800s but which was all but abandoned by 1904. In association with principal investigators Dr Jon Prangnell and Dr Lynda Cheshire, Kate found that life at Paradise did not fit the stereotypical view of a rough and ready frontier town. She is the co-author, with Dr Prangnell and Dr Cheshire, of 'Paradise: Life on a Queensland Goldfield'.

State: QLD

Where: Queensland Museum Southbank

When: Wednesday 19 May 12.30pm

Cost: Free

Contact: Kate Quirk kate.quirk@qm.qld.gov.au