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HISTORY IN THE FLOORBOARDS: UNDERTAKING A HOUSE HISTORY Christina Ealing-Godbold 2019 The Queenslander House This session will cover - State Library of Qld House History Checklist Land Title Searches When was the house built Who Lived

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HISTORY IN THE FLOORBOARDS: UNDERTAKING A HOUSE HISTORY Christina Ealing-Godbold 2019

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The Queenslander House

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This session will cover -

State Library of Qld House History Checklist Land Title Searches When was the house built Who Lived there Is there a photograph Resources to undertake your house history

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House History Checklist Research Collections

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Land Titles - transfers/divisions/ portions

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When was the house built

Colonial Asymmetrical Pyramid House to World War One Cottage to Porch and Gable of the interwar years.

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1860s - 1870s

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1880s Style

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Federation Queenslanders

Architecture of Robin Dods (plans in JOL)

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World War One

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Porch and Gable – Between the Wars

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Other 1930s Styles

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Post War Austerity

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1960s

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House Plans

Queensland Deposit and Loan 1887
Queensland Worker’s Dwellings 1909
Queensland State Advances Corp 1925
Queensland Housing Commission
War Service Homes
Timber Company Redicut Catalogues

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Queensland Deposit Bank 1887

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Redicut Homes 1918

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Architects Plans

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Brisbane City Archives House Plans

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Brisbane City Archives Detail plans

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Maps at State Library – Estate Maps & more

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QIMAGERY 1946 Aerial Photograph

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Who lived there – Directories

Country towns as well as Brisbane

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Post Office Directories and Electoral Rolls

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Finding the stories in newspapers

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John Oxley Library Photographs

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Corley Photographs

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Corley Explorer – Add your story

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Local History – Putting the house in context.

Newspaper cuttings – Family name,

suburb, town

Photographs – portraits, suburbs, towns
Catalogue search for family
Refer to Micrographics for Family history

information – genealogy of inhabitants.

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Resources for House Histories – State Library

Published books on house styles/plans
Post Office Directories/electoral rolls
Photographs – available for purchase.
Estate Maps and other Queensland maps.
Suburb, town and city histories
The Corley Explorer

https://explorer.corley.slq.qld.gov.au/

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Other Government Services - Charges may apply

Land Titles Registry – charges apply.
Brisbane City Archives – detail plans,

building records, photos – order.

Queensland State Archives- pastoral

runs, business registry, wills.

Museum of Mapping, Surveying and

lands – maps, cadastral information.

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Other Library Collections

Fryer Library, University of Queensland
Royal Historical Society of Queensland

William Street Brisbane.

Local Studies collections at Moreton

Bay Shire Libraries, Logan Shire Libraries, Gold Coast Libraries and Sunshine Coast Libraries.

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Useful Online Resources

Trove online – Digitized Newspapers/ Picture Aust.
Brisbane City Archives – building registers, detail

plans, photographs

Historypin – online community photos
QImagery Aerial Photographs of Queensland.
Museum of Mapping and Surveying – cadastral

maps, topograpical maps, historic maps, photographs.

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Document the Journey

Keep a journal of the search - Lot numbers, portion numbers, plan numbers, land size, house plan numbers, Names for the house. ENJOY SEARCHING FOR THE HISTORY OF YOUR HOUSE!

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Full bleed vertical image and caption like this. 20 pt arial Image bleed off left hand side, with caption at right