cnr. The Windmill, also known as 'The Old Windmill' is located in Wickham Park, on Wickham Terrace in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, William Street and Elizabeth Street, Brisbane — ( opposite Queens Gardens )
a part of the Queensland Cultural Centre
(the pedestrian bridge, linking the museum and the Queensland Art Gallery to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre can be seen on the right)
Queensland Museum was founded by the Queensland Philosophical Society on 20 January 1862[1], and had several temporary homes in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queens Gardens is located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street, Brisbane. The Old Museum building is in Gregory Terrace Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. Bowen Hills is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 3km northeast of the Brisbane CBD. The Queensland Cultural Centre is a multi-venue arts centre designed by Australian architect Robin Gibson at South Bank, in Brisbane, and consists of the Queensland The Queensland Art Gallery (formerly Queensland National Art Gallery is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is a Performing arts centre located amidst the Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The temporary homes included: The Windmill (1862–1869),[1] Parliament House (1869–1873)[1] and the General Post Office (1873–1879). The Windmill, also known as 'The Old Windmill' is located in Wickham Park, on Wickham Terrace in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Parliament House in Brisbane is the seat of the Parliament of Queensland, housing the Legislative Assembly. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common General Post Office, also known as the GPO, is an Australia Post building Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1]
Queensland Government built a home for the Museum in William Street (later called the John Oxley State Library), with Queensland Museum moving there in 1879. The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. The State Library of Queensland is a large public library provided to the people of the State of Queensland, Australia, by the State Government. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The museum stayed in William Street for 20 years. [1]
In 1899, the Queensland Museum moved into
the Exhibition Hall (now called the Old Museum), on Gregory Terrace in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills (staying for 86 years). Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Old Museum building is in Gregory Terrace Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Bowen Hills is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 3km northeast of the Brisbane CBD. [1]
In 1986, the Queensland Museum moved to the Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank, where the museum is adjacent to the Queensland Art Gallery. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Queensland Cultural Centre is a multi-venue arts centre designed by Australian architect Robin Gibson at South Bank, in Brisbane, and consists of the Queensland South Bank is part of the Brisbane suburb of South Brisbane and is located on the south bank area of the Brisbane River. The Queensland Art Gallery (formerly Queensland National Art Gallery is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River [1]
One of the outdoor features of the Museum is the "Dinosaur Garden", with its life-size dinosaur models of a "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and a "Triceratops". Tyrannosaurus ( or, meaning 'tyrant lizard' is a Genus of Theropod Dinosaur. Triceratops (traɪˈsɛrətɒps is an extinct Genus of herbivorous ceratopsid Dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian There is also "Mephisto", a German A7V Tank which was captured by Australian troops during World War I ("Mephisto" is the only remaining German tank from the First World War [2] ). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The A7V was a Tank introduced by Germany in 1918, near the end of World War I. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All These were all features at the Old Museum Building, and were moved to the Queensland Cultural Centre when the museum was relocated there during 1986. The Old Museum building is in Gregory Terrace Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. The Queensland Cultural Centre is a multi-venue arts centre designed by Australian architect Robin Gibson at South Bank, in Brisbane, and consists of the Queensland Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
A mould of a dinosaur stampede in the Museum, and skeleton casts of a Muttaburrasaurus and a Diprotodon, are also major exhibits within the Museum itself. Muttaburrasaurus is a genus of Herbivorous Ornithopod Dinosaur related to Camptosaurus and Iguanodon Diprotodontia (Greek meaning "two front teeth" is a large order of about 120 Marsupial mammals including the Kangaroos The Muttaburrasaurus was an Australian plant-eating dinosaur living in Queensland, and its fossilised remains were originally found in Muttaburra in Queensland. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Muttaburra is a small grazing town located in central western Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent The Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur was named after the location of its discovery. The Diprotodon was one of Australia's megafauna (giant animals), and its closest living relatives are the Wombat and the Koala. Megafauna are species of large Animals ( Greek μεγας large + modern Latin fauna animal The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus is a thickset Arboreal Marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant
In 1987, when the Queensland Museum required more room to display its horse-drawn coaches and carriages, the museum opened its Cobb & Co Museum campus in Toowoomba, Queensland. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Cobb and Co Museum is located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City' is a City in South East Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent
The Museum of Tropical Queensland, which is a campus of the Queensland Museum in Townsville, Queensland, is "Home of the Pandora" and "Centre for Maritime Archaeology". Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent
The Sciencentre, a project of the Queensland Museum, was relocated from the former Government Printing Office on George Street to South Bank site in 2004. George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. South Bank is part of the Brisbane suburb of South Brisbane and is located on the south bank area of the Brisbane River. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
Both a tunnel and pedestrian bridge connect the Museum and Art Gallery buildings with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is a Performing arts centre located amidst the Three lifts were added to the bridge in 2004 to provide access to the platforms of the Cultural Centre Busway Station. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another There is a large sculpture of a Cicada in front of the centre lift, possibly because the Cultural Centre Busway Station is the bus stop for the museum. A cicada is an Insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the
The Queensland Museum and Sciencentre are open to the public seven days a week.
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Museum display photographs
 "Dinosaur Garden" at Queensland Museum |  "Mephisto", a World War I German A7V Tank |
 Muttaburrasaurus skeleton, in its original position at Queensland Museum. Diprotodontia (Greek meaning "two front teeth" is a large order of about 120 Marsupial mammals including the Kangaroos For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Megafauna are species of large Animals ( Greek μεγας large + modern Latin fauna animal Also, footprints of fleeing dinosaurs (which were made during a dinosaur stampede). A stampede is an act of mass impulse among Herd animals or a crowd of people in which the herd (or crowd collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose |  Muttaburrasaurus |  Muttaburrasaurus skeleton, as viewed from the Information Section at the Queensland Museum |  Another view of cast in Queensland Museum |
 Male Golden-shouldered Parrot in an aviary at the Queensland Museum. Muttaburrasaurus is a genus of Herbivorous Ornithopod Dinosaur related to Camptosaurus and Iguanodon For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Golden-shouldered Parrot ( Psephotus chrysopterygius) is a rare bird of southern Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia The male Golden-shouldered Parrot, who has since died, is now on display in the endangered species section within the museum. |  Male Golden-shouldered Parrots in an aviary at the Queensland Museum |  Male and female Golden-shouldered Parrots in an aviary at the Queensland Museum |  Male and female Golden-shouldered Parrots in an aviary at the Queensland Museum |
See also
- Steve Van Dyck, Senior Curator of vertebrates
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "A Time for a Museum – The History of the Queensland Museum – 1862 to 1986", — Patricia Mather
published by the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2001
(originally published as "Volume 24" of "The Memoirs of the Queensland Museum") - ^ Queensland Museum website
External links
- Queensland Museum
- Queensland Museum — Geoscience
- Queensland Museum — Publications
- Queensland Museum - Queensland Government website
- Museum of Tropical Queensland — a Queensland Museum campus in Townsville (North Queensland) —: the Museum is home of the Pandora and Centre for Maritime Archaeology
- Nature Works — Zoos and Animals — including Queensland Museum
- Cultural Centre Busway Station map — includes showing position of the Queensland Museum — PDF
- Queensland Museum - OurBrisbane website
- Queensland Museum is at coordinates Coordinates:
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