Join the Queensland Holocaust Museum for a special sale featuring paintings by Richard Werner, Holocaust survivor and prominent Queensland artist. After the Shoah, Werner rebuilt his life through art and became a key figure in Brisbane’s post-war art scene. This event features works from the 1990s, inspired by his travels through Prague, London, Paris, Lisbon and Venice.
The sale will take place 29 June, from 2pm-4pm.
RSVP by 26 June 2025 to attend: info@hmq.org.au.

Jack Sim and the Queensland Police Museum present Tales of Boggo Road Gaol with Jack Sim. 

This month’s storyteller, Jack Sim, was born and grew up in Brisbane in the late 20th century and from an early age was fascinated with “dark history” – accidents, tragedies, war, mysteries, ghosts and hauntings, crime, murder, prisons and asylums.

Through ‘Historic Australia’ Jack is well known for his tours and ‘experiences’ centred around history, cemetery, ghost and crime. Jack started Brisbane Ghost Tours in 1998, and for 10 years he operated tours of the Boggo Road Gaol (Jail).

Jack Sim is also a familiar face and voice across various media platforms. He regularly contributes to TV shows, podcasts, and radio programs, and has lent his voice and expertise to national and international documentaries and short films. He’s a prolific writer, with his works published in various journals, magazines, and newspapers. He also maintains a blog and has authored several books, including Ghost Trails, Murder Trails and Boggo Road Gaol Series.

As 2026 approaches, Jack eagerly anticipates the reopening of the Boggo Road Gaol site. He’s excited to once again share the thrilling tales of the Gaol and will recount some of these at this Queensland Police Museum’s free Sunday Stories event on Sunday 29 June.

All are welcome to this free ticketed event.

Odd comedian Sam Campbell is en route to shed new light on all of the funniest topics before your very (beautiful) eyes. This guy is the full package but not the full dollar. Beneath every seat, we will place a loaded syringe, just in case he gets too carried away. Try to inject him near his spinal column if you dare or indeed can catch him.

Green Faces Finalist and Mo Award Nominee.

Selden Society 2025 lecture two

50 years of the Family Law Act
Presented by the Hon Mary Finn
Thursday 26 June
5.15 for 5.30pm
Banco Court, Level 3, QEII Courts of Law

This lecture will explain broadly the fundamental changes to divorce and matrimonial causes law introduced by the Family Law Act in 1975, and will demonstrate how the many changes to the Act over the past 50 years have transformed family law as much as, if not more than, the original changes introduced in 1975.

Register to attend this free event and stay for refreshments and networking after in the Portrait Gallery, or register for the livestream.
Visit www.sclqld.org.au/selden for more information.

This winter school holidays, Jackie French and Bruce Whatley’s beloved story leaps from page to stage in ‘Josephine Wants to Dance’.

Join a determined kangaroo as she chases her dreams in this fun-filled, heartwarming musical for young audiences.

“A complete delight” ★★★★ Jo Litson, Daily Telegraph

Playing at Brisbane Powerhouse on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 July 2025.

Suitable for ages 5+
Tickets from $32 + booking fee
AUSLAN performance – Wednesday 9 July, 10am

Presented by Brisbane Powerhouse and Monkey Baa Theatre Company

In the spirit of considering the 2025 National Reconciliation Week (NRW) theme, Bridging Now to Next, which reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future, please join UQ Anthropology Museum staff for a guided tour of Stories through time: Living cultures, enduring connections

Various tours available throughout the week, subject to numbers.

Generations of Indigenous Australian and Pacific peoples have worked to preserve and celebrate cultural continuity through making, sharing and documenting the everyday objects and practices of Country and Custom.

Over the past seventy-five years thousands of objects have made their way into the Anthropology Museum’s custodianship. The Museum has been a place for critical discourse and this exhibition celebrates the collaborative relationships forged between Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers and scholars.

Since the 1950s makers, storytellers and knowledge holders have connected with their material culture in the collection, to re-imagine cultural continuity for future generations. This exhibition presents key collections which contain and convey some of these deeply significant social, spiritual and economic ties.

This public program is held in conjunction with National Reconciliation Week, as we value and celebrate the uniqueness of knowledges, culture, histories and languages that have been created and shared for millennia.

Featuring works by artists, photographers, craftspeople, cultural knowledge holders and researchers from across Australia and the Pacific:

Aspasia Gadai (Yewo) / Eeng Ampeybegan / Esther Ngala Kennedy (1948-2005) / Ivy-Rose Sirimi / Irene Mbitjana Entata (1946-2014) / Kamaki Isaga / Kauindu / Kelly Kanti / Larry Gavenor / Maude Jowrth / Mede / Mikompa Peemuggina / Nanganarralil (c.1938-94) / Napolean Oui / Narritjin Maymuru (c.1916-81) / Peter Mondjingu (2) (c.1931-95) / Richard Birrinbirrin / Wadubu Bawadi /

Yirrkala artists: Marriwana (Djirrmurmur) Marika / Multhara Mununngurritj / Marrnyula Mununngurr / Gunariny Wanambi / Mulmulpa Gurruwiwi

Kamana clay pot artists: James Yamran / Clement Saun / Ruben David / Carolyna Alois / Rubina Tup / Egnas Wapi / Goffred Kanji

Photographs by: Arthur Power Lyons (1879-1965) / Professor Bob MacLennan (1931-2013) / Tony Crawford

Image: Untitled 2010. Irene Mbitjana Entata (1946-2014) Arrernte. UQ Anthropology Museum Collection

After Cyclone Alfred, locals delivered used sandbags to the Balmoral Cemetery for us to use to fill holes in pathways etc. Come along and help us ‘spread the sand’ over 2 weekends, Saturday 24 May 2025 and Saturday 31 May 2025 -Time- 8:30 to 11:30am.

Balmoral Art Month events on Sundays in June- 2pm-4pm from 8/6/2025 Smartphone photography workshop; 15/6/2025 sketching in the cemetery; 22/6/2025 Celtic crosses walking trail and 29/6/2025 Walk and talk to a stonemason, together with a month long photography competition. See poster for details.

Generations of Indigenous Australian and Pacific peoples have worked to preserve and celebrate cultural continuity through making, sharing and documenting the everyday objects and practices of Country and Custom.

Over the past seventy-five years thousands of objects have made their way into the Anthropology Museum’s custodianship. The Museum has been a place for critical discourse and this exhibition celebrates the collaborative relationships forged between Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers and scholars.

Since the 1950s makers, storytellers and knowledge holders have connected with their material culture in the collection, to re-imagine cultural continuity for future generations. This exhibition presents key collections which contain and convey some of these deeply significant social, spiritual and economic ties.

Reflecting on these collaborations, the Anthropology Museum acknowledge the many artists and community researchers who continue to share valuable insights into the dynamism of living cultures with deep connections to Country and Custom.

Featuring works by: