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.

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.

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

• Triballink Sunrise Dancers cultural performance and storytelling, as well as a presentation of new gaming app Djaa.
• Murri Tukka First Nations bush food presentation and tasting.

Image credit:Embellysh Photography.

Queensland State Archives presents: Remembering the 1974 floods with Dr Margaret Cook, on 22 May. Reflect on the causes, impacts and legacy of one of Queensland’s worst natural disasters.

Queensland State Archives presents Winagaylay Ngiyani Ganunga — We Will Remember Them: Artist Talk, on 10 May. Hear artist Melissa Stannard share the stories and inspiration behind her powerful exhibition.

Queensland Museum Kurilpa will host three in-conversation events during May to showcase the stories, contributions, and creative expressions that have shaped the Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islander exhibition on display now at the museum.

In this centenary year of Greater Brisbane, Annerley-Stephens History Group Inc. presents a free panel discussion -“Hurtling towards amalgamation…. reflections from the Stephens Shire” – on Tuesday 6 May from 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm at the Yeronga Community Centre, 62 Park Rd.

Supreme Court Library Queensland is hosting the first Selden Society lecture of 2025 on Thursday 8 May—’Recasting the law on a more merciful basis: juvenile justice then and now’, presented by Dr Robyn Blewer from the Griffith Law School.