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Queensland Heritage Register Fellowship

About the Fellowship

The Queensland Heritage Register is a list of places that have state cultural heritage significance. Entry in the Queensland Heritage Register means a place is of importance to the people of Queensland and enriches our understanding of the state’s history.

The places entered in the Queensland Heritage Register are diverse, representing many aspects of the state’s history, and include:

  • buildings
  • parks and gardens
  • recreational venues and sporting arenas
  • landscapes
  • precincts
  • monuments and memorials
  • cemeteries
  • homestead complexes
  • industrial sites
  • institutions
  • bridges and roads
  • lighthouses
  • natural features and trees

The Queensland Heritage Register Fellowship supports research using the John Oxley Library and State Library collections to unearth and generate new knowledge about places entered on the Queensland Heritage Register, particularly places or aspects of Queensland's history that are less well-known or recognised.

The fellowship recipient will receive a stipend of $20,000, a personal workspace within the Neil Roberts Research Lounge for 12 months and premium access to State Library’s extensive collections and library staff expertise. 

Browse our collection to discover architectural plans, photographs, videos and other items that relate to Queensland's heritage.

The Queensland Heritage Register Fellowship is generously supported by the Heritage Branch, Department of Environment, Science and Innovation

Views of the Mount Elliott Copper mine 1912 and 1992.

Top: View of the Mount Elliott Copper mine, 1912.

Bottom: Ruin of the Mount Elliott smelter photographed in 1992.

The Mount Elliott Mining Complex, south of Cloncurry, has been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register as an archaeological place. The site includes remnants of the Mount Elliott Mine, the smelter, a range of associated infrastructure, scattered archaeological artefacts, the abandoned town of Selwyn and its associated cemetery.
 

2025 Queensland Register inaugural Fellow

The 2025 Queensland Heritage Register Fellowship was awarded to Dr Kate Kirby for her project, 'Patterns of Queensland’s sport and recreation heritage: enhancing community access to sport history knowledge via the Queensland Heritage Register'.

This project aims to enhance how Queensland’s sport and recreation heritage is presented in Queensland Heritage Register entries. Heritage links past sporting achievements with today’s social and cultural values, and the Register highlights places of notable sporting importance. However, metadata gaps and inconsistencies in historical and significance statements currently limit community access to Queensland’s sport heritage.

Based on prior research, Kate has identified 76 entries in the Queensland Heritage Register with potential sport and recreation heritage value. This project will investigate these sites, uncovering their sporting histories and deepening their heritage significance. It will also analyse metadata challenges and provide recommendations for improvement, ultimately enhancing community engagement with Queensland’s rich sport heritage.

2025 Queensland Heritage Register Fellow, Dr Kate Kirby.

2025 Queensland Heritage Register Fellow, Dr Kate Kirby.

Watch this video to explore Kate's research project, and don’t miss the full video highlighting all the 2025 Queensland Memory Awards recipients and their inspiring projects.

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27671 Hall and Dods Architectural Drawings 1898-1984

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The John Oxley Library holds a large collection of drawings, manuscripts, and design plans related to Queensland's built heritage and architecture.
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Colour image of Design No. 13 from "99 everyday homes for Queenslanders" 1939

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