
Video guide
Part 5: Your house and its community
Set the foundations for house history research success by watching State Library’s series of 5 House Histories video guides. Watch below to find out more about your house and its community.
The social and cultural history of life in the home
- Search State Library One Search catalogue for books, documents, stories and photographs of the families associated with the home and life of the times
- Search newspapers and magazines online via Trove
History of the suburb, town or region
State Library resources
- Local history publications: suburb, town, region and local government area (e.g. Ithaca) via One Search catalogue
- Newspaper cuttings of towns, suburbs, cities in Queensland available for order at the John Oxley Library desk on level 4
Trove
- Search Trove for newspapers and gazettes
- Search for suburban history
- Search for name of suburb or estate (e.g. Graham Estate, Ashgrove)