Find out about the rich and diverse stories of Queensland’s people, landscape and identity.
Queensland people have a strong state identity. Shaped by, and often at the mercy of, our environment we have a lifestyle that embraces living outdoors and we market ourselves as a poster child for the “Australian Way of Life”.
Queensland is home to two distinct First Nations cultures, connected to their 60 000-year past and home to the oldest practiced culture in the world. From Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) in the north, to Birdsville on Wangkangurru-Yarluyandi country in the west, and east to Point Lookout on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), our state boasts a landscape as diverse as our people.
Our lives have been transformed through time by the environment, by politics and social movements, by innovation and industry, and by communities that are ever changing. Queensland Museum documents the forces, both internal and external, that have influenced how we represent our state, how we are viewed by others, and the way we live today.
Explore with us the rich and diverse stories of Queensland’s people, our contemporary life and identity, and places across our state.
Explore the diverse stories held in the First Nations, Historical Archaeology, Antiquities and World Archaeology collections.
Discover the history behind Queenslanders environment and climate action as the State experiences the effects of climate change.
Learn about the evolution of Queensland’s unique and vast railway network that connects its people, produce and natural resources.
Discover some of the inventions and innovations that have enriched and improved our lives through the ingenuity of Queenslanders.
Cobb & Co provided mail and passenger services in Australia from the 1850s to the 1920s at a time when Australia was still a collection of colonial outposts.
Colourful couture and beach chic, Queensland has a fashion landscape to rival our southern counterparts.
Discover the stories of Queensland's shipwrecks investigated by Queensland Museum.
Recovered by Australian troops during the First World War, the A7V Sturmpanzerwagen known as Mephisto has become an iconic part of Queensland’s heritage.
Symbolic of the agricultural prosperity of the cane fields and South Sea Islander identity, the cane knife has become an iconic part of Queensland heritage.
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