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Ceud Mile Failte!

22 March 2013: To celebrate Harmony Day on 21 March, Queensland State Archives held a seminar entitled Céud Míle Fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), which looked at the records held in the collection relating to Scots in Queensland.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 22271

Photograph of the first locomotive engine, named Mary Ann, built in Queensland, 5 August 1873

The Scots that came to the new colony left their mark in the new state's architecture, education, law, politics, agriculture, public service and the arts.

Free resources

Queensland State Archives has produced a Scots in Queensland online video celebrating this colourful contribution.

Contact Queensland State Archives to borrow a banner exhibition they have produced for loan (free of charge) to interested community groups and libraries.

Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0)
Last updated
14 May 2013

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