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Strong Foundations Queensland’s cultural past has laid the foundations for the lifestyle we enjoy today and is a strong base from which to embrace new challenges and opportunities. From the oldest of Australia’s art forms – ancient Aboriginal rock art found in caves in Far North Queensland to one of the most contemporary, the 14-year-old music festival Livid – Queensland is rich in cultural heritage and cutting-edge arts. Queensland has been a fertile ground for international, national and local success stories in film, television, writing, dance, theatre, music and visual arts - bands like Savage Garden and george, writers David Malouf and Nick Earls, actors Geoffrey Rush, Sigrid Thornton and Bille Brown, and poet Thomas Shapcott to name but a few. There is a new dynamic associated with the artistic and creative potential of Queensland's Indigenous artists. Brisbane band george. Photo courtesy of Festival Mushroom Records. Photo Sophie Howarth. Contemporary talent such as artists Tracey Moffatt and Rosella Namok, actors Deborah Mailman and Leah Purcell, director, actor and playwright Wesley Enoch and performing arts companies such as Kooemba Jdarra are paving the way for national and international recognition of the State’s many Indigenous artists. Queensland is host to more than 300 festivals and events that attract international audiences such Geoffrey Rush during a break in filming of Swimming Upstream at the Valley Pool. Photo Anthony Weate. as the acclaimed Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Woodford Folk Festival, Brisbane Festival, Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, Brisbane International Film Festival, Laura Dance and Cultural Festival, Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood and the Charters Towers Country Music Festival. The State’s film and television industry has experienced huge growth over the last decade – generating more than $2 billion in economic impact and thousands of jobs for the State. The Government’s Pacific Film and Television Commission works with the Queensland industry to attract an increasing flow of major international productions such as Scooby Doo and Peter Pan. Production is set to increase with the expansion of the Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast. Queensland has been a fertile ground for international, national and local success stories The Queensland Government’s $260 million five-year Millennium Arts Project is doubling the size of the State Library of Queensland, building the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art and the Musgrave Park Cultural Centre, and supporting 16 projects in regional Queensland such as a centre for contemporary arts in Cairns. The project has already delivered The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and a new home for the Queensland Theatre Company, and has increased access to arts and culture in regional, rural and remote areas. MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY 1892 William Lane publishes The Working Man's Paradise to raise funds for shearers convicted at Rockhampton for striking over wages and contracts. 1895 Edison kinetoscopes for motion pictures demonstrated at the Exhibition Building for the first time in Queensland. 1895 Queensland Art Gallery opens in Brisbane’s Town Hall through the efforts of artist Godfrey Rivers - President of the Queensland Art Society 1892-1911 and Art Master of the Brisbane Technical College. 1895 Sydney Bulletin publishes first literary sketches about bush life by Toowoomba’s Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis). He publishes On Our Selection in 1899 later adapted for the theatre. Becomes ABC radio series ▼ 6 Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 Dad and Dave in 1937 (until 1953). 1896 Public Library established (forerunner to the State Library of Queensland). 1897 First motion picture produced in Queensland (Filmed in Queen Street, Brisbane). 1899 Pamela Travers, who would write Mary Poppins, 64150 born in Maryborough. 1901 Queensland Museum moves to the Exhibition Building. 1901 With Federation, Queensland becomes a State in its own right. 1901 Albert Hall opens in Albert Street providing a venue for developing local theatre groups including Twelfth Night, Brisbane Repertory Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. 1902 Dame Nellie Melba performs at Brisbane’s Exhibition Building. Admitted to the Australia Record Industry Association Hall of Fame in 1989. 1902 The Brisbane Public Library renamed the Public Library of Queensland and opened to the public. 1904 Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland published by daughter Campbell Constance Petrie.
Strong Foundations Continued Queenslanders enjoy a network of 326 public libraries, more than 200 museums, such as the Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach and the new Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich, and many commercial and public art galleries across the State. An investment of $110 million in the Queensland Heritage Trails Network is delivering 43 cultural tourism projects across Queensland. The Regional Arts Development Fund and the more recent Indigenous Regional Arts Development Fund are funding the grassroots development of arts and cultural activity in regional, rural and remote areas. The Government’s investment in arts and culture is also reaching across the State The Australia-first Art Built-in Policy, which requires two per cent of all Statefunded capital works projects in excess of $250,000 to be spent on integrating public art into the built environment, is providing jobs for artists and improving the aesthetic appeal of public places. Tracey Moffatt, Something More # 3, 1989, series of 9 images edition of 30 photographs. Photo courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Artist represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Queensland’s Cultural Policy for Young People has created new opportunities for young people to gain hands-on experience in arts and cultural activities. Successful programs like the Youth Arts Mentoring Program have used a mentoring approach to build and share skills and ideas. The Government’s investment in arts and culture is also reaching across the State. The Flying Arts program, the work of regional organisations like Arts West, and the Arts Regional Touring Service and Schools Touring Program presented by the Queensland Arts Council, are examples of how the Government supports cultural services in regional, rural and remote areas. This strategic investment in arts and cultural activity has occurred in a period of growth which started with the 1991 policy Queensland – A State for the Arts. This policy set a new direction for the Government to support infrastructure and services, individual professional development, peer assessment and development in the regions. It was the first major review of the arts since an Arts portfolio was established by the Queensland Government in 1968 under the direction of a Minister for Cultural Activities. In mid-1995, the Government released Building Local, Going Global, which celebrated local diversity and new international horizons. It paid particular attention to regional distinctiveness, Indigenous cultures, and the information economy. Creative Queensland will build on this history and develop new strengths in Government and in the community sector through a focus on the whole-of- Government delivery of arts and cultural services and programs. 1906 The first permanent picture theatre, The Lyceum, opens in George Street (Renamed Elite Theatre in 1920s, rebuilt as the George in 1965 and now the Dendy). 1906-1908 Loan collections from the Queensland Art Gallery went on tour to country towns. 1910 Stadium opens on the corner of Albert and Charlotte Streets. Later became Festival Hall. It was a popular music venue which also hosted opera, dance and sporting events. 1911 Cinemas open in Brisbane at Spring Hill, South Brisbane and Paddington and The Empire in Albert Street (demolished 1986 to make way for the Myer Centre). Empire Theatre opens in Albert Street, designed by Atkinson and McLay. Refitted as a cinema 53950 it reopened as the St James in 1933, and in 1965 as the Paris. 1911 Open-air Cremorne Theatre (on Melbourne Street in front of today’s Queensland Art Gallery site) hosts its first variety program. 1912 Bundabergborn Gladys Moncrieff (“Our Glad”) ▼ debuts at the Empire Theatre to launch 50-year career. 1912 Moving picture theatres/gardens open in Brisbane at Toowong, Kedron Park, Hamilton and Kelvin Grove; open air cinema at Bulimba. 1912 Open-air vaudeville theatre Palace Gardens opens. 1914 England declares war on Germany. Australia at war. 1915 Cinemas begin to pose threat to live theatre in Brisbane with opening of the Majestic Theatre in Queen Street (Odeon Cinema 1957). 1915 Tivoli Theatre and Roof Garden opens in Albert Street as a double live theatre and continues until the 1920s when film becomes a regular feature with live support acts. Live acts continue until the talkies take over. Closes 1965 for King George Square development. Creative Queensland Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 7
Page 1 and 2: The Queensland Government Cultural
Page 3 and 4: Queensland’s arts and cultural co
Page 5 and 6: Contents From the Premier and Arts
Page 7 and 8: Introduction The Queensland Governm
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Page 17 and 18: People Creative Queensland recognis
Page 19 and 20: Communities Queensland is the most
Page 21 and 22: Places, Collections and Traditions
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Page 29 and 30: Glossary Continued Edward Koumans,
Page 31 and 32: Acknowledgements Poetry In order of

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