Heritage Articles

Articles relating to the history of the Bundaberg region originally published in Arts Bundaberg or online in Lib News are organised into the following categories:

Buildings

Adams (Metropolitan) Hotel(PDF, 2MB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Kalkie School Historic Playshed(PDF, 4MB) Lib News, v4 #2 May-Oct 2013
Customs House Bundaberg(PDF, 2MB) Lib News, v2 #4 Winter 2011
Early Hotels(PDF, 3MB) Lib News, v2 # 3 Autumn 2011
From Christian Brothers to Gracie Dixon(PDF, 488KB) Lib News, v2 #3 Autumn 2011
Paramount Theatre(PDF, 888KB) Lib News, v2 #2 Summer 2010/2011
Dr Egmont Schmidt and Linden(PDF, 419KB) Lib News, v2 #1 Spring 2010
Base Hospital(PDF, 399KB) Lib News, v1 #4 Winter 2010
Civic Centre(PDF, 324KB) Lib News, v1 #3 Autumn 2010
Historic Burnett Heads Lighthouse(PDF, 299KB) Lib News, v1 #2 Summer 2009/2010
Moor Hall(PDF, 960KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #3 Apr-Jul 2008
St John's Lutheran Church(PDF, 808KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #1 Aug-Nov 2007
Wyland's Whaling Wall(PDF, 479KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4#1 Aug-Nov 2007
Holy Rosary Church(PDF, 4MB) Arts Bundaberg, v2 #3 Apr-Jul 2006
Christ Church Anglican Church(PDF, 3MB) Arts Bundaberg, v2 #1 Aug-Nov 2005
School of Arts(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #1 Sep-Nov 2004

Business and industry

Bundaberg Businesses(PDF, 3MB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Eight Hour Day Demonstration 1910(PDF, 1MB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Skyway Drive-in(PDF, 8MB) Lib News, v4 #2 May-Oct 2013
Bundaberg Foundry(PDF, 1MB) Lib News, v3 #2 Mar-Jun 2012
Bingera Sugar Mill: a photographic timeline(PDF, 3MB) Lib News, v3 #1 Nov 2011-Feb 2012
The Story of the Bareto and the Sapphire(PDF, 393KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #1 Aug-Nov 2008
Reddan & Mellor(PDF, 246KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #3 Apr-Jul 2009

Festivals and events

The Queen's Visit to Bundaberg 1954(PDF, 797KB) Lib News, v2 #1 Spring 2010
Wild Scotchman Festival(PDF, 504KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #3 Apr-Jul 2008
Childers Festival of Cultures(PDF, 230KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #3 Apr-Jul 2008
Railway Picnics(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v3 #1 Aug-Nov 2006
Light up the City(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #2 Dec 2004-Mar 2005
Pageant of Lights(PDF, 3MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #2 Dec 2004-Mar 2005
History of the Bundy in Bloom Festival(PDF, 3MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #1 Sep-Nov 2004

Fires and floods

1942 Floods(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v3 #2 Dec 2006-Mar 2007
The Great Childers Fire of 1902(PDF, 197KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #1 Aug-Nov 2008
Apple Tree Creek Flood(PDF, 420KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #2 Dec 2008-Mar 2009

Image collections

The Childers Pharmaceutical Museum Images(PDF, 2MB) Lib News, v4 #2 May-Oct 2013
The Dorward Photos(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v3 #2 Dec 2006-Mar 2007

Infrastructure

Burnett Traffic Bridge(PDF, 3MB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Bundaberg's First Traffic Lights(PDF, 659KB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Fred Haigh (Monduran) Dam(PDF, 351KB) Lib News, v2 #4 Winter 2011
Kennedy Bridge(PDF, 623KB) Lib News, v2 #2 Summer 2010/2011
Construction of the Burnett Traffic Bridge: photo timeline(PDF, 7MB) Lib News, v1 #3 Autumn 2010
East Water Tower: a photographic timeline(PDF, 10MB) Lib News, v1 #1 Spring 2009
Thomas J. Campbell Bridge(PDF, 163KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #1 Aug-Nov 2008

Memorials

Childers War Trophy(PDF, 561KB) Lib News, v1 #2 Summer 2009/2010
Fallen Soldiers' Memorial(PDF, 297KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #2 Dec 2008-Mar 2009

Parks and grounds

Bundaberg General Cemetery(PDF, 6MB) Lib News, v5 #2 May-Oct 2014
Salter Oval(PDF, 715KB) Lib News, v5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
East Rotary Park, Kendalls Flat(PDF, 1MB) Lib News, v3 #3 Jul-Oct 2012
Kendalls Flat(PDF, 575KB) Lib News, v3 #3 Jul-Oct 2012
Building the Botanic Gardens: a photographic essay(PDF, 790KB) Lib News, v3 #2 Mar-Jun 2012
Alexandra Park(PDF, 950KB) Lib News, v3 #1 Nov 2011-Feb 2012
Lake Ellen(PDF, 418KB) Lib News, v2 #3 Autumn 2011
Hummock Lookout(PDF, 456KB) Lib News, v1 #3 Autumn 2010
Bourbong Street & Buss Park: a photographic timeline(PDF, 995KB) Lib News, v1 #2 Summer 2009/2010
Lakeland Playland(PDF, 4MB) Lib News, v1 #1 Spring 2009
Buss Park(PDF, 896KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #2 Dec 2007-Mar 2008

People

Doug Rattray(PDF, 272KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #2 Dec 2007-Mar 2008
Florence Broadhurst(PDF, 3MB) Arts Bundaberg, v3 #2 Dec 2006-Mar 2007
Esme Gollschewsky(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #3 Dec 2005-Mar 2006
Gladys Moncrieff(PDF, 2MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #3 Apr-Jul 2005
Vance Palmer(PDF, 3MB) Arts Bundaberg, v1 #1 Sep-Nov 2004

Population

The Early Chinese Community in Bundaberg(PDF, 5MB) Lib News, v5 #2 May-Oct 2014
Silhet Migrant Ship(PDF, 145KB) Lib News, v1 #4 Winter 2010

Streets and localities

Bundaberg's Controversial Main Street(PDF, 3MB) Lib News, 5 #1 Nov 2013-Apr 2014
Our Coastal Localities: names & notes from north to south(PDF, 1MB) Lib News, v4 #1 Nov 2012-Apr 2013
Summer at Sandhills(PDF, 6MB) Lib News, v4 #1 Nov 2012-Apr 2013
Street Name Honour: the people behind the names...(PDF, 1MB) Lib News, v3 #3 Jul-Oct 2012
Early Transport: a photographic timeline(PDF, 2MB) Lib News, v2 # 1 Spring 2010
New Bundaberg(PDF, 704KB) Arts Bundaberg, v4 #2 Dec 2007-Mar 2008
A Short History of Early Gin Gin(PDF, 154KB) Arts Bundaberg, v5 #3 Apr-Jul 2009