The Victoria Cross is the highest honour for bravery which can be awarded to a person involved in military action. Seven Queenslanders have been recipients since it was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856. Their stories are on display in Gallery 2 and this exhibition is free to view. This exhibition has been put together […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 16 NOVEMBER 2017 NEW INTERACTIVE TABLE DISPLAY UNVEILS THE LIVES OF EARLY QANTAS STAFF Today, on Qantas’ 97th birthday, Qantas Founders Museum launched the new Interactive Table Display “Qantas: Born of Australia’s ANZAC Spirit” adding another chapter to the many stories of the history of […]
All are invited to attend a FREE morning tea at Qantas Founders Museum to celebrate the launch of the NEW Interactive Table Display “Qantas:Born of Australia’s ANZAC Spirit” and the 97th birthday of Qantas. In April 2017, The Trustee for the Qantas Foundation Memorial Trust, parent company to Qantas Founders Museum, received a grant for […]
This photographic exhibition features a unique series of photographs taken on Gallipoli by Charles Ryan while serving as a senior medical officer in the Australian Imperial Force in World War One. The exhibition was curated and made available in a digital format by the Australian War Memorial. Funding from the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program […]
On the second Monday of every month, Qantas Founders Museum Curator Tom Harwood will present a FREE lecture about a certain time, aircraft or person in the history of Qantas. In this lecture the Curator will talk about one of the Qantas Founders, Paul McGinness, the man described as the “spark of Qantas”. This lecture […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 3 April 2017 QUEENSLAND ANZAC CENTENARY GRANT TO FUND NEW INTERACTIVE TABLE DISPLAY The Trustee for the Qantas Foundation Memorial Trust, the parent company to Qantas Founders Museum, has received a grant for $66,830 from the Queensland Government’s Anzac Centenary grants program for an interactive table display project called “Qantas […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 12 August 2016 QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM LAUNCHES QANTAS AND DEFENCE INTERACTIVE TABLE DISPLAY Today Qantas Founders Museum launched the new “Qantas and Defence” interactive table display, the first of its kind for the museum and Western Queensland. The “Qantas and Defence” Interactive Table Display explains the involvement of Qantas Airways […]
Qantas Founders Museum cordially invites you to the launch of “Qantas and Defence” Interactive Table Display on Friday 12 August 2016 at 10.30am. This project involved the design and construction of an interactive table display which will feature the involvement by Qantas Airways in Australian conflicts from 1917 to 2013. The launch of this project […]
This lecture is part of a series of Curator Lectures about the history of the National Heritage Listed Qantas Hangar. In this lecture the Curator will introduce you to the interwar visitors to the Qantas Hangar and the Flying Fortress Story.
Press release Friday 8 April Unsung war heroes are finally recognised in a film screening at the Qantas Founders Musuem in the lead up to Anzac Day. For the first time in over 70 years, Australians are set to know more about a top secret mission that reconnected Australia to England during the height of World […]
