2025 – The Year in Review
The Yo-Yo
The Yo-Yo is one of the world’s oldest and most enduring toys. The first known mention of a yo-yo dates back to around 500 BC in ancient Greece, where several classical Greek vases depict a young woman playing with a similar toy. These early Yo-Yos were made from wood, metal, or painted terra cotta. The […]
MAGUYDAN QUANDAMOOKA
MAGUYDAN QUANDAMOOKA – “The Quandamooka Story” In 2025 the Redlands Coast Museum completed and submitted to Reconciliation Australian, its Reflect Reconciliation Plan (RAP). As part of this RAP, the Museum Commissions its own Quandamooka Artwork from a local Quandamooka Artist. The artist, Bindi Lee, explains her artwork created exclusively for the Redlands Coast Museum. The […]
1965 Mini Minor Deluxe – Restoration Project
1965 Mini Minor Deluxe – Restoration Project A beloved icon of motoring history, the 1965 Mini Minor Deluxe has been part of the Redlands Coast Museum collection since 2011. Donated by its original owner, this classic car has delighted visitors for more than a decade. In 2024, the museum has launched a major project to […]
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Poet, Storyteller, and Advocate Born: 1920 | Died: 1993 | Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) Oodgeroo Noonuccal, born Kathleen Jean Mary Walker, was a trailblazing Aboriginal poet, activist, and educator whose powerful voice reshaped Australian literature and social consciousness. Raised on North Stradbroke Island, she experienced racism early in life and worked as […]
Jetties – Working the Bay
HISTORY OF JETTIES OF THE REDLANDS COAST When we think of jetties, this is what usually comes to mind – a place that we visit on a Saturday afternoon for fishing or an ice cream. This is Wellington Point jetty. We too easily forget that in the past, jetties were critical for the economic survival […]
Moonraker’s Pup
The history of the 8 foot sailing dinghy ”Moonraker’s Pup” is, to quote Winston Churchill, ” a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…” There is so much that remains a mystery. Such as who built it, where it was built, when it was built and if it was a tender for a larger […]
Giving back to the Community
For 54 years, Redlands Coast Museum has engaged with our community by holding exhibitions, workshops & forums, tours, concerts and plays and coordinating with local event operators and on our social media sites. In the last financial year, we have undertaken successful partnership initiatives with Redland City Council and their Libraries Local History unit as […]
Blacksmiths – past crafts
The Blacksmith’s Shop is a 1870s split slab hut originally from Mt Cotton. For many years it was the home of brothers Bob and Herman Holzapfel. In 1972 it was dismantled and rebuilt at the Redland Museum and is still in use every weekend. Every Saturday morning the Museum Blacksmiths light the forges and demonstrate […]
Flying boat operations: 1953 to 1971
The Flying boats operated originally from the Hamilton reach of the Brisbane River during the war years. However, due to increased problems with shipping in the river it was decided in 1946 to look for another airport. After several assessments, it was decided to move to Redland Bay, this move only became a reality in […]
Wall Murals of Redlands Coast Museum
The Redlands Coast Museum has 6 large impressive murals covering its walls, that depict scenes, places and images of the Redlands Coast. 1. Farming the Red Soil This mural covers the back wall of the Agricultural Pavillion and depicts the work on the farm, farmhouses and sheds, the surrounding bushland, southern Moreton Bay, and […]
Telecommunications of the area
Do you have a smart phone? You probably do and you can talk to almost anyone, anywhere in the world. But have you thought back to a time when telephones were scarce, and fixed to the wall? The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. In the 146 years since then telephones have […]
Transport on the Redlands Coast
The Redlands was a farming community. Transport to get to and from work and move produce was essential, and the Museum’s collection has a good representative sample of different means of transport. This includes twelve horse drawn vehicles, a Cobb & Co coach, four motor vehicles, three motorcycles, a rail motor, and several smaller railway […]