A selection of fascinating stories from the largest and most significant documentary heritage collection about Queensland, Australia.
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The World's Longest Basketball Game
In May 1972, 24 high school students from Thursday Island set a world record for the longest non-stop game of basketball played on an outdoor court - a herculean effort spanning 110 hours and five minutes and broke the previous record by three hours, five minutes.
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A Violent Separation
Until the late 19th century, Stradbroke was a single island but together, an unforeseen shipwreck and Mother Nature would change it forever - forming twin barriers between Moreton Bay and the mighty Pacific Ocean.
Sands of Fortune
Deep beneath the turquoise waters of the Coral Sea, a living coral wonder has been formed in a breathtaking palette of colour by thousands of tiny polyps: the Great Barrier Reef.
An Unwanted Rescue
The story of a French cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier - shipwrecked, left to die, rescued and adopted by an Aboriginal family, and then ‘rescued’ again by European sailors 17 years later.
Ten Shots At Rain
Early in the 20th century, Queensland was experiencing a terrible drought and the government’s meteorologist, Clement Wragge, believed he had a solution.
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