Landsborough Shire Museum

Landsborough Shire Historical Museum
	"From the mountains to the Sea"
	Landsborough Shire Museum, located in the Heritage listed Landsborough Shire Council Chambers
Established	3 April 1976
Location	Landsborough, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	26°48′34″S152°57′53″E / 26.8094°S 152.9648°E Coordinates: 26°48′34″S152°57′53″E / 26.8094°S 152.9648°E
Type	Local history museum and social museum
Owner	Operated by Landsborough & District Historical Society
Website	http://www.landsboroughmuseum.org.au/

Last updated April 16, 2019

The Landsborough Shire Historical Museum is a local history and social history museum located in the Sunshine Coast town of Landsborough in Queensland, Australia. The museum explicitly houses and records the local history of the former Landsborough shire and includes the centre of Caloundra and is housed in the Heritage listed Landsborough Shire Council Chambers on Maleny Street.^[1]

Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban area and the third most populated area in the Australian state of Queensland. Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the state capital Brisbane in South East Queensland on the Pacific Ocean coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin. The estimated urban population of Sunshine Coast as at June 2015 was 302,122, making it the 9th most populous in the country.

Landsborough is a small town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, Landsborough had a population of 3,706.

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

History

The Landsborough Shire Chambers building was opened in 1924. After the last council meeting was held on 24 July 1968, the council moved to a new premise in Caloundra after the council had received city status. In 1975 the Landsborough Historical Society, which had been incorporated in 1973, secured a lease over the building in 1975 and on 3 April 1976 the building was opened as the "Landsborough Shire Historical Museum". The museum is run entirely on a volunteer basis.^[2]

Caloundra is the southernmost town in the Sunshine Coast Region in South East Queensland, Australia.

The Collection

All of the historical photos and items in the museum were donated by local families and businesses and detail the history of the area. There are several key permanent exhibitions at the museum, listed as follows:^[3]

William Landsborough Collection: containing artifacts that belonged to the first Australian explorer to cross the continent from South to North.
Sir Frank Nicklin Collection
Caloundra Lighthouse Display: containing artifacts relating to the historic light house.
Social History Displays
Printing Press
Tobacco Industry
Timber Industry
Phones of Yesteryear

William Landsborough was an explorer of Australia and notably he was the first explorer to complete a North-to-South crossing of Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

There are also several moving displays hosted annually.

Public research

The museum has developed a comprehensive data base containing thousands of historical photos and documents, which is accessible to the public in the Stan Tutt Reading Room^[4]

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[1] ttp://www.landsboroughmuseum.org.au/index.php

[2] ttp://www.landsboroughmuseum.org.au/index.php

[3] ttp://www.landsboroughmuseum.org.au/index.php

[4] ttp://www.landsboroughmuseum.org.au/index.php