1916

That’s what 16 days of internment in a British jail does for you

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Ever hear of Kelly’s Corner?

Wow, that's an unexpected backstory to a photo. Bowen -Colthurst really did get away with multiple murders.

Suck Diesel Did not know the origin of Kelly's Corner, so thank you.

Swordscookie And explains why Hanna would have this image of Alderman James Kelly.

So, date established - 1916. And we now know it was taken in London after Kelly's release from Wandsworth Prison.

Ingham’s Hospitals In early 1884 plans were underway to build a public hospital in Ingham, in a plain style “surrounded by extensive verandas” reminiscent of “East Indian bungalows” to cope with the climate. While some sources report that the first hospital building was constructed in 1883, the Ingham Hospital wasn’t formally established until August 7, 1885. By late 1885 tenders were invited for additions to this hospital, and in early 1886 a request for Government funding assistance to add an additional ward was met with resistance. In early 1889 Ingham Hospital confirmed it had built the ward out of its own funds, for the “use of Asiatics and other aliens that are employed on the plantations”. In 1929 the private Italian Hospital (known as the Ospedale Cardarelli) was built, to improve healthcare for non-English speaking Italian migrants and ostensibly to promote better relations between Italian and British subjects. Racial tensions were running high at this time, and when Italy joined the war in 1940 many Italians were sent to internment camps, including the Cardarelli Hospital’s Dr Francesco Piscitelli. There were calls for their release in 1942 because of labour shortages on the sugar cane plantations in north Queensland. The hospital continued to operate until 1946 and the building remains to this day. It was widely agreed that Ingham’s public hospital was in dire need of an upgrade as early as 1935, yet funding was a contentious issue. The new building was officially opened on September 3, 1938. In 2009 a new Ingham Hospital was opened and remains on the same block of land that housed the original buildings. Stacey Larner - Librarian, State Library of Queensland www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-hospitals-pandemic-fro...

The Case of the Mistaken Tweedlepunches By Leela Wittmer | 8 April 2021 Have you seen this captivating image on a recent visit to the library and wondered who it might be showing off a decapitated head so nonchalantly? Well, you wouldn’t be the only one. Recently I received a query from a member of the public about who this mysterious gentleman might be. They had an ancestor whose photograph they had in a similar costume striking a similar pose - head on a stick and all. They were wondering if our man might be him. I was quite excited at first. Identifying people in photographs can be incredibly frustrating and ultimately fruitless but sometimes with a bit of lateral thinking and perseverance, you might discover the character – especially in such a richly interesting photograph like this. With this in mind, I was pretty disappointed when I discovered that we had already identified the gentleman on our website as amateur actor George Lauri playing the character Anothony Tweedlepunch in Edwardian musical comedy Florodora. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/case-mistaken-tweedlepunches