Some never-before seen images are giving us an insight into something we today take for granted – mass travel.
The images feature in a limited-edition calendar that puts the spotlight on various ways we have travelled around the Sunshine Coast over time.
The recently-released 2023 Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar boasts amazing images, including previously unseen submissions from local residents alongside offerings from council’s Picture Sunshine Coast heritage collection.
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All images have been tinted with colour, a technique in keeping with the tradition of hand-colouring monochrome photographs which began in 1900.
It’s available from council libraries and customer contact centres and at just $6, makes the perfect gift for friends and loved ones.
Sunshine Coast Council Community Portfolio Councillor Rick Baberowski said the calendar reflects a true-to-life depiction of Sunshine Coast life.
“The stories, moving and still images that remain in the personal collections of our community members are by far the largest part of our region’s cultural heritage, and this calendar is a wonderful way to illustrate its significance and celebrate its value,” he said.
“The photos submitted will now be gratefully archived into council’s heritage library ‘Picture Sunshine Coast’, a growing collection of more than 17,000 images showing the history and development of the Sunshine Coast.”
Council’s Picture Sunshine Coast database can be accessed via council’s library website.
Here are the winners of the heritage calendar competition:
- Slim Moroney from Landsborough submitted an image of a Holden FX, Mary Cairncross, 2005, which appears on the front cover.
- Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club’s image shows locals and visitors spending time at Mooloolaba Beach, Mooloolaba, c.1950s. (featured in May).
- Leonie Neil from Alexandra Headland submitted an image of Jean Evans on her pushbike outside the family house, Cotton Tree, 1939 (featured in June).
- Audienne Blyth from Yandina provided a photo of family and friends travelling in their ute, departing Maroochydore, 1946 (featured in July).
- Lenore Meldrum from Kenilworth submitted a photo of Sims Bros Transport on the move, Kenilworth, c.1920 (featured in August).
- Eumundi Museum provided an image from their collection of Ann Morschel (nee Miller) on a horse called Tarcoola, Eumundi, c.1930 (featured at the back).
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