Welcome to the Collectanea of Oddities! Here we find the strange, peculiar, and unprecedented of South-East Queensland and beyond, and enter it into the collectanea alongside a eurythmic piece of Australian literature. From mundane to extraordinary, if it’s odd, it will be here.
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Synposis:
Water is one of nature’s most volatile forces. It sustains us and it murders us in equal measure, and for tonight’s entry into the collectanea we explore how it’s more brutal tendencies leave ghostly influences into today. Join us as we explore the ghosts of the waters in and around Meanjin/Brisbane.
Tonight's Text:
The Babies of Walloon, by Henry Lawson
Works Cited:
Amy's Crypt. (2020, November 19). Slaughter Falls: Queensland’s Haunted Hiking Trail. Retrieved from Amy's Crypt: https://amyscrypt.com/slaughter-falls-queensland-haunted/
Australian National Maritime Museum. (2019, August 23). Blackbirding: Australia's slave trade? . Retrieved from Australian National Maritime Museum: https://www.sea.museum/en/first-nations/blackbirding-australias-slave-trade
BEACHCOMBER, Sunday Mail. (1941, January 12). LOGAN'S Spectre. Retrieved 12 2025, from Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98258074
David Horton, K. R. (n.d.). Ghosts of Queensland. Retrieved from Chapel Hill: https://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Other/QueenslandHistory/TheGhostsofQueensland.htm
Lawson, H. (1891, May 1). The Babies of Walloon. Retrieved 12 2025, from Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76423171?searchTerm=Drown%20Pond%20Walloon%20Girl%20Lily
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. (1868, Janurary 4). THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS BY THE "MARY SMITH" . Retrieved 12 2025, from Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148329567
Miller, I. (2010, October 22). Sugar Slaves. Retrieved from Queensland History Atlas: https://www.qhatlas.com.au/content/sugar-slaves
Queensland Government. (2023, Feburary 28). Central Sugar Mill Ruins. Retrieved from Queensland Government: https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/explorer/detail/?id=602488