A Toowoomba funnel web. Contributed
FROM the skull of the largest marsupial to ever have lived to a duchess set made by an award-winning Toowoomba embroiderer, the area has committed many valuable items to the Queensland Museum's state collection.
Now the museum is calling on the public to become involved in preserving the collection's stories.
Queensland Museum CEO Professor Suzanne Miller said it was a great opportunity for the public to become involved in supporting the Queensland Museum Collection.
"A tax-deductible donation of $100 will give you online sponsorship of one of the many items within our collection for 12 months and allow the Queensland Museum to continue to care for these objects for future generations.
A diprotodon optatum skull. Contributed
"I encourage everyone to visit the website qlddna.com.au to read some of the fascinating stories behind some of our most interesting objects.
"The Queensland DNA campaign is also our chance to share some of the millions of stories contained within the State Collection with the general public."
The initiative is part of the museum's fundraising arm, the Queensland Museum Foundation, which raises much needed funds for the museum.
A four-in-hand team and carriage. Contributed
Toowoomba related collection
- Diprotodon was the largest marsupial to ever have lived. A kind of megafauna, Diprotodon lived after the age of dinosaurs, 1.6 million to 40,000 million years ago.
- The duchess set, consisting of centrepiece and two side mats was made by award-winning Toowoomba embroiderer Mary Dwyer (1894-1993).
- As a child, Mrs Dwyer was taught the rudiments of needlework by the wife of the local school teacher.
- The impressive four-in-hand (pictured above) belonged to Sir Joshua Peter Bell of Jimbour on the Darling Downs.
- Newspaper reports from the 1860s refer to this vehicle as the most impressive turn-out with four horses, driver and buggy-boy decked out in the cerise and white livery of the Jimbour stables.
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