Public History – Christopher Dawson

A Boggo Road Great: John Banks, 1939-2014

A look at the legacy of John Banks, one of the true champions of Boggo Road heritage.

Another case of fakelore is exposed in Brisbane, this one involving a non-existent ‘urban legend’ about an ‘evil clown’. Who believes this stuff?

Learn about yet another bit of ‘paranormal industry’ fraud, this time the invention and sudden disappearance of a cemetery ghost.

Read about how a photo from Tasmania was passed off as a ghost in Queensland… and what happened when the truth was exposed.

Looking back at an extensive record of working in Queensland cemetery history.

Is it time for a change of management at the Boggo Road heritage prison, and to create a Heritage and Arts Hub there?

Another expose of the ‘paranormal industry’ getting history wrong in Queensland.

Should the National Trust of Queensland really be allowing unethical commercial activities in their properties?

An award-winning year built on the power of being in a great local community group.

The benefits of doing public history talks in an open cemetery setting.