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Trove: sharing your collections with Australia and the world - Catriona Bryce and Mark Raadgever
- 1. Telling our stories Presentation to the Community Heritage Grants participants Catriona Bryce Mark Raadgever 1
- 2. 2 An unusual piece of evidence….
- 5. The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 3 March 1953, page 1
- 6. Ken Mitchell pictured outside Southport Law Court, 1952 Source: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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- 8. Another murder story Unknown (1902). Coins (Welded). Queensland Police Museum http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178528776
- 9. 9 THE KENNIFFS. (1902, April 12). Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1875 - 1948), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.n ews-article97393026
- 10. 10 Australia’s last bushrangers, the Kenniff brothers John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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- 12. 12 (1904-01-13). Constable George Doyle and Albert Dahlke. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/151767772 Kenniff Brothers Statues http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/151767173
- 13. 13 First Sitting of the High Court in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melb. 6 October 1903. Mr Justice Barton, Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith and MP Justice O'Connor http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/175963139 Sketch of T. J. Ryan. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153935457
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- 15. So what is Trove? A collection of collections Nearly 1000 libraries, museums, archives, universities Resources Books, journal articles, pictures, diaries, newspapers User engagement Tags, lists, comments One search connecting them all 15
- 16. Why should you consider Trove? • Trove is searched by 70,000 people every day • Trove is indexed by search engines • Trove drives Internet traffic back to your collection • Inclusion in Trove might help you with further grant applications 16 Group at Martin's Folly Royal Australian Historical Society http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/184616740
- 17. If you want your collection online, in Trove, here’s what you need to think about… 1. Metadata 17
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- 20. •Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of New South Wales •Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of New South Wales 2. Rights 20 All rights reserved Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of New South Wales Copyright restrictions may apply. Reproduction rights owned by the Royal Australian Historical Society. You may save or print this image for private research. If you wish to use it for any other purpose you must complete the Request for Permission form.
- 21. 3. Digitisation 21 Frank Walker 1861-1948 A New Plan of the Settlements in New South Wales, taken by order of Government, July 20th, 1810. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/184616737 Frank Walker 1861-1948 (1908). Illicit Still, Lawson. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/184616750
- 22. Questions? 22 For more information… Contact us using the link in the top right hand side of every page in Trove Subscribe to our mailing lists email sympa@nla.gov.au with the subject ‘subscribe trove-announce’. Follow us on Twitter at @TroveAustralia. We tweet about new collections to find in Trove, interesting items we find and any service updates.
Editor's Notes
- Welcome – Who’s heard about Trove?
- A normal presentation about Trove might begin with facts. With figures. The phrase “discovery service” would be used. And at this point in the afternoon I imagine it would be soothing, if not sleep-inducing. So I’ve decided to tell you about Trove by telling you a couple of stories which I hope will show you what Trove is. After I’ve told you these stories (and probably mentioned a couple of facts and figures) I’ll then hand over to Mark who’ll share with you some ideas to think about how your collections might come into Trove and tell their own stories. Our first story starts with Peter. This is an object in the Queensland Police Museum’s collection. As their description says, he’s an unusual piece of evidence…
- On the evening of the 22 May 1952, Athol Henry McCowan a quiet, popular 23 year old taxi driver was murdered in his taxi-cab. The blood stained taxi was discovered on The Esplanade at Southport the following morning. The body was discovered on 30 May 1952 washed up on Cribb Island
- The murder was covered extensively in newspapers of the time. Approximately 32 different newspapers across the country covered the story as it developed.
- Police arrested one Arthur Ernest Halliday, who denied being in Southport at the time. Police were able to place Halliday in Southport through key eye witnesses who identified Halliday, his truck and his dog 'Peter'. 'Peter' died prior to the trial and was mounted at the Queensland Museum to be used as an exhibit in the trial. Halliday was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment at Boggo Road Gaol.
- Halliday was defended by the lawyer Ken Mitchell. The Halliday case would have been one of the most prominent cases he worked on. Research in Trove suggests that Mr Mitchell usually defended bankrupts, deserted women and minor thieves.
- In March 1953 Arthur Halliday was convicted and sentenced to life imprisoment with hard labour. In July he appealed the sentence but the appeal was denied. In December he attempted to escape by lighting a fire. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150524733 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42800729 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77223896
- Our second story starts with a small lump of metal.
- On Easter Sunday morning Police Constable George Doyle and Station manager Albert Dahlke went hunting for two men who stole a pony. They never returned.
- George and Albert were killed by Australia’s last two bushrangers, the Kenniff brothers. Patrick and James were notorious cattle duffers and horse thieves. The chase ended in murder and the brothers burnt the bodies of their victims. It’s a little grusome…they not only burnt the bodies and everything on them, they attempted to grind the bones into dust. The remains were stuffed into saddle bags and put on one of the horses, which was later found wandering. The picture of the small, metallic lump, two coins fused together, you saw earlier was found in those saddle bags. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19139552
- A reward was offered for the Kenniffs` capture and they were caught after three months on the run at Arrest Creek near Mitchell. Patrick was hanged at Brisbane`s Boggo Road Gaol in January 1903. His brother served 12 years in prison.
- Here are two monuments in Queensland to George and Albert. The images are part of the Monument Australia collection. The statue on the right represents the capture of Patrick Kenniff, lying on the ground with two police constables standing guard over him. The image that is facing to the south is that of the Aboriginal Tracker. The statue on the hill Paddy`s Knob depicts how Jimmy got away and was eventually surrounded by his captors and forced to surrender.
- This murder brought together two important figures in Australian history. Samuel Griffith was the trial judge. He was a leading federationist, played a leading role in draughting the Australian constitution and was the first Chief Justice of the High Court. T. J. Ryan was the barrister who represented the Kenniff brothers (and according to Anthony Morris QC, not well) who later went on to become a Queensland premier. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/165656198 We often talk about time spent searching Trove as “going down the rabbit hole” as you follow the various leads you find, which open up more leads. However at this point I’ll leave this particular rabbit hole behind.
- Both stories began with one record from a small museum collection. By searching Trove I was able to follow those leads to tell a more complete story using the collections of state libraries, newspapers, archives and historical societies. I didn’t have to leave Trove to tell these stories.
- A collection of collections A place where a collection of 112 records can sit alongside a collection of 112,000 and be found A repository, a catalogue, a gallery Trove is stories We’d love your stories to be part of Trove
- Trove is searched by 70,000 people every day Trove is indexed by search engines Trove drives Internet traffic back to your collection Inclusion in Trove can help you with further grant applications - Royal Australian Historical Society won more money thanks to being in Trove. First had records loaded to Trove in September 2013. I’ll now hand over to Mark…
- Detailed description and summary field = more ways to find this record
- Pretty well all the useful metadata was added by us to every record.