To commemorate 40 years since the Solomon Islands gained independence from the United Kingdom, a University of Queensland historian will visit the country as a guest of the Australian High Commission.
19 March 2018
A website hosting interviews with prominent Papua New Guineans on the period leading up to and following that nation’s independence from Australia in 1975 has been launched today.
10 May 2017The Queensland Government misappropriated what would equate to more than $38 million from the Pacific Islanders’ Fund, a leading researcher at The University of Queensland has said.
5 August 2013
The first comprehensive online history of the Solomon Islands will be launched on 25 July, thanks to the painstaking research of a University of Queensland academic.
23 July 2013
A shipment of nearly 2000 books (84 boxes) has arrived at an isolated high school in the Solomon Islands after a four-month journey from The University of Queensland.
14 February 2013More than 300,000 people viewed the live internet feed of the transit of Venus from telescopes at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane today.
6 June 2012Stargazers are reminded of tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.
5 June 2012A rare astronomical event that led to Captain Cook’s exploration of Australia —The Transit of Venus — promises a spectacular feast for stargazers next month.
22 May 2012The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.
17 November 2010
The details of an iconic Brisbane building and its place in World War II history have been revealed in a new book.
5 November 2010An academic expert on Fiji who was recently deported from the Pacific region country will give a free public lecture at The University of Queensland on Saturday, November 28 at 2pm at the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Campbell Road (Building 23), St...
20 November 2009A top social worker, an award-winning poet and one of the Pacific Islands' elder statesmen will speak at UQ graduation ceremonies tomorrow, December 3.
2 December 2008Sir Peter Kenilorea, one of the most senior statesmen of the South Pacific, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate at The University of Queensland graduation ceremony at the UQ Centre, St Lucia, Brisbane, on December 3.
28 November 2008Book launches are always fun events, celebrating the end of a long process beginning with research and writing and going through to production and distribution.
13 July 2008The University of Queensland has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Solomon Islands Government.
26 September 2007A new book detailing monumental stuff-ups in Australia’s history will be launched on Friday at UQ.
25 October 2006A UQ academic has been elected the inaugural President of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS).
1 February 2006Scholars from four Brisbane-based universities will converge on The University of Queensland next weekend (Saturday, October 25) to speak at a free seminar on Islamic studies.
13 October 2003A new book by a University of Queensland academic argues that gay and lesbian life in Brisbane and Queensland is far more typical of Australia than that of Sydney and New South Wales, or Melbourne and Victoria.
15 March 2001University of Queensland research in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001 has uncovered a startling fact - Queensland has lost its birth certificate.
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