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The BRGHS has an excellent record in historical research. Our members have conducted such research since the early 1990s, and this work underpins all our publications and exhibits. During 2002 we spent six months cataloguing the existing museum artefact and records collection. Since then we have amassed an extensive library of newspaper articles, records, photographs, books and journal articles, and oral history recordings and transcripts, all relating to the history of Queensland prisons, inmates and staff. The gathering of this information has involved thousands of working hours and a significant allocation of financial resources. This work has allowed us to train BRGHS volunteers in archival research methods. Our records and research experience continue to grow on a weekly basis, and we now have an excellent research library at our disposal. The underlying community approach to our research is that it both involves and is accessible to the public, and we hope to make parts of the Queensland Prisons Collection and local histopry material accessible to the public, museum visitors and students in the future.
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