Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dance collection

Held at the Maitland Town Hall, New South Wales

Calendar with advertising for bush dances at Penny Lane Farm, Calamvale.

Colonial Bush Dance with the Champion Moreton Bay Band held at Springbrook Hall Saturday 7 May.

Live at Samsonvale Hall, 7.00pm, 14 June. $5 incl. Supper

Photographs of colonial Balls, festivals, fairs, Expo '88 performances and miscellaneous performances, events and people.

I colour photograph A4 in size of Vic and Jan Orloff in colonial costume

Photobook - 22 pages of photos during performances and events of the Colonial and Heritage Dancers group

Photographic negatives(approximately 80 strips) of performances and events performed by the Colonial and Heritage Dance group.

Events include: George Street/Heritage Festival, multiple years; Expo '88; opening of Southbank; members wedding photographs; 125th Anniversary of Gympie; Australia Day  at the Botanic Gardens Brisbane etc

Photographs, dance programs and event flyers relating to the annual Playford Ball

Papers, correspondence, programs and event flyers relating to various activities including Australia Day and Queensland day celebrations, song lists, certificates of appreciation, programs, running sheets, folk festivals, newspaper clippings etc.

Annual Ball programs - 1993-2019 including dance instructions, Dance tickets/dance cards to Annual Ball - 1994-2017; various event flyers.

Dance notes & instructions - compiled by David G Johnson (2008)

A Queensland selection - Traditional couples dances & tunes of the South-East - compiled by Maria Zann (V. 1, 1992)

The Australian M. C. - 100 new & most fashionable English, Irish, Scotch & French dances - compiled by R. Lovenberry (1884)

Brisbane Quadrilles, Pine Mountain Lancers & when they dance - Dance instructions

Various Dance instructions (Undated)

Dancers from Lovenberry's manual

Events from multiple organisations include: Ausdance; Queensland Folkloric Association; Grand Centenary Ball; National Folk Festival Ball; Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dancers; Queensland Living History Federation Inc.; Rathdowney Heritage Festival; Federation Fiesta Viva; Brisbane Turf Club; Ormiston House; National Trust of Queensland; Australian Bush Festival; Waterloo Dinner; Great South East - Channel 7; Queensland's Heritage Festival; Pine Rivers Heritage Day; Gympie District Gold Rush Festival; Hervey Bay Multicultural Festival; General instruction, Centenary of Federation Salute

Items include: Colonial George Street Festival; Australian Bush Music Festival; One Sky Different people;  Queensland Folkloric Dance Association; Migrant Resource Centre Association Fiestas; 100 years for 100 voices; Warana Festival; Gympie Gold Rush Festival; Southbank Parklands; Australian Bicentenary;

Expo '88 items include: Certificate, programme, photographs,Expo  passport and official newsletter.

Items include: Swedes Down Under; Around the world with Norwegian folk music; Shell Folkloric Celebration; Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Folklorama Concert; Warana Festival of song and dance.

Video recording of Brisbane Quadrilles dances performed in 2000 by Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dance group, Dutton Park, Brisbane. Tape position: 0.00 mins to 13.05 mins.

Video recording of event at Ormistion House, Brisbane performed by Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dance Group. Tape position: 0.00 mins to 15.31 mins

Video recording of One Sky, Different Peoples concert, during the Warana Festival and held in Brisbane Botanical Gardens.

Performances by: An Aboriginal dance group; Nga Hau Pumau, Maori dance group; Bangladeshi dance group; Pacific Island dance group; Croatian dance group; Phillipines Cultural League; Hungarian "Csardas"; Seychelles dance group; Spanish Folklore dance group; South Pacific Island dancers; Oasis Belly Dancers; Kovoski Bozuri; Finale: Nga Hau Pumau and others.

Video recording of the Seventh Annual Colonial Ball held at Morris Hall, Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie).

Fourteen events by Norwegian, Finnish and Scandinavian dance groups performed at various locations.

1.  Norwegian Folk Dance group, Brisbane City Hall, 1988. Tape position: 19.23
2.  Norwegian Folk Dance group, 1988. Tape position: 27.45
3. Norwegian Folk Dance group, (different angle), 1988 Tape position: 36.10
4. Norwegian Folk Dance group, Warana Festival. Tape position: 44.42
5. Daytime performance, Riverstage, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 49.00 (approx.)
6. Medieval Fayre - Lettisk Polka. Tape position: 58.58
7. Scandi Children's group - Caboolture Show, 1997. Tape position: 1.03.21
8. Scandi Fest. - River Stage, Brisbane Botannic Gardens. Tape position: 1.15.05
9. Finnish Club, 1993. Tape position: 1.22.03
10. Finnish Club dance group.  Tape position: 2.14.33
11. Workshop. Tape position: 2.23.10
12. Caboolture Show, 1997. Tape position: 2.36.27
13. Canberra Revontulet, April 1999. Tape position: 2.56.36
14. Canberra - Finnish Karelian group from Sweden, 1998. Tape position: 3.05.29

Dances performed by the Queensland Colonial and Heritage Dance Group at the National folk Festival Colonial Ball, Canberra 2012