Wikipedia:GLAM/State Library of Queensland/QWiki Club 2019

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Q Wiki is a monthly Wikipedia editing club for State Library staff and others in Queensland GLAM community to come together and contribute to Wikipedia pages around a chosen theme based on material in State Library collections. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or already have some experience, you are most welcome. However, Q Wiki is a staff initiative and not open to members of the public (sorry!). Wikipedians Kerry Raymond and Jacinta Sutton from Wikimedia Australia attend sessions to provide training and support as required.

The club meets on the last Tuesday of every month from 9am to 12 noon at The Edge building at State Library of Queensland. You decide how long you want to stay and you can join us at any time during the session.

If you cannot make the sessions at State Library, you can still be part of Q Wiki. Just let us know you're contributing and we'll add you to our metrics dashboard.

There are 15 computers available or you can BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).

View our statistics dashboard to see the progress we are making across Wikipedia.
Contact: Email qldmemory@slq.qld.gov.au for more information.

For information on our past Q Wiki activities, please see:

Upcoming Q Wiki sessions

Date	Time	Venue	Theme	Notes
Tuesday 26 February 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Venue change to The Cage at The Edge
Tuesday 26 March 2019	9am-12noon	The Cage, Ground Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Venue change to The Cage at The Edge
Tuesday 30 April 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	We'll be working on the real estate maps until they are all added!
Tuesday 28 May 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Still getting through those maps
Tuesday 25 June 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	We have a lot of maps!
Tuesday 30 July 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	We repeat, we have a lot of maps!
Tuesday 27 August 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Getting there..
Tuesday 24 September 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Bet you didn't think we had this many maps
Tuesday 29 October 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland	Historic real estate maps of Queensland	Over half way
Tuesday 26 November 2019	9am-12noon	Digital Media Lab, First Floor, The Edge, State Library of Queensland

Q Wiki 2019: Real Estate Maps

State Library of Queensland has a unique collection of digitised real estate maps and plans created by real estate firms from the 1850s to the mid-1900s. Real estate maps can provide information about how land was subdivided, auctioned, who the surveyors were and who sold the land. They can be gems for investigating urban development, local history and house histories.

Working in the place name article, we will be adding the information from the map about the subdivision of the land at that time. Citations will be the digitised map on the One Search catalogue and a Trove article corroborate that evidence, if it exists.

Editing Tasks

Step 1. Search this Google Sheet of Real Estate Maps for a map that isn't coloured Green (completed), Orange (in progress) or Red (issues). Mark your selection orange so to indicate to other editors that it's unavailable.

Step 2. Click the URL in Column E (the Handle) to open the map in One Search.

Step 3. Scan the map for the following details:

The date of the auction
The auctioneer or land seller
The number of blocks that are offered for sale or auction
Any information on the map that may help distinguish its position or tell us unique information (near to railway station, distance from nearest town centre etc.)

Step 4. In a new tab, search Trove digitised newspapers for the Estate name and the date of the auction (if available). For some of the maps, a corresponding Trove article has already been located, check Column E (Trove article URL) for a Trove url. If you find an article that endorses the information on the map, keep the tab open.

Step 5. In the place name Wikipedia article, click Edit and look for the History heading. If there isn't one, create it.

Step 6. Type in sentences the information you have found in the map. For example:

See Holland Park West:

In May 1914, on what is now known as Holland Park West, 62 subdivided allotments of "Hill Farm Estate" were advertised to be auctioned by G.T. Bell and Chandler and Russell. A map advertising the auction states the Estate was 12 minutes' walk from the Logan Road tram.

See Clayfield (redirected from Eagle Junction):

In February 1888, "Isleton Estate" made up of 236 allotments were advertised to be auctioned by R. R. Cottell. A map advertising the auction states the Estate was exactly opposite Eagle Junction Railway Station with 30 trains passing a day.

See Airlie Beach:

In December 1956, 18 allotments were advertised to be auctioned as Perpetual Town Leases by the Department of Public Lands office. The map advertising the auction states the allotments were situated approximately 15 miles north-east of Proserpine.

Step 7. Cite your information using the handle and catalogue record information, and the Trove article (hint: use the basic form option and adding the Wikitext Wikipedia citation option in Trove to make a quick citation. It's easy - ask us how!). The format date when adding your web citation is DD/Month/YYYY e.g.: 25 February 2019.

Step 8. Go back to the Google Sheet, add the Trove article url (if available) to Column E.

Step 9. Mark off your place name and map title fields in the Google Sheet accordingly:

Green: You've successfully added the map and Trove article (if available) to the place name article. Nice work!
Orange: The map and/or article needs more investigation.
Red: If it's looking like this map cannot be added - there is an error somewhere, or you are really stuck identifying the map content.

Important!:

For those suburbs whose borders share a map, add the same citation to each place name.
For multiple place names, first check that the map entry in the Google Sheet isn't duplicated before adding as a citation.

Q Wiki February 2019

In February Q Wikipedians added content to the following articles:

Q Wiki March 2019

In March Q Wikipedians added content to the following articles:

Albion, Queensland

Q Wiki April 2019

In April Q Wikipedians added content to the following articles:

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