🏏 Could that be Richie Benaud bowling? We think it just might be! With The Ashes heading to Brisbane this week, we take you back 71 years to the 1954 Ashes Test Match at the Gabba with these edited snippets of home-movie footage from our collection. Australia won the match by an innings and 154 runs but went on to lose the series 3–1. This match showcased cricket legends like Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris and Ray Lindwall for Australia, alongside England's stars Len Hu

Ibis stew, anyone? For Queenslanders at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, the iconic bin chicken wasn’t just a loveable public nuisance, it was dinner. The Australian Enquiry Book of Household and General Information says that despite possessing an “objectionable odour” (their words, not ours), the book reassures readers that the smell is confined to the exterior, and the meat is perfectly edible. You never know what you’ll find in our State Library collections, so make sure you follow alon