Some extraordinary objects collected by Queenslanders over the years are being presented at the Museum of Brisbane’s precious exhibition.
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00:00From antique beaded purses to sporting legends.
00:13It's a really beautiful show and a really accessible show for everyone.
00:18I think for visitors to the city, they'll certainly get a sense of,
00:21oh, well these are some stories about people who live here.
00:24What can I learn about this city through this exhibition?
00:28Collecting objects and artefacts has long been a process throughout time
00:32that preserves a piece of history,
00:34and collectors have effectively become hands-on historians.
00:38One of the many collectors that's featured in the Museum of Brisbane's
00:41precious exhibition is Donny Tahire.
00:44Donny, thanks so much for joining us on News Breakfast.
00:47Good morning.
00:48Tell me a bit about what's going on here.
00:50What do you have in your collections?
00:52It sort of varies to a slight degree,
00:55but it's mostly things that are surrounding or relating to Brisbane,
00:59which sort of makes sense to me because we kind of live here.
01:03I kind of live here, but I think if I lived in Adelaide,
01:05it'd be all Adelaide stuff, so yeah.
01:07And you've got ceramics, records, posters.
01:10How did you get into that?
01:12I guess it all just starts with one piece,
01:15and then it just multiplies from there, you know,
01:17because no two things are ever the same.
01:19And when you have an eclectic taste like I do,
01:22you can, you know, develop quite a big collection of things
01:25because you might collect music that's punk or jazz or blues
01:30or, you know, unusual things.
01:32So, yeah, and it just all of a sudden just starts to multiply.
01:35These are just some of the wonderful treasures
01:38collected by everyday Queenslanders,
01:40now on show to the world as part of the precious exhibition.
01:44And for Mikey Hilberger, you could say he's got razor-sharp taste.
01:49It's only part of my axe collection, about 30 of them here,
01:53and it's a big variety from sort of around the world,
01:56and they're all different types for different jobs,
01:59but, yeah, it's pretty impressive.
02:01And tell me what got you into collecting axes?
02:04I started it through doing competition barbecue,
02:07and we had to chop firewood to fire up the smokers,
02:10so it just seemed right to have a really nice axe,
02:13and one turned into two, and two turned into 120.
02:17Mikey's wife, Lizzie, also a keen collector,
02:20but for the more softer things in life.
02:23I started collecting in my mid-twenties,
02:26and I really appreciated the domestic side of women's needlework,
02:33from everyday wear to their dresses to beaded bags to linens,
02:40and I think the beaded area of purses particularly attracted me with their fine design.
02:46Textiles are often difficult to preserve because they don't like humidity,
02:51they don't like sunlight, they don't like damp,
02:54so really the purses don't come out unless there's an event like this.
02:59It's a real honour to be invited to have your collection displayed at somewhere like this,
03:05and for it to be up for a year for people to see is wonderful.
03:10So, as I said, they stay in the dark otherwise,
03:14so it's an opportunity for them to shine.
03:16And shine they do.
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