Meeting with the writer Peter Ludlov in the Museum of Redland Bay. QLD.

 30 January 2013 in the Museum of Redland Bay (Queensland) has been a meeting with the writer Peter Ludlov. Peter is the author of many books about  the history of Queensland.

 At the meeting at Redland Bay museum Peter spoke about the history of Cleveland starting from 1842. His speech was very interesting and informative.

Peter Ludlow is a registered pharmacist formerly of the Princess Alexandra Hospital. In the course of his duties there he interviewed many of the staff and patients of the former leprosarium at Peel Island. He subsequently published its history and that of the Peel Island's Quarantine Station.

 Since then he has published five volumes of oral history based on Moreton Bay (Moreton Bay People), and a general history of Moreton Bay (Moreton Bay Chronicle), a collected volume (Moreton Bay People - The Complete Collection), and its sequel (Moreton Bay Letters), and a reprint of Peel island - Paradise or Prison.

 His published books:

Peel Island: Paradise or prison? Stones Corner, The Author, 1989

Exiles of Peel Island: Quarantine, Stones Corner, The Author, 1991

Moreton Bay People, volumes 1-5

Peel Island: quarantine as incarceration, in Islands of incarceration, John Pearn and Peggy Carter, Amphion Press, 1995

Moreton Bay chronicle, Stones Corner, The Author 1999

Moreton Bay people - The complete collection, Stones Corner, The Author, 2000

Moreton Bay letters, Stones Corner, The Author, 2003

Moreton Bay reflections, Stones Corner, The Author, 2007

He is othor of numerous articles in medical, tourist and professional magazines.

After the meeting in Redland Museum  the staff of the museum organized afternoon tea.

Thanks  everyone who came to Redland Museum and attended Peter's presentation.

Mila Larkin.

Redland Bay Museum. Photo by author.