Braille House exists to empower people of all ages who are blind or have low vision through alternative formats. Our goal is to ensure that everyone can access knowledge and information through touch literacy.
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The library moved to the basement of the Queensland Musical and Literary Self-aid Society For the Blind, located on the corner of Vulture Street and Stephens Road in South Brisbane.
Six braille machines were purchased after the export ban of the machines from the UK was lifted (prior to this, all braille volumes were manually transcribed with a stylus on a hand frame!).
A room in the Telegraph Building was rented to accommodate the growing book and equipment collection.
The free lending library was officially opened by the Honourable J.R. Dickson, Premier of Queensland. Fifty-four books made up the collection, including authors such as Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Queensland Braille Writing Association (QBWA) was established with the purpose of providing books in braille for the blind of Queensland. The membership fee was fixed at one shilling (ten cents) per annum. Lady Lamington, wife of the Governor of Queensland, was the first patron of QBWA.