The Institute has conducted a range of research activities over its history, including:
• Seeing Brisbane 1881 – 2001, an exhibition of text and visual images, and accompanying book
• Does the Queenslander have a future? publication
• 200km city – from Noosa to the Tweed publication and exhibition
• Defending the North: Queensland in the Pacific war exhibition
• Proposed Dams publications of local histories
• Queensland Fifty Firsts exhibition
• Top 150: Documenting Queensland publication