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James Toohey World War I Diaries Now Digitized!
The diaries of Gunner James Toohey, a World War I soldier from Queensland who fought in France and Belgium, have now been digitized and are available through our catalogue. Gunner James Toohey Studio...
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Puliima National Indigenous Language and Technology Forum
Puliima hosted by the Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre in Newcastle is a biannual event which is eagerly anticipated by language workers across Australia and this year’s event did not...
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Handwriting problem solved by Pitch In! volunteers
As part of the Pitch In! digital volunteering program, volunteers have been carefully transcribing the World War 1 letters and postcards of Maurice George Delpratt. Typewritten copy of a letter from...
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Queensland Places – Thursday Island – Heriverto Zarcal, Pearl Trader
The Pearl industry has played a major role in the history and development of Thursday Island as well as other places throughout the Torres Strait, and has long been part of Torres Strait history and...
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The Expedition to Mer (Murray Island)
In Conversation with Eddie Koiki Mabo A photographic account of the proceedings of the ‘Mabo’ case on Mer (Murray Island) has recently been donated to the State Library of Queensland. Album of...
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SLNSW Hidden Gems Symposium
The State Library of New South Wales hosted the recent Hidden Gems Symposium that explored the role of libraries and archives in cultural revitalisation. Hidden Gems: The role of Libraries and Archives...
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1800s dream of SECESSION creates new knowledge about Rockhampton
Guest blogger: Kristin Hannaford, artist Artist's rendering montage of Central Queensland Separation League Petition, 1892-1893. Photographer - Jo Kurpershoek Our exhibition in Rockhampton called...
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Queensland Places – Torres Strait – Japanese in the Pearling Industry
As a national group, people of Japanese background or descent have played a major role in the history and development of the pearling industry, especially in the Torres Strait. By way of illustration,...
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Who was Tarragindi Tasserone?
Tarragindi Tasserone I’d always assumed Tarragindi was an Aboriginal name. However, the suburb was named after a South Sea Islander, Tarragindi Tasserone, originally from the Loyalty Islands. The story...
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Rights of children seen through their eyes on display at SLQ
State Library of Queensland celebrates the right to play, as defined in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, with an exhibition of children’s art from 19 Oct – 19...
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Researching Indigenous Languages at AIATSIS
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) I was fortunate to spend a week researching the collections at AIATSIS for material relating to Queensland Aboriginal and...
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Charlie Olsen : one-legged champion swimmer
The State Library of Queensland has a large collection of photographic images, many of which have been digitized and made available online through Picture Queensland. One image that caught my eye...
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Queensland Places – St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Boigu
St. Saviour’s Church on the Torres Strait island of Boigu, is said to be the most northerly church in Queensland, being originally constructed in 1917. This is the natural consequence of Boigu being...
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SLQ’s Conservation Unit comes to the rescue
Guest blogger: Geoff Wharton, historian On 27 May 2013, Her Excellency Mrs Annemieke Ruigrok, the Netherlands Ambassador to Australia, visited the Mapoon community on Western Cape York Peninsula to...
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Queensland Small Towns Project
What is contemporary life like in Queensland towns? Are the experiences of people living in rural areas fundamentally different from those living in cities? A partnership between Queensland College of...
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Queensland’s World War I Centenary Blog
State Library of Queensland recently launched our latest blog – Queensland’s World War I Centenary. In this blog you will find stories from our collections about the experience of Queenslanders during...
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Nursing in Queensland
Guest blogger: Niles Elvery – Manager, Public Access, Queensland State Archives "The Most Honourable and Humane of all Professions". Painted design featuring a female Nurse in uniform intended as...
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Celebrating rail
Many of our readers and researchers would be familiar with the contents held in the John Oxley collections pertaining to the subject of railways across Queensland. Items such as the many digitized...
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Queensland Places – Torres Strait – Cyclone Mahina
One of the worst natural disasters in the Torres Strait region occurred on 4/5 March 1899, when a huge cyclone ripped through the area, causing massive damage to shipping and infrastructure as well as...
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Digital Stories – National Apology Day
In 2013 the National Apology Day fifth anniversary occurred. To celebrate this event the State Library of Queensland has placed five digital stories online for clients to view. These stories come from...
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