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Indigenous Knowledge Centres

"Indigenous Knowledge Centres are breathing places ...they keep our culture strong for our children ... look after our traditions, songs, language, stories and artwork ... bring back the things that guide us today for the future ... combining a meeting place for traditional business with modern library services ..."

Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKCs) operate in partnership with Local Government. Councils are responsible for the physical infrastructure, staffing and day to day operations of their IKC, while State Library of Queensland provides set-up materials (books, magazines, audiovisual materials and computers), staff training and fun literacy and recreational programs.

The Centres provide both traditional library services (including information and communication technologies) as well as a means and a place to capture and preserve local history and traditions.

The State Library currently supports eighteen IKCs, primarily in the Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait regions. The first Centres were established in 2002.

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IKC locations

See the Directory of Queensland public libraries for more information.

Last updated: 25th August 2009

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