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Indigenous resources
Find articles | Find websites | Find images
Find books and other material in the State Library of Queensland collections
The catalogue provides access to a range of research and reference material.
Virtual books
The Virtual Book lets you 'turn the pages' of some of our online books. You can zoom in on a page to see more detail and listen to recordings of some virtual books.
State Library collections
View our resources on the following topics:
- Aborigines
- Aboriginal Australian Artists
- Aboriginal Australians Music
- Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
- Indigenous Australia
- Indigenous languages
- Aboriginal culture - Queensland
- Stolen generations
- Torres Strait Island - History
- Torres Strait Islanders - Social life and customs
Or use your own keywords.
View specific holdings for individual communities
You can also visit kuril dhagun Indigenous Knowledge Centre, which opened in November 2006. kuril dhagun explores different ways of understanding, creating, collecting and storing knowledge by and for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders of Queensland.
Find articles in online databases:
Try the searches below, or create your own combination of keywords.
No login is needed to access these databases onsite at the State Library of Queensland.
Please note: To access these database links from your home or any offsite computer connected to the Internet, you need to log in to each database. Log in to the Queensland wide databases using your Queensland public library membership card or a State Library e-services card.
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference titles
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - a reference site for students, educators and parents, it includes editorially reviewed websites and the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Find images:
Picture Queensland is a digital image library holding over 35,000 historical and contemporary images of Queensland. Images depicting Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders from SLQ collections have only been included after cultural clearance has been sought, in accordance with State Library's Protocols for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections [new window].
Find websites:
Search NetLinks for quality websites selected by library staff.
Or try keywords like: aboriginal or torres strait
For further information visit the following online resources and websites:
ATSILIRN [new window]: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network.
AIATSIS [new window]: the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Native title [new window]: Information about the National Native Title Tribunal.
National policy framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library services and collections [new window]: a policy developed by National State Libraries Australasia (NSLA). As a member of NSLA and as the Convenor of the NSLA Indigenous Working Group, the State Library of Queensland supports and promotes this policy framework.
Aboriginal General Online Resources [new window]: has links to many online Indigenous resources.
More information
Last updated: 8th October 2009
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