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Our heritage

The State Library of Queensland preserves and promotes the heritage of Queensland - its people, places, customs and events. Find here unique resources reflecting Queensland's social and cultural heritage, including multimedia, photographic, musical and text records.

	Artists' books Images of artists' books from the collections, plus an education component linking to the school curriculum, promoting artists' books as a valuable learning resource.
	Collection highlights Significant items from the State Library of Queensland's heritage collections.
	John Oxley Library The premier library for material documenting the history and development of Queensland, with a wide range of books, serials, newspapers, maps, photographs, original artworks, personal manuscripts and business archives.
	Len and Kath Shillam papers The lives of Queensland sculptors Len and Kath Shillam presented through a biography, chronology, interview transcript and many photographs.
	Manuscripts Queensland Online access to finding aids for items in the State Library's original material collections, including digital images and transcriptions. Recently featured: Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party and the Archer Brothers in Queensland.
	Music Queensland Tune in to scores of musical heritage. Search our database of unique, digitised Queensland sheet music and sound recordings published before 1930.
	Picture Queensland Images of Queensland, its people and places, past and present. Recently featured: State Library buildings.
	Queensland stories Play digital stories (mini movies) - search by theme or location, and viewed online. Recently featured: Stories from the State Library collections.
	Virtual books 'Turn the pages' of some of our online books - zoom in on a page to see more detail, view transcripts, listen to recordings, and find out more. Recently added: 'Indooroopilly: the tongue twisting waltz song hit' and a wealth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander books.
	Virtual exhibitions Visit our online exhibitions documenting state and national history. Recent exhibition: Travelling for Love.
	More treasures... View some of our other digital collections and virtual exhibitions.