Picture Queensland

Picture Queensland is an online collection of images that documents Queensland’s people, places and events. This includes historical and contemporary images from across the state.

Picture Queensland contains images from the State Library of Queensland’s John Oxley Library and contributing cultural institutions.

Through Picture Queensland, you can search, tag and comment on Queensland-related images. You are also able to order digital or hardcopy versions of images.

A selection of State Library’s copyright-free images are accessible via Flickr (The Commons on Flickr). 

Images featured on Picture Queensland are digitised in accordance with State Library’s digital standards. Images with Indigenous content are made accessible under State Library’s Protocols for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections.

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American soldier with a dog
Dancers performing at the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival 2009
Doctor OLeary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service makes his patient comfortable for the flight
Picking pineapples on a plantation in the Glass House Mountains in 1956
1. American soldier with a dog2. Dancers performing at the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival 20093. Doctor O'Leary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service makes his patient comfortable for the flight4. Picking pineapples on a plantation in the Glass House Mountains in 1956
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State Library of Queensland provides special library services for members who have an SLQ membership card (formerly known as an e-services card).