Exhibition kit loans
The State Library of Queensland holds a stimulating and diverse range of exhibition material in kit form for loan to public libraries and other organisations. These display kits are photograph-based and deal with a wide range of topics relating to Queensland and its history, such as social history, wartime romances and children’s art.
If you are interested in borrowing one of these kits, please use our request form.
Exhibition kit loans
Many who have lived through times of war have spoken of the passionate intensity they experienced when finding love amid the chaos and confusion. This kit exhibition focuses on Queensland wedding photographs from the WWI and WWII eras. It features reproductions of documents, images and letters from the John Oxley Library’s Charles Rowland Williams Papers telling the tragic story of “Dambuster” and Flying Officer Charles Rowland Williams, and his love for fiancé Gwendoline (Bobbie) Parfitt.
Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland
In this moving exhibition, the history of Indigenous child removal is portrayed through the records and documents held in Queensland collecting institutions and the personal stories of five Aboriginal Queenslanders.
Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children’s Art Archive
The Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children’s Art Archive is a remarkable collection of children’s art dating from 1990. The collection includes work by children across Queensland as well as material from Vietnam and China. This kit exhibition displays a selection of works from the communities of Erub and Poruma in the Torres Strait, Hope Vale in Cape York and Cherbourg in South East Queensland.
Please note: This exhibition will be available from July 2012.
More information
If you have an enquiry, you can contact us in any of the following ways:
- Telephone +61 7 3840 7889
- Fax +61 7 3842 9893
- Email: LearningParticipation@slq.qld.gov.au
- Ask us
- Visit us
For general enquiries:
- Ask at your local Queensland public library
- Other libraries [new window]
Last updated: 22nd February 2012
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