John Oxley Library Fellowship
The John Oxley Library Fellowship is awarded annually to support a research project that uses the rich resources of SLQ’s John Oxley Library and contributes to the creation of new knowledge of Queensland.
The recipient will receive a prize of $20,000 along with a personal work space within the John Oxley Library to utilise the extensive collections and material of the Library in the completion of an individual research project on their proposed topic of interest.
Applications for the 2014 John Oxley Library Fellowship will open early next year.
Supported by the Queensland Library Foundation.
2013 John Oxley Library Fellows
Kathleen Fallon and Matthew Nagas were jointly granted the 2013 John Oxley Library Fellowship for their proposed project A Commemorative Pilgrimage of Significant Sites: The Australian South Sea Islanders from Tweed Heads to Torres Strait.
Kathleen and Matthew will use the collections of the John Oxley Library to research, document, compile, and photographic historic sites significant to Australian South Sea Islanders, with an aim to publishing a series of heritage tourism guides.
Their project coincides with commemorations of 150 years since the first South Sea Islanders were brought to Australia.
