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Virtual exhibitions

	Becoming Queensland Looking at our state's first 50 years, through stories about the people, places, institutions and lifestyles that have made it so special.
	Panoramic Queensland Take a wider view of Queensland's 150 year history in this exhibition of landscapes and townscapes captured in their full panoramic glory.
	Freestyle books: artists' books View 24 artists' books from the State Library of Queensland's collection.
	Travelling for love Travel around the world and across three centuries in this exhibition of long distance love. The exhibition features the letters, diaries, embroidery, photographs and artworks of ten couples who have travelled in and out of Queensland to be with the ones they love.
	Ex Libris Ex Libris, meaning ‘from the library of’, is an exhibition of bookplates from the State Library’s collection, exploring how bookplates evolved as a beautiful way of identifying the owner of a book.
	Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland Putting the spotlight on the stolen generations, this exhibition provides a moving account of the history of Indigenous child removal.
	Play This exhibition features 16 works by children from Vietnam. The works were made in 1993, and feature the play lives of children from urban and rural areas.
	Talbot Family Treasures Wall The Talbot Family Treasures Wall showcases treasures from the State Library's Heritage Collections through a series of changing displays.
	A few of our favourite things Discover the person behind the name as 10 prominent Queenslanders reveal their favourite things from the State Library's collection. The selections are always revealing, often provocative and never boring.
	Me, Myself and I An exhibition of portraits by 3 to 10 year old children from Australia and Asia. Me, Myself and I invites children to see, appreciate and extend ideas of self and representations of self through visual art created by children.
	The 200km City : From Noosa to the Tweed An online exhibition discussing various issues related to the growth and development along Queensland's south east coastal strip. Links to resources in the State Library that showcase the 200km City.
	Across the Coral Sea A photographic exhibition based on historical images from the John Oxley Library, portraying the way in which Australian South Sea Islanders arrived, lived and worked in Queensland in the nineteenth century.
	Artists' books An exhibition featuring some of the State Library's artist's books collection
	Child's play Over 1,000 photographs of children from the 1890s to the 1920s. Includes classroom resources for educators and students, some of which are linked to the Queensland Studies of Society and Environment syllabus.
	A Gift of presence Words and images about reconciliation, plus learning activities and student worksheets suitable for middle primary, upper primary and secondary/adult students.
	Historical Maps Collection Selected maps from this collection dating back to the mid-1500s.
	Johnstone Gallery Archive Commemorates one of Brisbane's most influential art galleries which operated between 1950 and 1972. The Gallery's archive consists of scrap books, photograph albums, correspondence files, catalogues of some of the exhibitions and artists' biographies.
	Len and Kath Shillam papers A collection of papers, catalogues and photographs relating to the lives and work of Len and Kathleen, Queensland sculptors.
	Queensland stories Digital stories linked to the following themes: arriving, living, holidaying or leaving Queensland.
	The Rawson Archive Images of an Australian pioneer family in nineteenth century north Queensland.
	South African War, 1899-1902 Illustrates the Queensland contribution to the South African War effort
	TimeWalks Interactive journeys through Queensland history
	Virtual books Virtual books allow you to 'turn the pages' of some of our online books. You can zoom in on a page to see more detail, view the transcript of a manuscript or listen to a recording.

Queensland Digital Library - not strictly speaking an exhibition, this is a searchable database of more than 45,000 Queensland cultural heritage resources including photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and multimedia.

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A comprehensive listing of online exhibitions made available by libraries across Australia is available at the Australian Libraries Gateway [new window]

Last updated: 28th April 2009

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