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Travelling exhibitions 

• Water Trees and Roots: Stories from the Vietnamese community
• Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland

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 Water, Trees and Roots: Stories from the Vietnamese community

From refugees to inspiration, Water, trees and roots celebrates the journey, challenges and successful establishment of Queensland's Vietnamese community through photographs and stories.

Tour dates

• 13 November – 5 December 2008: Blackwater Library, Blackwater [new window  http://www.centralhighlands.qld.gov.au/community/Your_Libraries.shtml]

• 2 - 7 February 2009: Charleville Cultural Centre, Charleville

• 23 February - 11 March 2009: Noosa Library, Noosa [new window http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/]

For more information view Hot Topics – Vietnamese Collections

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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.

• View the on-line exhibition.
• Download notes for teachers linking the exhibition to the high school curriculum. [new window  pdf 314 kb]

Excerpts from the film, "The Native Problem in Queensland " are provided courtesy National Film and Sound Archive. State Library of Queensland gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the National Film and Sound Archive [new window, http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/search.w3p;adv=;query=;resCount].

 Tour dates

• 1 - 19 December 2008:  Logan North Library, Underwood [new window http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/residents/libraries/librarybranchesopeninghours.htm]

• 24 December 2008 - 12 January 2009: Logan West Library, Browns Plains [new window http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/residents/libraries/librarybranchesopeninghours.htm]

• 16 January - 6 February 2009: Beenleigh Library, Beenleigh [new window http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/residents/libraries/librarybranchesopeninghours.htm]

• 11 Feb - 2 March 2009: Southport Branch Library, Southport [new window http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/libraries/t_library.aspx?pid=7737]

• 6 - 25 March 2009: Broadbeach Branch Library, Mermaid Waters [new window http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/t_library.aspx?pid=7723]

• 30 March - 17 April 2009: Elanora Branch Library, Elanora [new window http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/t_library.aspx?pid=7728]

• 22 April - 12 May 2009: Tamborine Mountain Library, North Tamborine [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/scenic_rim/tamborine_mountain_library]

• 16 May - 5 June 2009: Beaudesert Library, Beaudesert [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/scenic_rim/beaudesert_library

• 22 June - 15 July 2009: Capalaba Library, Capalaba [new window http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/Residents/Library/Library%20Opening%20Hours/Pages/Capalaba%20Library.aspx]

• 11 August - 1 September 2009: Erub Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Erub Island [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/torres_strait_island/erub_indigeneous_knowledge_centre]

• 14 September - 2 October 2009: New Mapoon Indigenous Knowledge Centre, New Mapoon [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/northern_peninsula/new_mapoon_indigenous_knowledge_centre]

• 15 October - 3 November 2009: Hope Vale Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Hope Vale [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/hope_vale/hope_vale_library]

• 12 November - 1 December 2009: Cooktown Library, Cooktown [new window http://www.cook.qld.gov.au/community/CtnLibrary.shtml]

• 7 - 28 December 2009: Manunda Library, Manunda [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/cairns/manunda_library]

• 5 - 21 January 2010: Yarrabah Library, Yarrabah [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/yarrabah/yarrabah_library]

• 29 January - 19 February 2010: Atherton Library, Altherton [new window http://www.trc.qld.gov.au/facilities/libraries]

• 26 February - 17 March 2010: Townsville Citi Libraries Thuringowa, Thuringowa Central [new window http://library.thuringowa.qld.gov.au/about]

• 22 March - 7 April 2010: Townsville Citi Libraries Aitkenvale, Aitkenvale [new window http://previous.townsville.qld.gov.au/libraries/branch_aitkenvale.asp]

• 12 - 30 April 2010: Townsville Citi Libraries Flinders Mall, Townsville [new window http://previous.townsville.qld.gov.au/libraries/branch_city.asp]

• 8 May - 28 May 2010: Mt Isa City Library, Mount Isa [new window http://www.mountisa.biz/community/libraries.php]

• 6 - 24 June 2010: Burketown Library, Burketown [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/burke/burketown_library]

• 3 - 23 July 2010: Whitsunday Library, Proserpine [new window http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/PublicAssets/LocalAmenities/Libraries/tabid/188/Default.aspx]

• 30 July - 17 August 2010: Bowen Library, Bowen [new window http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/PublicAssets/LocalAmenities/Libraries/tabid/188/Default.aspx]

• 23 August - 14 September 2010: Mackay Library, Mackay [new window http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/libraries

• 20 September - 6 october 2010: Emerald Library, Emerald [new window http://www.emerald.qld.gov.au/Council/Library/Library.htm]

• 13 October - 2 November 2010: Rockhampton South Branch Library, Rockhampton [new window http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/common/Pages/Display/article_all_view.aspx?id=154]

• 8 - 26 November 2010: Gladstone Library, Gladstone [new window http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/library/]

• 2 - 20 December 2010: Hervey Bay Library, Pialba [new window http://www.herveybay.qld.gov.au/stayPlay/library/aboutTheLibrary.shtml]

• 28 December 2011 - 14 January 2011: Winifred Fisher Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Cherbourg [new window http://www.cherbourss.eq.edu.au/IKC/programs.htm]

• 21 January - 9 February 2011: Nanango Library, Nanango [new window http://libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/south_burnett/nanango_library]

• 16 February - 9 March 2011: Gympie Library, Gympie [new window http://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/displaylibraryarticle.asp?ID=220]

• 13 March - 1 April 2011: Noosa Library, Noosaville [new window http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/]

• 6 - 26 April 2011: Nambour Library, Nambour [new window http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=librarybranches#nam]

• 30 April - 18 May 2011: Caloundra Library, Caloundra [new window http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=librarybranches#nam

• 23 May - 10 June 2011: Narangba Library, Narangba [new window http://library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/general.aspx?id=90]

• 28 June - 19 July 2011: Esk Library, Esk [new window http://www.somerset.qld.gov.au/council/functions/libraries.shtml]

• 25 July - 15 August 2011: Dalby Library, Dalby [new window http://www.dalby.qld.gov.au/services/library.asp]

• 22 August - 7 September 2011: Charleville Library, Charleville [new window http://www.murweh.qld.gov.au/services/library.shtml]

• 15 September - 6 October 2011: Cunnamulla Library, Cunnamulla [new window http://www.paroo.qld.gov.au/services/libraries.shtml]

• 14 October - 4 November 2011: Goondiwindi Library, Goondiwindi [new window http://www.goondiwindi.qld.gov.au/visitors/Library.shtml]