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Keep informed with what's happening across the State Library of Queensland's websites in 2009 - new web content being launched, and major changes to existing content that may be of interest to you. (This page is also available as a web feed in RSS format - see information to the right.)
Displaying numbers 1 to 10 of a total of 156 current site news stories
04 Nov 2009
Labor Manifesto returns ‘home’
The Manifesto of the Australian Labour Party (1892) has returned home after being present under the new Tree of Knowledge Memorial at Premier Bligh’s 19th community cabinet in Barcaldine.
Ms Bligh said it was a historic moment with the manifesto to return to the exact point where it was first read aloud over a century ago.
“UNESCO recently named the The Manifesto of the Australian Labour Party (1892) a document of international significance,” she said.
02 Nov 2009
Image of the week - 2 November 2009
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gunsynd had 29 wins including the 1971 Epsom Handicap and the 1972 Cox Plate and came third in the 1972 Melbourne Cup
30 Oct 2009
Roads, bridges and infrastructure
The Great South East - In this program excerpt State Library Historian, Brian Randall focuses on roads, bridges and infrastructure of early Brisbane.
29 Oct 2009
New Storylines - Q150 digital stories
A new batch of digital stories are now available as part of the Storylines - Q150 digital stories project. Includes stories from Central and Western Queensland, Sunshine Coast and Cairns.
You can view all 13 new stories on Queensland Stories or on YouTube [new window].
28 Oct 2009
Inclusive Museum and Outreach Programs webcast
Listen to Amy Van Allen, Outreach Manager in Community and Constituent Services at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) as she talks about how NMAI challenges traditional museum ideologies by being a Native place, both physically and spiritually, with an emphasis on community curators in exhibitions and the use of traditional care methods for collections as advised by tribal representatives.
28 Oct 2009
Exhibition: Behind the lines 2008
Behind the lines: the best cartoons of 2008 offer a rare insight into the humorous world of political cartoonists. Exhibition visitors will be invited to choose their favourite cartoon for the People's Choice Award. The exhibition will be displayed in the Phillip Bacon Gallery from 21 November.
27 Oct 2009
Cartoon workshops are back!
Want to learn the art of visual storytelling? Then get your creative juices flowing at Cartoon, Animation and Manga Workshops these school holidays. Includes:
- Cartoon workshops
- Manga workshops
- Stop motion animation workshops
- Flash animation workshops
Come for one workshop or stay for the whole day at a reduced rate, with supervised activities in The Parlour at lunchtime.
26 Oct 2009
Historical Queensland films digitised
A selection of digitised films from the John Oxley Library collection are now available via YouTube. The films include intimate family celebrations as well as events in the history of Queensland such as street celebrations following the declaration of peace on Victory in the Pacific Day 1945 and Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Brisbane in 1954.
More of this collection can be found by searching Manuscripts Queensland.
26 Oct 2009
Image of the week - 26 October 2009
Early portrait of Joh - former Queensland Premier - and Flo - former National Party Senator for Queensland.
22 Oct 2009
First aerial photos of Brisbane - new digitised collection item
Published in 1919, Brisbane from the air : illustrated shows the first photographs taken of Brisbane from an aeroplane. The 40 minute flight was made on behalf of the Courier and Queenslander newspapers. The ideal weather conditions enabled the photographer to obtain excellent negatives from nearly 2,000 feet.
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