Past news
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24 Dec 2009
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Picture Queensland style
Inspired by the English Christmas carol and by Flickr member irkstyle's gallery, we have gathered together some traditional and not so traditional representations of the gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas, and made them available via The Commons on Flickr.
16 Dec 2009
New Indigenous Knowledge Centre opens on Hammond Island
Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh today officially opened Queensland’s 18th Indigenous Knowledge Centre, in the remote community of Hammond Island in the Torres Strait.
11 Dec 2009
Summer Reading Club 2009-10
Looking for something fun to do these school holidays?. Visit the Summer Reading Club to read whacky fairytales, learn to make a comic, play games, write your own story, chat with authors or send in your artwork to the e-gallery for everyone to see. Plus heaps more fun activities for children and families!!
21 Dec 2009
Image of the week - 21 December 2009
The poster is titled Xmas Presents and was produced for the Disabled Men's Association of Australia.
Image number: 7538-1v000r001 was chosen as Picture of the week beginning 21 December 2009.
03 Dec 2009
All aboard for summer holiday fun at the State Library
This summer the State Library of Queensland is setting sail for a worldwide holiday adventure. From 2 to 24 January, young explorers can traverse the globe through an international extravaganza of music, craft, activities, games and exhibitions.
01 Dec 2009
Black Opium open for viewing
Fiona Foley's visually seductive work leads visitors on a journey through a little known part of Queensland history.
Layered with meaning, revealing a time when Aboriginal people were often paid for their labours with opium, robbing them of their health, and in some cases, their lives.
Black Opium was commissioned as part of the State Library's 2006 redevelopment and was designed to draw visitors along the Knowledge Walk and to act as a prelude to the Heritage Collections Suite on level four.
01 Dec 2009
The Christmas beetles are back!
The State Library has again been decorated with individually crafted and glowing copper Christmas beetles to celebrate the festive season. Look out for them at the Stanley Place entrance, Tognini’s, the Knowledge Walk and Reception and see how many you can find.
20 Nov 2009
End of construction marks next phase for youth digital centre
State Librarian Lea Giles-Peters has signalled the beginning of an exciting new phase for The Edge, a digital centre for young people at the Cultural Centre, with construction ending today.
"The facility, based at the State Library of Queensland, has undergone a $10.15 million makeover over the past six months to adapt the former auditorium building into The Edge – a creative new space with a focus on learning, making, sharing and presenting using contemporary tools and critical ideas," Ms Giles-Peters said.
23 Nov 2009
Image of the week - 23 November 2009
Red poinciana flowers partially conceal the view of fishing boats on the water at Cooktown, north Queensland, 1986. Image no. 612-34-18 was created by Ngaire Gale and is part of the Gale Collection of images held by the John Oxley Library.
Image of the week beginning 23 November was chosen to celebrate the appearance of the poinciana flowers in many Queensland towns and cities each year in November.
16 Nov 2009
2009 Nielson Design Lecture webcast
Professor Michael Sorkin, Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City Collage of New York.
In this webcast Prof. Michael Sorkin, guest speaker of the inaugural Nielson Design Lecture speaks on the theme of designing for the future.
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