SAT 15 MAY

Deadly Threads celebration

Free performances and activities

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Benjamin Law Brisbane Writers Festival 2021

Brisbane Writers Festival

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Cut Copy: Brisbane music posters 1977-87

It’s your last chance to see the exhibition

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Estate Map of Penny Section at Kelvin Grove

House Histories

Mon 10 May · 11am–12pm
Set the foundations for house history research success in this series of webinars.
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Recording Studio

Recording Studio inductions

Wed 26 May · 6–8pm
Inductions are your first step to accessing our professional equipment and software for recording, mixing, editing and mastering.
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Play in The Corner

Play Time in The Corner

Today (ongoing) · 11am–12:30pm
Family fun and creativity is here! Book now for free, daily First 5 Forever Play Time sessions in The Corner.
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Family picnic in the Queensland bush 1900-1910
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections
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State Library blog

Illustrator Emma Cracknell holds her picture book Is this your egg

Is this your egg? Animal life cycles on the beach

Henry the Hermit crab is on a mission. He finds a small egg and must…

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Australian Library of Art Showcase level 4 State Library of Queensland

A brief history of the Australian Library of Art

Libraries change over time as they develop and grow and State Library of Queensland is…

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Photograph of a piece of wood on the bed of a laser cutter

Cutting Machines 101: From Drawing to Design File

You can draw, and you have easy access to a laser cutter, CNC router and…

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Incredible Cat Palaces made on the CNC router at The Edge

The CNC at the Fabrication lab is in use once again as participants of a…

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Say G'day

Flyer for the Say G'day initiative State Library of Queensland, in partnership with Yugambeh Museum…

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Chinese prisoners being fed under supervision outside in the Goal Yard Burketown Queensland ca October 1900

Chinese Arrested In Queensland

Guest blogger: David Huggonson Between 1873 and 1876 the Palmer River goldfield in the hinterland…

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