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Sound as historical material: developing a new way of cataloguing, describing and accessing sound in the archive - Part 2

Guest blogger: Seth Ellis - 2019 Mittelheuser Scholar-in-Residence. I spent the Mittelheuser scholarship-in-residence experimenting with…

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Houses in the Ipswich region underwater during the 2011 Queensland floods

Remembering the 2011 Queensland floods

This year marks 10 years since the devastating Queensland floods of January 2011. Parts of…

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Advertisement for Simpsons self-raising flour

Who remembers Simpson's self-raising Flour? Christmas advertisement from the Mayfair Theatre, 1944-1946.

I wanted to know more about this Christmas advertisement from the John Oxley Library collection,…

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Construction is almost completed on the Story Bridge Brisbane October 1939

The top 5 most popular posts on Instagram from 2020

With the end of 2020 approaching, we are taking a look back at our social…

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The top 3 most watched John Oxley Library videos on State Librarys YouTube

The top 5 most watched videos on YouTube from 2020

With the end of 2020 approaching, we are taking a look back at our social…

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The top 3 most viewed John Oxley Library blogs posted in 2020

The top 10 most popular Blogs from 2020

With the end of 2020 approaching, we are taking a look back at our social…

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