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Diary and portrait of Gustavus Birch

Diary of Gustavus Birch 1873-1874

Preserving the past to inform the future ... To fully understand the significance of Birch’s…

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Ms Josephine Bedford and Dr Lilian Cooper in a horse and buggy in Brisbane 1900

Dr Lilian Cooper and Ms Josephine Bedford

The legacy of Dr Lilian Cooper and her lifelong companion Ms Mary Josephine Bedford is…

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Private Alfred Powell seated far right with other soldiers from the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion at the Enoggera training camp Brisbane 1915

Soldiers of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion

Readers of the John Oxley Library Blog may remember a post about the digitisation of…

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Aboriginal group from the Herbert River District ca 1878

NAIDOC 2020 - Always Was, Always Will Be

State Library of Queensland is committed to providing a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres…

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Always was always will be Aboriginal land placard used during G20 Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy program 2014

A brief history of NAIDOC Week: from protest to celebration

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material is accessed and used in accordance with State Library's…

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Dislodged house washed onto Queen Street by floodwaters in Bundaberg Queensland 2013

Wild weather: what's next for Queensland's climate and photography?

Queensland is synonymous with wild weather. The online exhibition TWENTY richly documents the last two…

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