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Rae Knox and other nurses at the Atherton Hospital Feature Image cropped

Rae Knox Collection

Guest blogger: Edwina Crowther (niece of Rae Knox) State Library of Queensland has recently received…

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Dunwich Benevolent Asylum c1900

Getting Equal: Australia's first successful Aboriginal wages case

Guest blogger: Elisabeth Gondwe and Tegan Burns - North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah Getting…

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International Drive Your Studebaker Day

International Drive Your Studebaker Day is an official event of the Studebaker Drivers Club (SDC).…

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After conservation the 12 paintings on pith paper were re -attached with hinges made of Japanese paper to their silk ribbon borders They were then attached with paper hinges back onto their respective album pages

Unusual finds in the library’s collections: paintings on pith ‘paper’

State Library’s Conservation team recently worked on an unusual collection item – an album of…

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Visitors admiring the plantings on the platform at Kuranda Railway Station Kuranda Queensland 1970

Queensland’s fern fever

Pteridomania was the name coined by Charles Kingsley for the British fern fever of the…

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Joe bails water out of weapons cache Arriving in the wet season meant that the Vietnamese water table was only centimetres below the surface of the ground

Tunnel Rats and Flame Throwers: The Joe Cazey Vietnam War Digital Story and Oral History

Australia’s decade-long involvement in the Vietnam War remains a significant cultural touchstone for those who…

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