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New Podcast: "On Our Selection and beyond: Queensland's literary heritage"

By JOL Admin | 20 July 2012

Group of children sitting on the grass reading books, 1900-1910. State Library of Queensland. Negative number: 127410

On 18 July the State Library of Queensland and the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection presented "On Our Selection and beyond: Queensland's literary heritage" as part of its bi-monthly Out of the Port lecture series.

Guest speakers, Professor Patrick Buckridge (Griffith University), Dr Jessica Gildersleeve (Griffith University and University of Southern Queensland) and Dr Maggie Nolan (Australian Catholic University), discussed diverse aspects of Queensland’s literary history. The session was compered by ABC Radio National's Dr Kate Evans.

Out of the Port - "On Our Selection and beyond". From left to right: Dr Kate Evans, Dr Jessica Gildersleeve, Dr Maggie Nolan and Professor Patrick Buckridge

A podcast of this lecture and others in the Out of the Port series are available on the State Library of Queensland’s website.

Professor Patrick Buckridge speaking at "On Our Selection and beyond: Queensland's literary heritage", State Library of Queensland

The next lecture will be – Saving our soil: Soil conservation in Queensland since the 1930s

Myles Sinnamon – Project Coordinator, State Library of Queensland

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